Please note we are currently transitioning our course codes from GLIS to INFS. As such, some courses may still appear under the GLIS coding in Minerva and the eCalendar.
The course outlines found on this page areĚýa selection from previous terms. These outlines are made available for reference purposes only. Official syllabi are made available at the beginning of each term in McGill'sĚýmyCourses to students registered in the course.
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INFS 601
Foundations of Info Studies
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Information Studies: Overview of foundations of information studies andrelevant concepts and theoretical frameworks.Examination of research methdologies used in thefield, including quantitative, qualitative and projectmanagement methods.
Offered by: Information Studies
- Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken GLIS 601.
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 INFS 601 Course Syllabus |
INFS 607
Organization of Information
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Information Studies: Introduction to the theory, principles, standards, andmethods of information organization. Students learnto provide intellectual and physical access toinformation. Topics include principles of informationrepresentation, tools for information access,metadata, controlled vocabulary.
Offered by: Information Studies
- Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken GLIS 607.
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INFS 607 Course Syllabus |
INFS 611
Research Principles & Analysis
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Information Studies: Fundamental aspects of reflective thinking and themethods and techniques of research appropriate tothe investigation of library/information problems.Criteria helpful in evaluating published research inlibrary/information studies by analyzing the varioussteps of the research process, thereby providingguidelines for planning, conducting, and reportingresearch.
Offered by: Information Studies
- Prerequisite(s): INFS 601
- Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken GLIS 611.
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INFS 611 Course Syllabus |
INFS 617
Information System Design
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Information Studies: Introduction to tools for developing informationsystems. Topics include computer terminology andsyntax and semantics of programming languages,with emphasis on their use for text parsing,searching, and database design, which arefundamental concepts in the field of informationscience.
Offered by: Information Studies
- Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken GLIS 617.
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INFS 617 Course Syllabus |
INFS 619
Info Behaviour and Resources
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Information Studies: Introduction to information behaviour, informationneeds assessment at individual, organizational andcommunity levels, information search strategies,user-focused information resources and services.
Offered by: Information Studies
- Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken GLIS 619.
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INFS 619 Course Syllabus |
INFS 620
Managing Info. Organizations
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Information Studies: This course is an introduction to management theory,in the context of information and knowledge-basedorganizations. Emphasis is placed on strategicplanning, leadership, and human-capitalmanagement (e.g. delegation, motivation, andconflict resolution). Other topics include projectmanagement, organizational design, change management, decision-making, communication,teamwork and collaboration.
Offered by: Information Studies
- Prerequisite(s): INFS 601
- Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken GLIS 620.
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INFS 620 Course Syllabus |
The areas of interest described below are suggestions based on current course offerings. As the field of information studies is constantly evolving, course offerings may change to address changing professional requirements.
Students with broad or general interests may tailor their program of studies by selecting a variety of complementary courses in consultation with academic advisors.
In addition to study in specific areas of interest, students in the general MISt degree program may want to focus on a topic not currently covered in the existing program. To that end,ĚýINFS 689Ěý- Selected TopicsĚýmay be of interest. This course selection must first be discussed with the academic advisor and a suitable supervisor for the course must be found. A proposal must then be submitted to the potential supervisor. It is not advised to take this course in the first year of studies.
The School of Information Studies has offered courses in library studies for more than a century, making it the oldest school in Canada offering library education. The area of library studies remains an important component of the MISt program. Library studies courses relate to the identification, organization, preservation, retrieval, and dissemination of library and information resources in all formats. Among the following courses, INFS 608 - Classification & Cataloguing and INFS 615 - Reference & Information Services provide the foundations for cataloguing and reference services.
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INFS 608
Classification and Cataloguing
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Information Studies: Cataloguing in depth with a view to such specialtiesas original cataloguing, catalogue maintenance, andadministration of the cataloguing department.Investigation of alternative methods of librarydocumentation. The study of developments ininternational cataloguing standards, codes, andformats. Includes laboratory sessions.
Offered by: Information Studies
- Prerequisite: INFS 607
- Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken GLIS 608.
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INFS 608 Course Syllabus |
INFS 614
Public Libraries
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Information Studies: A review of the Public Library Movement in Englishand French Canada. The development of publiclibraries in North America over the last twenty yearswith an emphasis on the library's role andresponsibilities for the future. The impact ofinformation technologies on the definition anddelivery of services.
Offered by: Information Studies
- Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken GLIS 614.
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INFS 614 Course Syllabus |
INFS 615
Reference & Inform Services
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Information Studies: Design and evaluation of reference and informationresources and services, collection development, andresource management.
Offered by: Information Studies
- Prerequisite: INFS 619.
- Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken GLIS 615.
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Winter 2025 INFS 615 Course Outline |
INFS 636
Government Information
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Information Studies: An introduction to the structure of governments, andthe nature and variety of government information.Emphasis is placed on the governments of Canada,the provinces, the United States and selectedinternational governmental organizations. Topicsinclude the acquisition, organization, bibliographiccontrol and use of government information.
Offered by: Information Studies
- Prerequisite: INFS 619.
- Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken GLIS 636.
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INFS 636 Course Syllabus Fall 2022 |
INFS 656
Abstracting and Indexing
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Information Studies: Principles and practical methods of abstracting and indexing. Topics include pre- and post-coordinate indexing, concept analysis, vocabulary control, construction and evaluation of thesauri and of indexes for books, periodicals, and series; emphasis on the role of the computer in indexing.
Offered by: Information Studies
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INFS 671
Health Sciences Information
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Information Studies: A survey of information services and sources (both electronic and print) for health care professionals and the general public. An exploration of the information
needs of health professionals and scientists; the role of health libraries and librarians; principles of health and biomedical library practice, functions, and management.
Offered by: Information Studies
- Not open to students who have taken GLIS 671.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
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INFS 672
Law Information
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Information Studies: The nature and scope of law librarianship and legal information sources; examination of the organization of legal knowledge, the legal research process, law
information sources both print and electronic.
Offered by: Information Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
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INFS 673
Bioinformatics Resources
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Information Studies: Bioinformatics from a library and information science perspective: biological foundation for bioinformatics; bioinformatics information needs and behaviours;
information retrieval using key bioinformatics resources; the role of biology, computer science and library and information science; ethics.
Offered by: Information Studies
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INFS 673 Course Syllabus |
INFS 679
Information Literacy
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Information Studies
Offered by: Information Studies
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INFS 679 Course Syllabus |
INFS 691
Special Topics 1
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Information Studies: Seminar to explore topics of particular interest to library and information studies. Topics vary from year to year.
Offered by: Information Studies
- Not open to students who have taken GLIS 691.
- Terms
- Instructors
- Mohammadhossein Amouei
- Rebekah Jane Willson
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Winter 2025 INFS 691 Course Outline |
Careers in Library Studies
Practice Settings
Librarians work in many settings, from academic institutions and public environments to the private sector.
Primary responsibilities
Librarians mediate access to the vast amount of available information in order to respond to the needs of their clients or users. Responsibilities comprise the management (identification, retrieval, organization, and dissemination) of information in all formats (electronic/digital, audio/video, print). Specific job responsibilities include organizing resources through cataloguing and classification processes, conducting reference interviews, and offering training sessions.
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SIS was among the first schools in North America to introduce a knowledge management (KM) focus in a professional master's program. KM seeks to identify useful and relevant knowledge in a given organization and to organize, merge, and synthesize knowledge in order to foster efficiency through reuse of knowledge and/or to facilitate creativity and innovation. Competitive intelligence (CI) is a related domain enabling organizations to develop knowledge of their competitive environment and to integrate such knowledge into innovative strategies.
More information about KM can be found in the Knowledge Management Fact Sheet â€ÔŔ.±č»ĺ´Ú±Ő
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INFS 661
Knowledge Management
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Information Studies: An introduction to knowledge management and its links to information systems and information professionals. A broad overview of the creation, capture, codification, sharing and application of knowledge in both tacit and explicit forms. Emphasis
is placed on the tools and techniques as well as the role of organizational culture.
Offered by: Information Studies
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INFS 661 Course Syllabus |
INFS 662
Intellectual Capital
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Information Studies: Understanding the strategic role of intellectual assets: how individuals, communities and organizations can identify and leverage their knowledge, experience, expertise and innovations more systematically to create value for the organization. Emphasis is placed on understanding the links between individuals and the organization in
the sharing of intellectual assets.
Offered by: Information Studies
- Not open to students who have taken GLIS 662.
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INFS 662 Course Syllabus |
INFS 663
Knowledge Taxonomies
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Information Studies: Basic classification and categorization methods, major taxonomy tools and technologies and practice in knowledge mapping and modelling. Theory and
techniques of organization of both tacit and explicit knowledge at three levels: individual, community and the organization. Emphasis will be placed on the
social nature of knowledge codification.
Offered by: Information Studies
- Not open to students who have taken GLIS 663.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
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INFS 664
Managing Knowledge Communities
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Information Studies: Stages in the development of informal knowledge sharing groups and the roles and responsibilities of information professionals are examined. Focus is on
the analysis of knowledge flow, knowledge creation and dissemination within and between different networks of knowledge.
Offered by: Information Studies
- Not open to students who have taken GLIS 664.
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INFS 664 Course Syllabus |
INFS 665
Competitive Intelligence
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Information Studies: Competitive intelligence process in for-profit and notfor-profit organizations. Principles and tools for identifying competitive intelligence needs; acquiring,
organizing and storing information; creating intelligence through analytical techniques; developing and distributing intelligence products. Legal and
ethical aspects, information audits, and cooperative intelligence.
Offered by: Information Studies
- Not open to students who have taken GLIS 665.
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Careers in Knowledge Management
Practice Settings
Knowledge Management (KM) is the systematic management of an organization’s knowledge ‎resources – those found in people and those found in documents, databases, and other repositories ‎of valuable content. KM specialists work in a wide variety of settings, from consulting, ‎pharmaceutical, and financial institutions in the private sector to government agencies and departments, as well as arts and volunteer organizations in the non-profit sector. Higher education institutions have ‎also started to employ KM specialists in the areas of knowledge taxonomies and ‎communities of practice. ‎
Primary responsibilities
Knowledge managers are involved in both the human resources and information technology required to help share and preserve knowledge. Responsibilities may involve:
- Succession planning, in which knowledge managers ensure that knowledge is transferred to new employees and input into the organizational memory system
- Design and management of KM systems
- Knowledge asset management, in order to support organizational goals and to gain and maintain competitive advantage
- Design of corporate information and KM policies on ‎access and quality control
- Maintenance of proprietary information
- Mapping of intellectual ‎assets
- Training/coaching/mentoring
- Establishing and supporting communities of practice
- Incorporating feedback, such as best practices and ‎lessons learned, into training content
- Helping users to gather, evaluate, analyze, synthesize, and ‎summarize knowledge sources
- Managing the competitive intelligence cycle and related assignments
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Archival studies (AS) is increasingly connected to library education and knowledge management (KM) initiatives. The focus is on the management of records in paper and electronic formats through the use of recordkeeping systems for facilitating institutional recordkeeping, legal compliance, and decision making. The AS area includes the management of historical records in archives through the process of acquisition, appraisal, arrangement, description, and preservation, as well as the handling of active organizational records through records management (inventory, classification, and retention).
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INFS 633
Digital Media
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Information Studies: Foundational scientific concepts and basictechniques of digital media production andmanipulation and their relevance in galleries,libraries, archives, and museums (GLAM). Toolsand techniques for creating and handling digitalmedia. Digitizing audio, image, video, and textmaterials, and using various software packagesfor manipulating and preserving digital sound,images, and video.
Offered by: Information Studies
- Prerequisites: INFS 617.
- Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken GLIS 633.
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INFS 633 Course Syllabus |
INFS 641
Archival Description & Access
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Information Studies: Advanced theory and practice of archival appraisal,arrangement, description, and the creation of accesstools to archival records and collections, including theselection and application of appropriate archivaldescriptive standards, metadata schemes,management tools, and outreach programs includingthe creation and dissemination of finding aids.
Offered by: Information Studies
- Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken GLIS 641.
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INFS 642
Preservation Management
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Information Studies: Principles and practices for intellectual and physicalpreservation of historical and cultural heritagematerials in all forms to extend their durability andassure continued accessibility, through selection,conservation, migration, digitization, preservationstrategies, preservation management and ongoingevaluation.
Offered by: Information Studies
- Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken GLIS 642
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INFS 642 Course Syllabus Fall 2022 |
INFS 645
Archival Principles & Practice
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Information Studies: Fundamental principles and practices of archivalstudies, including records life cycle, history ofarchives, cultural memory, authentic recordkeepingsystems, acquisition, appraisal, arrangement,description, preservation, reference and access,social and cultural systems, financial and legalsystems, ethics, advocacy programs, fund raising,legal issues, archives-related professions, researchmethodology and implementation.
Offered by: Information Studies
- Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken GLIS 645
- NOTE: Advanced work in archival science is available to a few students who do well in the introductory course.
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INFS 645 Course Syllabus |
INFS 649
Digital Curation
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Information Studies: The life-cycle and value-added management of digital content for future use, re-use and access. Addresses strategies, principles, and practices of digital preservation, digital curation, digital collection management, institutional repositories, trusted digital repositories, metadata, and file formats at archives,
libraries, museums, data centers, and other cultural heritage institutions.
Offered by: Information Studies
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INFS 649 Course Syllabus |
INFS 660
Records Management
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Information Studies: Management of an organization’s content in digital forms that relate to the organization’s operational processes for compliance, governance and decision-making purposes. Addresses principles, strategies, methods and tools used in the lifecycle management of the content, including capture, workflow, classification, metadata, collaboration, preservation, and delivery.
Offered by: Information Studies
- Not open to students who have taken GLIS 660.
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INFS 660 Course Syllabus |
Careers in Archival Studies/Records Management
Practice Settings
Archivists and records managers work in various settings, ‎including cultural heritage institutions (archives, museums, historical societies, and special ‎libraries), records and information centers in government agencies, corporations, colleges and ‎universities, religious organizations, and non-profit organizations.
Primary responsibilities
Archivists and records managers manage records in both paper and electronic formats as ‎organizational memory and information assets through several activities. Archivists mainly deal ‎with historical records, and their activities include acquisition, appraisal, selection, arrangement, ‎description, conservation, and preservation. Records managers play their roles in the management ‎of forms, reports, correspondence, email and electronic records, workflow analysis, records center ‎operations, inventory, classification, filing, retention, and disposition. Archivists and records ‎managers develop and manage recordkeeping systems and provide access to records used for ‎organizational memory, strategic management, decision-making, research and development, and ‎legal compliance.
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The field of information studies has evolved in relation to the development of information and communication technology (ICT). Libraries, archives, and many other types of organisations have all adopted technologies for managing, accessing, and disseminating information. It is increasingly important for any information professional to understand ICT and master technical skills. The following courses provide the foundations for designing databases, websites, and interfaces, managing data and systems, and addressing information retrieval and security issues.
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INFS 611
Research Principles & Analysis
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Information Studies: Fundamental aspects of reflective thinking and themethods and techniques of research appropriate tothe investigation of library/information problems.Criteria helpful in evaluating published research inlibrary/information studies by analyzing the varioussteps of the research process, thereby providingguidelines for planning, conducting, and reportingresearch.
Offered by: Information Studies
- Prerequisite(s): INFS 601
- Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken GLIS 611.
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INFS 611 Course Syllabus |
INFS 625
Information Architecture
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Information Studies: Information Architecture (IA) is the process ofanalyzing, designing, implementing and evaluatinginformation spaces. The course provides an overviewof use-design aspects of human information andcomputer interaction. Topics include: human factorsin IA; IA and information systems (IS) designprinciples and methodologies; work, task, andprocess analysis; IS modeling, requirementsgathering and evaluation; and informationvisualization.
Offered by: Information Studies
- Prerequisite(s): INFS 617
- Corequisite(s): INFS 634 recommended
- Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken GLIS 625.
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INFS 625 Course Syllabus |
INFS 626
Usability Analysis & Assess
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Information Studies: Principles and techniques for evaluating interactivecomputer-based information systems. Topics includemodels of human information processing, userexperience and decision-making; methods forrequirements gathering and task analysis; andtechniques for user testing, analytic evaluation, andperformance modelling.
Offered by: Information Studies
- Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken GLIS 626.
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INFS 626 Course Syllabus |
INFS 627
User-Centered Design
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Information Studies: A project-based introduction to interaction design,oriented toward practical methods for designinginteractive systems. Emphasis is placed on iterativeand user-oriented approaches to design, includingthe role of observation, ideation, sketching andprototyping, and formative and summativeevaluation. The role of participatory and value-sensitive approaches to design are also examined.
Offered by: Information Studies
- Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken GLIS 627.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
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INFS 627 Course Syllabus |
INFS 629
Information Security
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Information Studies: Introduction to information security. Topics includebasic concepts of confidentiality, integrity, andavailability; security threats; malware; operatingsystems security; access control; network security(encryption, decryption, passwords and digitalsignature); security policies and practices; riskassessments; common criteria; privacy threats andprotection techniques; cybercrime and cyberforensics.
Offered by: Information Studies
- Prerequisite(s): INFS 617
- Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken GLIS 629.
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INFS 629 Course Syllabus |
INFS 630
Data Mining
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Information Studies: Introduction to data mining. Topics include datapreprocessing, data warehouse architecture, onlineanalytical processing (OLAP), online analyticalmining (OLAM), basic concepts and methods offrequent patterns mining, association rules mining,classification analysis, cluster analysis, and textmining.
Offered by: Information Studies
- Prerequisite: INFS 617 or basic knowledge of database systems.
- Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken GLIS 630.
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INFS 630 Course Syllabus |
INFS 634
Web System Design & Management
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Information Studies: Principles and practices of designing websites inthe context of libraries and information centres,focusing on a conceptual approach to organizinginformation for the world wide web includingdesign, implementation and management issues.Topics include web development tools, markuplanguages, internet security and web serveradministration.
Offered by: Information Studies
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INFS 634 Course Syllabus |
INFS 657
Database Design & Development
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Information Studies: Theoretical and applied principles of relational database design. Includes relational theory, conceptual design, database normalization, relational database management systems, SQL queries and database management.
Offered by: Information Studies
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Careers in User Experience
Practice Settings
User experience (UX) design is the systematic study of users, and their tasks and settings, to elicit and test new design and design requirements. UX specialists work in a wide variety of settings, from consulting and design firms that provide UX expertise for hire, to IT companies, financial institutions, and online companies that require in-house expertise. Increasingly institutions (including libraries and museums) will hire UX professionals to manage user experience design, across both physical and digital interactions.
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Data science (DS) is an interdisciplinary field that utilizes algorithms and methods to transform large volumes of complex data into interpretable knowledge and actionable insights. The success of the data-to-knowledge transformation process relies on the efficiency of bringing the appropriate information to the right person via intelligent information systems. This specialization lies in the intersection of information, systems, and people. The courses will prepare the students a solid foundation of understanding the innerworkings of intelligent information system with the considerations of technical, policy, and societal issues. Specifically, the courses cover data science programming, database design, web systems, data warehousing, data mining, and information security. Students may further deepen their knowledge by taking other machine learning and text mining courses from other departments.
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INFS 629
Information Security
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Information Studies: Introduction to information security. Topics includebasic concepts of confidentiality, integrity, andavailability; security threats; malware; operatingsystems security; access control; network security(encryption, decryption, passwords and digitalsignature); security policies and practices; riskassessments; common criteria; privacy threats andprotection techniques; cybercrime and cyberforensics.
Offered by: Information Studies
- Prerequisite(s): INFS 617
- Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken GLIS 629.
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INFS 630
Data Mining
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Information Studies: Introduction to data mining. Topics include datapreprocessing, data warehouse architecture, onlineanalytical processing (OLAP), online analyticalmining (OLAM), basic concepts and methods offrequent patterns mining, association rules mining,classification analysis, cluster analysis, and textmining.
Offered by: Information Studies
- Prerequisite: INFS 617 or basic knowledge of database systems.
- Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken GLIS 630.
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INFS 630 Course Web Outline |
INFS 631
Data Science for Info Profs
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Information Studies: Introduction to the field of data science with a focus on the application of its various tools and methodologies in a professional context, covering the theoretical background and context of data science as a new field and the basics of the end-to-end data science workflow, including data modelling, descriptive and predictive analytics, technical implementation and results reporting.
Offered by: Information Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
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INFS 634
Web System Design & Management
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Information Studies: Principles and practices of designing websites inthe context of libraries and information centres,focusing on a conceptual approach to organizinginformation for the world wide web includingdesign, implementation and management issues.Topics include web development tools, markuplanguages, internet security and web serveradministration.
Offered by: Information Studies
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INFS 657
Database Design & Development
3 Credits
Offered in the: - Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Information Studies: Theoretical and applied principles of relational database design. Includes relational theory, conceptual design, database normalization, relational database management systems, SQL queries and database management.
Offered by: Information Studies
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Careers in Data Science
Practice Settings
As the complexity and quantity of digital data continue to grow in every aspect of our society, there is a high demand of data scientists, analysts, and engineers in every sector, from IT to finance, from healthcare to manufacturing, in both private to public sectors. Thus, data scientists and analysts can be found in every sector.
Primary responsibilities
The responsibilities of data scientists and analysts vary depending on their roles and functionalities in an organization. Data scientists and engineers are responsible to design and implement the process of transforming raw data from databases to insightful knowledge for C-level management. Data scientists need to ensure the validity of the results. Business analysts designs reports and redesign the business processes to achieve the goals set by the management. Solution architect is responsible to transform the clients’ objectives to feasible software development milestones and tasks that can be implemented by software engineers and machine learning engineers.
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Research Courses
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INFS 603
Research Project 1
6 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Information Studies: Under the supervision of a faculty member,exploration and analysis of the literature related to anarea of interest in information studies, anddevelopment of the research proposal.
Offered by: Information Studies
- Terms
- Instructors
- Benjamin Fung, Gracen Brilmyer
6 Credits
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INFS 604
Research Project 2
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Information Studies: Under the supervision of a faculty member,application of research methodologies and collectionof research data.
Offered by: Information Studies
- Terms
- Instructors
- Catherine Guastavino, Joan Bartlett, Karyn A Moffatt, Benjamin Fung
3 Credits
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INFS 605
Research Project 3
6 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Information Studies: Under the supervision of a faculty member, data analysis and preparation of a research paper with potential for publication.
Offered by: Information Studies
- Terms
- Instructors
- Benjamin Fung
- Catherine Guastavino, Joan Bartlett, Karyn A Moffatt, Benjamin Fung
6 Credits
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INFS 689
Selected Topics
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Information Studies: Exploration of a topic in library and information studies which elaborates or augments the curriculum through an individualized program of directed study
which will vary according to the student's interests.
Offered by: Information Studies
- Prerequisite: INFS 601 and permission of Graduate Program Director.
- Not open to students who have taken GLIS 689.
- Terms
- Instructors
- Gordon Burr, Joan Bartlett, Steven H Ding, Gracen Brilmyer
- Benjamin Fung, Gracen Brilmyer
Ěý3 Credits
Practicum
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INFS 699
Practicum
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Information Studies: Application of theoretical knowledge in an information environment and acquisition of basic professional skills through practice.
Offered by: Information Studies
- Prerequisites: 24 credits (4 required and 4 complementary courses) and approval of academic adviser and practicum coordinator.
- Not open to students who have taken GLIS 699.
3 Credits
- See more: Practicum main page
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External Electives
Students may take 0-12 credits from other 500-, 600-, or 700-level courses; up to 6 credits may be from other Quebec universities.
Without exception, external elective courses (courses outside of the School) must receive prior approved by the student's advisor and the Graduate Program Director with submission of a required form. External electives policy and required application form is available here.
See more: External electives policy
Transfer Credits
In exceptional cases, students may request a course waiver. The request should be made to the MISt GPD prior to the first week of classes. The MISt GPD, in consultation with the course instructor, will assess the student’s educational and professional background in order to decide whether or not a waiver can be granted
Information on transfer credit policy is found in the Ď㽶ĘÓƵ FAQ page.
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