Fall 2007 Course Descriptions

All courses below are approved to be taught in Fall 2007; however, some (or all) may not be offered this term.  The course numbers that are offered this term link to the Schedule of Classes.  Class with alternative delivery modes (Web based, cable TV, correspondence, etc) are noted in the Schedule at the section level.  The complete list below is a good indicator of what may be offered over the next few years (contact department about offerings).  For explanations of course elements see the Key to Course Descriptions.

Information Resources and Library Science (IRLS)  Department Info

IRLS 400 -- Social Constructs of Information  (3 units)
Description:  Introduction to information as it is used and defined by society. Geography of information, economics of information, and intellectual property concerns.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
May be convened with:  IRLS 500.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

IRLS 404 -- Foundations of Library and Information Services  (3 units)
Description:  Foundational concepts, principles and practices for understanding the library and information professions.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
May be convened with:  IRLS 504.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

IRLS 424 -- Information Resources and Services  (3 units)
Description:  Familiarizes students with theories, practices, and issues of information services and evaluation of reference sources in libraries, information centers and other information-based settings.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Course includes 1 or more field trips.
May be convened with:  IRLS 524.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

IRLS 441 -- Children's Literature in Spanish  (3 units)
Description:  contact department.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Equivalent to:  SPNV441
Mutually Exclusive: Credit allowed for only one of these courses: IRLS 441 or SPNV 441
Identical to:  SPAN 441; SPAN is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall.

IRLS 460 -- Information Resource Development  (3 units)
Description:  Principles of identifying, selecting, acquiring, managing, and evaluating information resources for libraries, information centers, and other information-based settings.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
May be convened with:  IRLS 560.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

IRLS 461 -- Academic Libraries in the 21st Century  (3 units)
Description:  Overview of the present context and organization of libraries in colleges and universities, merging current issues in academic library administration and practice with selected trends in higher education and the world of scholarship.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
May be convened with:  IRLS 561.
Usually offered:  Summer.

IRLS 462 -- Public Libraries in the 21st Century  (3 units)
Description:  The course will focus on issues that public libraries are facing today. Future directions for public libraries will also be considered.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
May be convened with:  IRLS 562.
Usually offered:  Summer.

IRLS 463 -- Readers' Advisory Services in Public Libraries  (3 units)
Description:  Introduction to readers’ advisory services in a public library setting. Emphasis on genre fiction, although non-fiction readers’ advisory will also be addressed. Additional topics include the readers’ advisory interview, tools and resources, and marketing fiction in your library.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
May be convened with:  IRLS 563.
Usually offered:  Spring.

IRLS 471 -- Introduction to Information Technology  (3 units)
Description:  This course is designed to introduce the basic concepts and applications of Internet-related information technology and its impacts on individual users, groups, organizations, and society. The topics in this survey course include computing basics, network applications, human computer interactions, computer-support cooperative work, social aspects of information systems, and some economic and legal issues related to digital services and products.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
May be convened with:  IRLS 571.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

IRLS 475 -- User Interface and Website Design  (3 units)
Description:  Study of the user interface in information systems, of human computer interaction, and of website design and evaluation.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
May be convened with:  IRLS 575.
Usually offered:  Fall.

IRLS 481 -- School Library Administration and Organization  (3 units)
Description:  Services, finances, personnel, evaluation, quarters, organization and technical services in the school library.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
May be convened with:  IRLS 581.
Usually offered:  Spring.

IRLS 493 -- Internship  (1-6 units)
Description:  Specialized work on an individual basis, consisting of training and practice in actual service in a technical, business, or governmental establishment.
Grading:  Alternative grades are awarded for this course: S P C D E.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

IRLS 494 -- Practicum  (2-3 units)
Description:  The practical application, on an individual basis, of previously studied theory and the collection of data for future theoretical interpretation.
Grading:  Alternative grades are awarded for this course: S P C D E.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

IRLS 496M -- Exploring Life on the WWW: The Digital Dissemination of Biological Research  (3 units)
Description:  This course is designed for aspiring life scientists and science teachers. It will improve students' literacy in the areas of life science data management, information technology, and the effective exchange of scientific information across disciplines and professional cultures.
Grading:  Regular or alternative grades can be awarded for this course: A B C D E or S P C D E. Available to qualified students for Pass/Fail Option.
Prerequisite(s):  ECOL 182, consent of instructor.
May be repeated:  for credit 1 time (maximum 2 enrollments).
Identical to:  ENTO 496M; ENTO is home department.
May be convened with:  IRLS 596M.
Usually offered:  Spring.

IRLS 498 -- Senior Capstone  (1-3 units)
Description:  A culminating experience for majors involving a substantive project that demonstrates a synthesis of learning accumulated in the major, including broadly comprehensive knowledge of the discipline and its methodologies. Senior standing required.
Grading:  Regular or alternative grades can be awarded for this course: A B C D E or S P C D E.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

IRLS 499 -- Independent Study  (1-6 units)
Description:  Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.
Grading:  Alternative grades are awarded for this course: S P C D E.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

IRLS 500 -- Social Constructs of Information  (3 units)
Description:  Introduction to information as it is used and defined by society. Geography of information, economics of information, and intellectual property concerns. Graduate-level requirements involve extra readings and in-depth exams.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  NURS 500.
May be convened with:  IRLS 400.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

IRLS 502 -- Management and Security Public Nonprofit Informations Systems  (3 units)
Description:  Blends the basics of networked information systems into broader public and nonprofit organizational and security management issues and experiences.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  PA 501.
Identical to:  PA 502; PA is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring.

IRLS 504 -- Foundations of Library and Information Services  (3 units)
Description:  Foundational concepts, principles and practices for understanding the library and information professions. IRLS 504 is required to be taken as the first course for students in the MA program; includes a 7-day residency in Tucson which constitutes the only residency requirement for the MA. Graduate-level requirements include a greater number of assignments and a higher level of performance.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
May be convened with:  IRLS 404.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

IRLS 506 -- Research Methods for Library and Information Professionals  (3 units)
Description:  Research methodology, research design, and elementary statistics.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

IRLS 515 -- Organization of Information  (3 units)
Description:  Introduction to the theories and practices used in the organization of information. Overview of national and international standards and practices for access to information in collections.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

IRLS 520 -- Ethics for Library and Information Professionals  (3 units)
Description:  Study of the basics of ethical theory and its application to problems in information management. Application and development of ethical codes in cases studies.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

IRLS 521 -- Children's and Young Adult Literature in a Multicultural Society  (3 units)
Description:  Survey of a wide variety of children's and young adult literature with emphasis on bilingual/multilingual, multicultural, and multiethnic literature. Using children's and young adult literature to develop literacy, particularly for English language learners will also be studied.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

IRLS 522 -- Sheltered English Immersion (SEI) for Teacher-Librarians  (3 units)
Description:  Focuses on school library services for English Language Learners (ELL). Includes methods for developing collaborative, resource-based lesson plans with classroom teachers, components of curriculum content, teaching techniques, and collection development and evaluation for ELL.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Usually offered:  Summer.

IRLS 523 -- Early Childhood and Public Libraries  (3 units)
Description:  Examines the full range of abilities needed for working with preschoolers and their families and caregivers in today's public libraries. Provides theory, practice, and a framework for thinking about early childhood development and literacy.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Usually offered:  Summer.

IRLS 524 -- Information Resources and Services  (3 units)
Description:  Familiarizes students with theories, practices, and issues of information services and evaluation of reference sources in libraries, information centers and other information-based settings. Familiarizes students with theories, practices, and issues of information services and evaluation of reference sources in libraries, information centers and other information-based settings.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
May be convened with:  IRLS 424.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

IRLS 527 -- Issues in School Libraries  (3 units)
Description:  Explores current issues in school libraries. Topics vary.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
May be repeated:  for credit 3 times (maximum 4 enrollments).
Usually offered:  Fall.

IRLS 530 -- Cataloging and Metadata Management  (3 units)
Description:  Study of the principles and practices of descriptive cataloging for bibliographic and authority control, and resource discovery. AACR2R, RDA, MARC, Dublin Core, OAI-PMH, and selected specialized metadata schemes for all forms and formats of materials are covered.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  IRLS 515.
Usually offered:  Fall, Summer.

IRLS 531 -- Indexing and Abstracting  (3 units)
Description:  Theory and practice of indexing and abstracting, including the use of computer software for alternative approaches. How indexing differs from other forms of subject analyses in subject cataloging, classification, bibliography, and thesaurus construction is also covered.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  IRLS 515.
Usually offered:  Spring.

IRLS 532 -- Online Searching  (3 units)
Description:  Overview of multiple types of digital searching tools used in commercial bibliographic databases and on the Web. Focuses on selection, understanding, use, and evaluation.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Typical structure:  2 hours lecture, 1 hour discussion.
Usually offered:  Fall.

IRLS 540 -- Introduction to Archives  (3 units)
Description:  Provides an introduction to the archival profession with focus on theory and practice in the areas of appraisal and acquisition, arrangement and description, reference, preservation, exhibitions, outreach, and electronic resource development.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Usually offered:  Summer.

IRLS 541 -- Preservation  (3 units)
Description:  Provides an introduction to the preservation of library materials, including an overview of physical and chemical deterioration in various forms of media, and exploration of the body of knowledge related to ameliorating these problems.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Usually offered:  Summer.

IRLS 542 -- Issues in Special Collections  (3 units)
Description:  Explores current issues in special collections. Topics vary.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
May be repeated:  for credit 3 times (maximum 4 enrollments).
Usually offered:  Summer.

IRLS 550 -- Information Environments from Hispanic and Native American Perspectives  (3 units)
Description:  Explores the interconnectedness of information forms and environments (libraries, museums, archives, electronic, mass media, etc.) from different theoretical and cultural perspectives. Contrasts each with Native American and Hispanic experiences in information and library settings.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Usually offered:  Fall.

IRLS 551 -- Equity of Access  (3 units)
Description:  The purpose of the course is to introduce students to issues involving equal access to information and technology particularly as it relates to Latinos and Native Americans and other minority groups. Students will examine information involving the digital divide.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Usually offered:  Spring.

IRLS 552 -- Instructional Methods for Librarians  (3 units)
Description:  Foundation in education theory and examination of instructional techniques in a library setting. Students will consider cultural relevance of these methods by studying Native American and Latino education issues and incorporating these perspectives into their assignments.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Usually offered:  Spring.

IRLS 553 -- Issues in Culture and Information Technology  (3 units)
Description:  Explores various issues in information technology as related to diverse cultural, ethnic, and linguistic communities. Topics vary.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
May be repeated:  for credit 3 times (maximum 4 enrollments).
Usually offered:  Summer.

IRLS 554 -- Diverse Cultures, Communities, and Libraries  (3 units)
Description:  Covers planning, implementing, and evaluating programs addressing information needs of diverse racial, ethnic, and linguistic communities. Explores complex social, economic, historical, and technological developments impacting library and info. services to diverse communities.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Usually offered:  Spring.

IRLS 560 -- Information Resource Development  (3 units)
Description:  Principles of identifying, selecting, acquiring, managing, and evaluating information resources for libraries, information centers, and other information-based settings. Information Resource Development. Principles of identifying, selecting, acquiring, managing, and evaluating information resources for libraries, information centers, and other information-based settings.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
May be convened with:  IRLS 460.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

IRLS 561 -- Academic Libraries in the 21st Century  (3 units)
Description:  Overview of the present context and organization of libraries in colleges and universities, merging current issues in academic library administration and practice with selected trends in higher education and the world of scholarship. Graduate-level requirements include more extensive research and a higher level of performance.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
May be convened with:  IRLS 461.
Usually offered:  Summer.

IRLS 562 -- Public Libraries in the 21st Century  (3 units)
Description:  The course will focus on issues that public libraries are facing today. Future directions for public libraries will also be considered. Graduate-level requirements include more extensive research and a higher level of performance.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
May be convened with:  IRLS 462.
Usually offered:  Summer.

IRLS 563 -- Readers' Advisory Services in Public Libraries  (3 units)
Description:  Introduction to readers’ advisory services in a public library setting. Emphasis on genre fiction, although non-fiction readers’ advisory will also be addressed. Additional topics include the readers’ advisory interview, tools and resources, and marketing fiction in your library. Graduate-level requirements include more extensive research and a higher level of performance.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
May be convened with:  IRLS 463.
Usually offered:  Spring.

IRLS 564 -- Corporate Library Administration and Organization  (3 units)
Description:  Introduction to the management, information resources, marketing, and business environment of corporate libraries.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Typical structure:  1 hour lecture, 2 hours discussion.
Usually offered:  Fall.

IRLS 571 -- Introduction to Information Technology  (3 units)
Description:  This course is designed to introduce the basic concepts and applications of Internet-related information technology and its impacts on individual users, groups, organizations, and society. The topics in this survey course include computing basics, network applications, human computer interactions, computer-support cooperative work, social aspects of information systems, and some economic and legal issues related to digital services and products. Graduate-level requirements include extra readings and in-depth exams.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
May be convened with:  IRLS 471.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

IRLS 572 -- Government Information: Policy and Resources  (3 units)
Description:  To consider information policies and resources of the government of the United States and to develop an understanding of how those policies have evolved, and how they affect both the political system, the average citizen, and the overall structure of information dissemination in this country.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

IRLS 573 -- Information Technology in Libraries  (3 units)
Description:  Explores various information technologies and how they are used in libraries and information services.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Usually offered:  Fall.

IRLS 575 -- User Interface and Website Design  (3 units)
Description:  Study of the user interface in information systems, of human computer interaction, and of website design and evaluation. Graduate-level requirements include groupwork and longer examinations.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
May be convened with:  IRLS 475.
Usually offered:  Fall.

IRLS 581 -- School Library Administration and Organization  (3 units)
Description:  Services, finances, personnel, evaluation, quarters, organization and technical services in the school library. Graduate-level requirements include a greater number of assignments and a higher level of performance.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
May be convened with:  IRLS 481.
Usually offered:  Spring.

IRLS 582 -- Young Adults and Public Libraries  (3 units)
Description:  This course will enable students to examine the full range of skills needed for working with young adults in today's public library. It will provide theory and practice and give students a framework for thinking about services to young adults. Assignments are designed to have students work in teams and often require connections with young adults, fellow professionals and community representatives. Students will be challenged to envision the best in library service to young adults and to envision themselves as key players in their libraries and communities in the next critical decades.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

IRLS 585 -- Information Literacy Instruction  (3 units)
Description:  Moving beyond the notion of bibliographic instruction or library use instruction, this course takes a broad view of information professionals’ teaching responsibilities. Students will explore the historical background and current issues, trends, policies, and practices related to the notion of information literacy instruction in diverse settings. Additionally, students will have opportunities to assess existing Web-based instruction and/or design Web-based learning modules.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

IRLS 586 -- Economics of Information  (3 units)
Description:  Economics theory looks at the supply and demand for all sorts of goods. Library and information professionals have to be concerned with the supply and demand of information.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Usually offered:  Fall.

IRLS 587 -- Information Seeking Behaviors  (3 units)
Description:  Information-seeking theories, methods, and user behaviors will be covered in order to gain an understanding of how different groups of people seek, gather and retrieve information in a variety of information environments. Information-seeking behavior draws on literature from library and information science, psychology, and communications.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Usually offered:  Fall.

IRLS 588 -- Issues in Information Resources  (3 units)
Description:  Examines problems associated with current issues in information resources and other information centers.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
May be repeated:  for credit 4 times (maximum 5 enrollments).
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

IRLS 589 -- Scholarly Communication  (3 units)
Description:  Structure and workings of scholarly communication and products in the U.S. Examines the content and technology of scholarly communication in various disciplines.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  COMM 589.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

IRLS 593L -- Legislative Internship  (1-9 units)
Description:  Working experience at the Arizona State Legislature; responsibilities draw upon student's area of major expertise and include preparing written and oral reports, summarizing legislative proposals, and providing information to legislators and legislative committees.
Grading:  Alternative grades are awarded for this course: S P C D E.
Usually offered:  Spring.

IRLS 596K -- Methods and Materials of Literary Research  (3 units)
Description:  The development and exchange of scholarly information, usually in a small group setting. The scope of work shall consist of research by course registrants, with the exchange of the results of such research through discussion, reports, and/or papers.
Grading:  Regular or alternative grades can be awarded for this course: A B C D E or S P C D E.
May be repeated:  for credit 1 time (maximum 2 enrollments).
Identical to:  ENGL 596K; ENGL is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

IRLS 596M -- Exploring Life on the WWW: The Digital Dissemination of Biological Research  (3 units)
Description:  This course is designed for aspiring life scientists and science teachers. It will improve students' literacy in the areas of life science data management, information technology, and the effective exchange of scientific information across disciplines and professional cultures. Graduate-level requirements include an individual project and participation in a group project. Undergraduates will only have to participate in group projects.
Grading:  Regular or alternative grades can be awarded for this course: A B C D E or S P C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  consent of instructor.
May be repeated:  for credit 1 time (maximum 2 enrollments).
Identical to:  ENTO 596M; ENTO is home department.
May be convened with:  IRLS 496M.
Usually offered:  Spring.

IRLS 600 -- Introduction to Graduate Studies in Music  (3 units)
Description:  Bibliographical materials; research resources, techniques, and problems directed toward graduate study in music.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  required of all doctoral candidates in music.
Identical to:  MUS 600; MUS is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall.

IRLS 601 -- Theory of Classification  (3 units)
Description:  Study of the theory and principles of classification from international and multi-disciplinary perspectives of Philosophy, Linguistics, Psychology, and Library and Information Science. Classification tools and subject approaches to the organization of information.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  IRLS 515.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

IRLS 608 -- Planning and Evaluation of Library and Information Centers  (3 units)
Description:  The planning/evaluation cycle as an approach to assessing various information center services.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Usually offered:  Spring.

IRLS 613 -- Decision Making for Library and Information Professionals  (3 units)
Description:  Introduction to quantitative methods for analyzing and evaluating the effectiveness of the various systems that make up an information service such as a library.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

IRLS 614 -- Information Theory and Transfer  (3 units)
Description:  Nature of information in the social setting. Examines the use, value, and relevance of information as well as the dispersion of information through open and closed systems.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  NURS 614.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

IRLS 617 -- Social Epistemology and Information Science  (3 units)
Description:  Applies various theories of knowledge to information science. Emphasis on identifying practices that information services such as libraries can adopt to facilitate the acquisition of knowledge.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

IRLS 622 -- Verifiable Information  (3 units)
Description:  Principles of evaluating information exchanges and sources. Topics include the verification of the accuracy of the information and the evaluation of resources in specialized subject domains.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

IRLS 624 -- Health and Medical Informatics  (3 units)
Description:  Information systems used in health and medical settings. Particular attention is given to the integration of traditional and nontraditional methods of information transfer.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

IRLS 630 -- Controlled Vocabularies  (3 units)
Description:  Introduction to organization systems that use controlled vocabularies. Principles, standards, design and maintenance of thesauri using computer software are studied. The use of controlled vocabularies in website design and digital libraries is also explored.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  IRLS 515.
Usually offered:  Spring.

IRLS 634 -- Data Management in Healthcare Systems  (3 units)
Description:  Focuses on development and maintenance of healthcare databases for application in solving healthcare problems. Design methods, database structures, indexing, data dictionaries, retrieval languages, and data security are presented.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  NURS 646 or equivalent. Experience with database software applications, or equivalent course and consent of instructor.
Identical to:  NURS 634; NURS is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring.

IRLS 646 -- Health Care Information Systems  (3 units)
Description:  Focuses on the theoretical basis of healthcare informatics with an emphasis on management and processing of healthcare data, information, and knowledge. Healthcare vocabulary and language systems, and basic database design concepts are addressed.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  NURS 646; NURS is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall.

IRLS 650 -- Theory of Systems Management  (3 units)
Description:  Focuses on contemporary organizational theories as they apply to complex healthcare systems. Emphasis is placed on application of theory to organizational analysis and decision making.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  NURS 650; NURS is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall.

IRLS 651 -- Information Policy and Cultural Perspectives  (3 units)
Description:  Examines library information policy issues from cultural perspectives, a topic of increasing interest as the nation becomes more diverse with immigrants from around the world, and as indigenous groups gain influence.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Usually offered:  Spring.

IRLS 660 -- Business Information Resources  (3 units)
Description:  This course surveys and evaluates the major print and electronic bibliographic and information sources in business librarianship. Emphasis is placed upon user needs as they are translated into information-seeking practices.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Usually offered:  Fall.

IRLS 662 -- Issues in Health Information  (3 units)
Description:  Explores current issues in health information and medical libraries. Topics vary.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
May be repeated:  for credit 3 times (maximum 4 enrollments).
Usually offered:  Spring.

IRLS 671 -- Introduction to Digital Collections  (3 units)
Description:  This course will address the impact of technology on the fundamentals of libraries, archives, and records management. Many librarians, archivists, and records managers who have been working for even a few years find that they need to know more about working with digital information. The shift from paper to electrons caused a shift in the fundamental nature of the professions. To thrive in the digital era, they need new skills to accomplish many of the same tasks. Collections will no longer be physical, but virtual. Patrons will often be thousands of miles away, not just the other side of the reference desk. This course is intended to help you understand this new environment.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Usually offered:  Summer.

IRLS 672 -- Introduction to Applied Technology  (3 units)
Description:  This course provides a basic understanding of technology in the digital information environment along with an introduction to practical hands-on skills needed to manage digital information. The course combines reading, discussion, collaboration, project work, independent study, and guided hands-on practice. The course covers the basic installation, setup and maintenance of key systems found in the digital information environment today. Linux is used as a foundation for learning while drawing parallels to the Windows server operating system, Unix operating systems, and other operating systems.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Usually offered:  Summer.

IRLS 673 -- Managing the Digital Information Environment  (3 units)
Description:  This course provides you with a basic understanding of the theory and practical approaches to the management of information and technology in the digital information environment. Management topics considered in this course range from the strategic (planning, leadership, and policy development) to the tactical (project management, the acquisition and deployment of technology). The course combines reading, discussion, collaboration, project work, independent study, and guided hands-on practice in order to reinforce the concepts described in the project objectives.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Prerequisite(s):  IRLS672.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

IRLS 681E -- Law Library Practice and Administration  (3 units)
Description:  This course will focus on a wide range of issues dealing with law library practice and administration, including but not limited to digital law libraries, collection development, law library administration, teaching legal research, database management, professional ethics and intellectual property issues. Several classes will be taught by guest lecturers, primarily librarians from the law library.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  LAW 681E; LAW is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring.

IRLS 688 -- Advanced Issues in Information Resources  (3 units)
Description:  Topics vary. Problems associated with current issues in information resources and information centers.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
May be repeated:  for credit 4 times (maximum 5 enrollments).
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

IRLS 689A -- Teaching Legal Research  (2-3 units)
Description:  This course is for students who seek to be law librarians. The course will meet once a week for two hours where the students will develop lesson plans and practice teaching legal research in specific areas such as the case, the statute and legislative history, secondary sources, non-legal research, CALR, administrative law and the internet. We will videotape their practice classes to critique and to allow students to monitor their own teaching styles. They will also develop web pages for the course. The course will culminate with the students actually teaching the Intermediate Legal Research (boot camp) class which takes place the week after the Spring semester ends.
Grading:  Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E.
Identical to:  LAW 689A; LAW is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring.

IRLS 693 -- Internship  (1-6 units)
Description:  Specialized work on an individual basis, consisting of training and practice in actual service in a technical, business, or governmental establishment.
Grading:  Alternative grades are awarded for this course: S P C D E.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

IRLS 694 -- Practicum  (1-6 units)
Description:  The practical application, on an individual basis, of previously studied theory and the collection of data for future theoretical interpretation.
Grading:  Alternative grades are awarded for this course: S P C D E.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

IRLS 695H -- Children's and Youth Services and Literature  (2-3 units)
Description:  contact department.
Grading:  Regular or alternative grades can be awarded for this course: A B C D E or S P C D E.
Usually offered:  Fall.

IRLS 696B -- Issues in Libraries: Writing Seminar  (3 units)
Description:  A seminar during which students will select and investigate contemporary, focused aspects of broad, fundamental issues in information and library science through research, readings, lectures, and discussion of their written work. Involves extensive reading, research, and writing.
Grading:  Regular or alternative grades can be awarded for this course: A B C D E or S P C D E.
Usually offered:  Spring.

IRLS 696E -- Information Resources  (3 units)
Description:  The development and exchange of scholarly information, usually in a small group setting. The scope of work shall consist of research by course registrants, with the exchange of the results of such research through discussion, reports, and/or papers.
Grading:  Regular or alternative grades can be awarded for this course: A B C D E or S P C D E.
May be repeated:  for credit 1 time (maximum 2 enrollments).
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

IRLS 699 -- Independent Study  (1-6 units)
Description:  Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work. Graduate students doing independent work which cannot be classified as actual research will register for credit under course number 599, 699, or 799.
Grading:  Alternative grades are awarded for this course: S P C D E.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

IRLS 796A -- Advanced Topics in Information Resources  (1-6 units)
Description:  The development and exchange of scholarly information, usually in a small group setting. The scope of work shall consist of research by course registrants, with the exchange of the results of such research through discussion, reports, and/or papers.
Grading:  Regular or alternative grades can be awarded for this course: A B C D E or S P C D E.
May be repeated:  for credit 10 times (maximum 11 enrollments).
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

IRLS 900 -- Research  (1-9 units)
Description:  Individual research, not related to thesis or dissertation preparation, by graduate students.
Grading:  Alternative grades are awarded for this course: S P C D E K.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

IRLS 910 -- Thesis  (1-6 units)
Description:  Research for the master's thesis (whether library research, laboratory or field observation or research, artistic creation, or thesis writing). Maximum total credit permitted varies with the major department.
Grading:  Alternative grades are awarded for this course: S P E K.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

IRLS 920 -- Dissertation  (1-9 units)
Description:  Research for the doctoral dissertation (whether library research, laboratory or field observation or research, artistic creation, or dissertation writing).
Grading:  Alternative grades are awarded for this course: S P E K.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

IRLS 930 -- Supplementary Registration  (1-9 units)
Description:  For students who have completed all course requirements for their advanced degree programs. May be used concurrently with other enrollments to bring to total number of units to the required minimum.
Grading:  a Grade of K is awarded for this course except for the final term.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.