These are the courses I have taken in my degree program.
| Quarter/Year | Course Title | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Autumn 2014 | INFX 502 Database Concepts For Information Professionals | This course offered a thorough introduction to Microsoft Access |
| LIS 500 The Question of Information | The course was centered around the discussion of topics such as defining information science, what we organize and why, and who controls information | |
| LIS 570 Research Assessment and Design | Presentations, lectures, and groupwork helped students understand the process of developing a research report from start to finish. | |
| Winter 2015 | LIS 510 Information Behavior | Through various models, students gained an understanding of how different user groups access information and conduct research |
| LIS 520 Information Resources, Services, and Collections | Students learned about platforms and databases, website assessment, electronic resource evaluation, and conducted a reference interview | |
| Spring 2015 | LIS 530 Organization of Information and Resources | The course provided an introduction to classification schemes and metadata |
| INFX 543 Relational Database Management Systems | A more in depth lesson than INFX 502, this course taught students the start to finish process of designing a database using SQL | |
| Summer 2015 | INFX 501 Concepts in Algorithmic Thinking for Information Professionals | Programming and coding introductory course using Python |
| LIS 505 Archival and Manuscript Services | The course provided a basic understanding of the acquisition, selection, assessment, description, and retension process of archives management | |
| INFX 503 Website Design Concepts For Information Professionals | The course that gave me the tools I am using to design this very site! | |
| Autumn 2015 | INFX 505 Project Management Basics For Information Professionals | Using a web app called SmartSheets, students designed a timeline for a personal project and worked on a mock office move for a fictitious company; the class gave students an undestanding of project management software features and constraints to consider when planning |
| LIS 550 Info and Society | Philosophy rich course that guided students in the subject matter of ethics, rights, privacy, and censorship | |
| LIS 560 Instructional and Training Strategies For Information Professionals | Students designed and developed an instructional course for an information user group of their choice using tools such as learning models and outcomes assessment rubrics | |
| Winter 2016 | INFX 580 Management of Information Organizations | This course takes a business management approach to libraries and other information institutions |
| LIS 590 Directed Fieldwork | The purpose of this course is to highlight learning outcomes of our internship | |
| Spring 2016 | LIS 526 Government Publications | The course provided an introduction to government documents, how to find them, and how to use them for research |
| LIS 588 Special Librarianship | Students learned about different special libraries via interesting recorded interviews, and discovered what it takes to stay valuable in a changing environment | |
| Autumn 2016 | LIS 531 Catalogs, Cataloging, and Classification | Students gained knowledge in the principles of cataloging through descriptive cataloging and evaluating catalogs while keeping the user in mind |
| INFX 531 Metadata Design | Using XML in Oxygen, students created schema and APs with metadata building blocks including design and implementation details | |
| Winter 2017 | INFX 595 Capstone I: Project Planning | This is part 1 of a two-part course that is the Capstone graduation requirement for all iSchool programs; the first stage consists of working with the Capstone sponsor to develop a plan to execute our research or project |
| INFX 598 Special Topics: Digital Preservation | Students received a primer on digital preservation issues, trends, and models; students designed their own preservation plan (click the link for mine! HeardPreservationPlan.pdf) | |
| Spring 2017 | INFX 596 Capstone II: Project Implementation | This is the final stage of the graduation requirement in which our planning is put into action. Click here to see my project poster, and click this link to be directed to my capstone showcase https://ischool.uw.edu/capstone/projects/2017/pouncing-purrfect-database. |