Course Type Filter
| Number | Title | Description | Last Scheduled |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 178I | Independent Study | Student works independently to accomplish an approved objective under the guidance of a member of the iSchool faculty, or an adjunct instructor approved by the Undergraduate Program Coordinator. Prior to registration, students must submit an Independent Study proposal form: pdf | word | 2024 |
| I 178R | Research Experience | Student assists and collaborates with a member of the iSchool’s full time research faculty on a project directly supporting their academic research. Prior to registration, students must submit a Research Experience proposal form: pdf | word | 2024 |
| I 178T | Internship | Offered on the credit/no credit basis only. | Not Yet Scheduled |
| I 278I | Independent Study | Student works independently to accomplish an approved objective under the guidance of a member of the iSchool faculty, or an adjunct instructor approved by the Undergraduate Program Coordinator. Prior to registration, students must submit an Independent Study proposal form: pdf | word | 2024 |
| I 278R | Research Experience | Student assists and collaborates with a member of the iSchool’s full time research faculty on a project directly supporting their academic research. Prior to registration, students must submit a Research Experience proposal form: pdf | word | 2024 |
| I 278T | Internship | Offered on the credit/no credit basis only. | Not Yet Scheduled |
| I 301 | Introduction to Informatics | Introduction to the field of informatics, including cultural heritage informatics, health informatics, human-centered data science, social informatics, social justice informatics, and user experience design. Offered on the letter-grade basis only. | 2024 |
| I 302 | Academic Success in the Digital University | Examine a wide variety of information and academic resources, tools, and skills; with a focus on the digital landscape of higher education. Explore the features of the primary learning management system; communication and organization tools; library resources; basic online research resources; and ethical and safety concerns. Offered on the letter-grade basis only. | 2024 |
| I 303 | Ethical Foundations for Informatics | Survey the ethical foundations for informatics, incorporating non-Western and feminist perspectives. Apply these ethical foundations to contemporary problems in informatics. Examine the confrontation of ethical dilemmas in the workplace, including recognizing value trade-offs, affected stakeholders, and potential solutions. Offered on the letter-grade basis only. This course carries the Writing Flag and the Ethics flag Ethics courses are designed to equip students with skills that are necessary for making ethical decisions in their adult and professional lives. Students should therefore expect a substantial portion of their grade to come from assignments involving ethical issues and the process of applying ethical reasoning to real-life situations. | 2024 |
| I 304 | Programming for Informatics | Examine the fundamentals of computer programming and practice developing and documenting code. Offered on the letter-grade basis only. | 2024 |
| I 305 | Research Methods for Informatics | Explore diverse research approaches to investigate informatics-related problems. Examine principles and hands-on practices of data collection and analysis with respect to qualitative, quantitative, and mixed research methods. Offered on the letter-grade basis only. | 2024 |
| I 306 | Statistics for Informatics | Examine fundamental principles in probability and statistics. Cultivate an understanding of descriptive and inferential statistics. Conduct and interpret statistical analyses using statistical analysis software, and apply these analyses to common issues in informatics. Offered on the letter-grade basis only. | 2024 |
| I 310 | Topics in Introductory Informatics (see individual class topics below) | Fake News and Facts in the Misinformation Age | This course will explore information from multiple angles, with an emphasis on exploring the role of deception in a variety of areas--politics, international relations, business, advertising, interpersonal relations, and more. Increasing info skills and critical thinking related to education and the world at large will be featured. | 2021 | Research Methods for Informatics | Develop familiarity with diverse research approaches to investigate informatics-related problems. Learn principles and hands-on practices of data collection and analysis with respect to qualitative, quantitative, and mixed research methods. | 2022 | User Experience and Design Thinking | Perceptual psychology, cognitive psychology, and other scientific underpinnings of user experience; Methods used in the pursuit of UCD; and careers in UX. | 2020 | User Research | Hands-on experience with investigating and analyzing how people use designed objects. Explore concepts and methods of user experience (UX) research, from identifying users’ problems and needs to evaluating concepts and designs for viability, usability, and satisfaction. Aspects of managing the research process, including recruiting participants, setting up and conducting studies, analyzing qualitative and quantitative data, and disseminating insights. | 2023 | Young Adult Literature | Examination of a variety of young adult texts written for people ages sixteen to twenty-five years old. In particular, students will examine how young adult literature (YAL) texts confront serious social, political, and cultural issues in a way that makes complex issues accessible for an adolescent reader outside the norms of the larger culture. In addition to tracking issues through various genres, students will become familiar with significant YAL authors, formats, censorship, and film adaptations. | 2021 |
| I 310C | Introduction to Cultural Heritage Informatics | Examine the fundamentals of managing, describing, organizing, preserving, and providing access to data and information in a wide range of technological forms. Offered on the letter-grade basis only. This course and the Cultural Heritage Informatics degree track are expected to launch Spring 2023. | 2024 |
| I 310D | Introduction to Human-Centered Data Science | Examine the fundamentals of collecting, managing, and analyzing data; with consideration for the ethical responsibility of data science and the importance of critical thinking. Offered on the letter-grade basis only. | 2024 |
| I 310J | Introduction to Social Justice Informatics | Explore the leveraging of data, information, and technology for the greater benefit of society and to help ensure a level playing field for everyone in the information age. Offered on the letter-grade basis only. This course carries the Cultural Diversity in the United States flag. The purpose of the Cultural Diversity in the United States Flag is for students to explore in-depth the shared practices and beliefs of one or more underrepresented cultural groups subject to persistent marginalization. In addition to learning about these diverse groups in relation to their specific contexts, you’ll also reflect on your own cultural experiences. | 2024 |
| I 310M | Introduction to Health Informatics | Explore designing and implementing information technologies to improve healthcare delivery, healthcare management, and health outcomes. Offered on the letter-grade basis only. | 2024 |
| I 310S | Introduction to Social Informatics | Explore the leveraging of data, information, and technology to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of organizations while also providing a more ethical and humane environment for workers. Offered on the letter-grade basis only. I 310S and the Social Informatics track are expected to launch in Spring 2023. | 2024 |
| I 310U | Introduction to User Experience Design | Introduction to user experience, human-computer interaction, and the human-centered design of interfaces and applications for mobile devices and the web. Offered on the letter-grade basis only. | 2024 |
| I 320 | Topics in Informatics (see individual class topics below) | Applied Cybersecurity Clinic Practicum | Offered on the letter-grade basis only. | 2024 | Applied Cybersecurity Foundations | Survey key cybersecurity defense concepts and skills, including vulnerability assessment, network configuration and security, access controls, authorization techniques, responding to a cyberattack, and penetration testing, as well as associated skills required to implement these abilities effectively in a real business or non-profit institutional setting. | 2024 | Blockchain and the Decentralized Economy | Built on the back of a blockchain computing stack, this course will focus on topics and research key to the transition to a decentralized economy. We will cover the dynamics of emerging technologies, highlight new ideas from leading entrepreneurs and researchers shaping this future, and provide students with an opportunity to build their research into a product or startup. Students will use lean methodologies and anchor their approach in content covered through the course. | 2020 | Design and Research Fundamentals | Design and research fundamentals covers what it means to apply research and design to problems faced by consumers, businesses, and groups of people. The techniques covered in this course will help students gain confidence in visual communication, understand the different practices related to learning about users, and the elements of design. | 2020 | Evaluation of Interactive Systems | Project-based introduction to the principles and strategies for evaluating interactive systems through usability testing. Planning, preparing, and conducting a usability test; as well as analysis and presentation of its results. | 2021 |
| I 320.02 | Children's Literature | Explore the evaluation, selection, and proper and creative use of books and other media with children. Offered on the letter-grade basis only. | 2021 |
| I 320.03 | Comics, Graphic Novels, and Manga | Examine the historical development and a contemporary survey of prominent visual narrative formats and genres such as graphic and visual novels, comics, and manga. Offered on the letter-grade basis only. ? This course carries the flag for Cultural Diversity in the United States. The purpose of the Cultural Diversity in the United States Flag is for students to explore in depth the shared practices and beliefs of one or more underrepresented cultural groups subject to persistent marginalization. In addition to learning about these diverse groups in relation to their specific contexts, students should engage in an active process of critical reflection. You should therefore expect a substantial portion of your grade to come from assignments covering the practices, beliefs, and histories of at least one underrepresented cultural group in the U.S. | 2021 |
| I 320C | Topics in Cultural Heritage Informatics (see individual class topics below) | Preservation of Difficult Histories | Engage in modern ethical dilemmas within archives, libraries, and museums, considering issues of collections management and preservation within changing cultural frameworks. This I 320C topic carries the Cultural Diversity in the United States flag. The purpose of the Cultural Diversity in the United States Flag is for students to explore in-depth the shared practices and beliefs of one or more underrepresented cultural groups subject to persistent marginalization. In addition to learning about these diverse groups in relation to their specific contexts, you’ll also reflect on your own cultural experiences. | 2024 |
| I 320D | Topics in Human-Centered Data Science (see individual class topics below) | Applied Machine Learning with Python | Fundamental concepts in machine learning and how they are used to solve real-world problems. Each class is divided into two segments: (a) Theory and Methods, a concise description of an ML concept, and (b) Lab Tutorial, a hands-on session on applying the theory to a real-world task on publicly available data such as textual, visual and numerical data. | 2024 | Data Engineering | Principles and practices in data engineering. Emphasis on the data engineering lifecycle and how to build data pipelines to collect, transform, analyze, and visualize data from multiple source systems. We will discuss data modeling techniques for organizing and managing data. We will look at data as an organizational asset and as a product. We will examine the various roles data engineers can have in an organization and career paths for data professionals. | 2023 | Data Visualization | This course teaches students how data is used in decision making, how to work (wrangle) with the data such that it can be visualized and analyzed, how to design and build alternative visualizations (e.g., graphs), and how users perceive and interact with different data visualizations. Students benefit by understanding the underlying theory, and developing their ability to make better visualizations. | 2023 | Database Design | Principles and practices of database design. Discussion and implementation of a database. Application life cycle, data dictionaries, relational database design, SQL queries, reports and other interfaces to database data, and documentation. | 2023 | Explainable AI | Introduction to the emerging field of Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) from the perspectives of a developer and end-user. Students will gain hands-on experience with some of the most commonly used explainability techniques and algorithms. | 2024 | Human-Centered Social Network Analysis | Provides students with an understanding of the fundamental concepts, common methods, and analytical tools of social network analysis. Students will gain experience applying both exploratory and qualitative methods to real-world problems within the social network domain. Note: Success in this class will require prior experience programming in Python. | 2021 | Open Source Software Development | Practical skills and understandings required to effectively work with open source software and understand the projects that build them. Includes git-based collaboration as well as conceptual understanding of licenses, security, technical and social processes in open source development. Class projects involve working with digital trace data from open source repositories. | 2024 | Text Mining and NLP Essentials | Leveraging Text Mining, Natural Language Processing, and Computational Linguistics to address real-world textual data challenges, including document processing, keyword extraction, question answering, translation, summarization, sentiment analysis, search, recommendation, and information extraction. Each week, classes include (a) Theory and Methods for NLP concepts and (b) Lab Tutorials for practical application with Python on multilingual text datasets. | 2024 |
| I 320J | Topics in Social Justice Informatics (see individual class topics below) | Design For Social Impact | Offered on the letter-grade basis only. | 2023 | Misinformation, Justice, and Design | Examine misinformation and disinformation from different perspectives like information science, ethics psychology, politics — with a special emphasis on design. Readings and activities provide the basis for exploring problems with, causes of and solutions to online misinformation. | 2024 | Understanding Disability and Accessibility | Introduction to thinking critically about disability in the context of information and communication technology. Students will learn to understand the research, design, and evaluation of technology for people with disabilities. Students will be prepared to apply their knowledge of accessibility and disability to assess potential barriers in design and develop solutions. | 2023 |
| I 320M | Topics in Health Informatics (see individual class topics below) | Consumer Health Informatics | The concept of consumer health informatics, health behavior theories, health information seeking and information retrieval, various forms of consumer health systems, and the design and evaluation of such systems | 2023 | Machine Learning for Population Health Management | Leveraging medical claims data to guide population health interventions, primarily through the use of machine learning models. The course will focus on the data processing pipeline, and no prerequisite knowledge of machine learning models is required | 2024 | Public Health Informatics | Overview of public health and the information systems used to achieve public health goals. This course is divided into three parts: (1) overview of public health, (2) fundamentals of public health informatics, and (3) public health information systems. | 2024 |
| I 320S | Topics in Social Informatics (see individual class topics below) | Design for Social Impact | Offered on the letter-grade basis only. | 2023 | Sociotechnical Systems Analysis | Offered on the letter-grade basis only. | 2024 |
| I 320U | Topics in User Experience Design (see individual class topics below) | 3-D Prototyping | Introduction to the methodologies and techniques required for designing an ideal user experience with physical objects. Students will use qualitative, quantitative, and anthropometric data to design and iterate projects. | 2024 | Digital Accessibility | Digital Accessibility has become a critical topic for product leaders, developers, UX designers, and usability researchers. This course will explore the legal, ethical, and practical aspects of Accessibility as it relates to creating inclusive products and experiences for persons with disabilities. While Accessibility applies to both the physical and digital world, a large portion of the course will be focused on digital experiences, and those that combine technology with devices and tools. | 2024 | Graphic Design | Develop fundamental graphic design theory and skills to prepare students for careers in Informatics and related fields. | 2024 | Information and Interaction Design | This course focuses on the unique design practice of (1) representing and organizing information to facilitate perception and understanding (information architecture) and (2) specifying the appropriate mechanisms for accessing and manipulating task and play information (interaction design). This course also explores design patterns appropriate for the HCI professional. | 2023 | Misinformation, Justice, and Design | Examine misinformation and disinformation from different perspectives like information science, ethics psychology, politics — with a special emphasis on design. Readings and activities provide the basis for exploring problems with, causes of and solutions to online misinformation. | 2024 | Understanding Human-Centered AI | Introduces human aspects of Artificial Intelligence systems. Psychological and societal implications of AI and human-centered design principles for AI-integrated products. | 2023 | User Research | Hands-on experience with investigating and analyzing how people use designed objects. Explore concepts and methods of user experience (UX) research, from identifying users’ problems and needs to evaluating concepts and designs for viability, usability, and satisfaction. Aspects of managing the research process, including recruiting participants, setting up and conducting studies, analyzing qualitative and quantitative data, and disseminating insights. | 2023 | Virtual Environments and Immersive Technology | Examine social and psychological experiences of virtual environments and immersive technologies, such as in virtual reality and augmented reality. Through the course students will learn about the immersive technology and the research behind people’s experiences of virtual environments. | 2024 |
| I 372 | Career Success in the Digital Organization | Examine the essential skills for obtaining a job and sustaining a successful career with an emphasis on integrity, teamwork, time management, responsiveness to feedback, and written and oral communication. Explore tools for computer-supported cooperative work that facilitate online collaboration. Offered on the letter-grade basis only. | 2024 |
| I 378I | Independent Study | Student works independently to accomplish an approved objective under the guidance of a member of the iSchool faculty, or an adjunct instructor approved by the Undergraduate Program Coordinator. Prior to registration, students must submit an Independent Study proposal form: pdf | word | 2024 |
| I 378R | Research Experience | Student assists and collaborates with a member of the iSchool’s full time research faculty on a project directly supporting their academic research. Prior to registration, students must submit a Research Experience proposal form: pdf | word | 2024 |
| I 378T | Internship | Offered on the credit/no credit basis only. | Not Yet Scheduled |
| I 379C | Capstone | This course carries the Independent Inquiry flag Courses carrying this flag challenge students to integrate skills and knowledge they have acquired over the course of their undergraduate careers. Students use these skills and expertise to create something new and contribute meaningfully to their discipline. | 2024 |
| I 679HA | Honors Thesis | Research, read, and develop an honors thesis subject and proposal for one semester; followed in the second semester by the writing and defense of a final honors thesis. Two-semester course taken as I 679HA (semester 1) and I 679HB (semester 2). Credit will be awarded upon completion of both semesters. This course has been approved by Undergraduate Studies to award the Independent Inquiry Flag and theWriting Flag. Interested students should speak with their advisor and submit an approved Informatics Honors Thesis Proposal prior to registration. | 2024 |
| I 679HB | Honors Thesis | Research, read, and develop an honors thesis subject and proposal for one semester; followed in the second semester by the writing and defense of a final honors thesis. Two-semester course taken as I 679HA (semester 1) and I 679HB (semester 2). Credit will be awarded upon completion of both semesters. This course has been approved by Undergraduate Studies to award the Writing Flag. Interested students should speak with their advisor and submit an approved Informatics Honors Thesis Proposal prior to registration. | 2024 |
| INF 181 | Individual Studies (1 credit hour) | In-depth study of a problem or topic related to information studies, usually culminating in an examination or a scholarly written report. Individual Instruction. With the consent of the graduate advisor, may be repeated for credit. INF 181 is worth 1 hour of semester credit. Students wanting 2 or 3 hours of credit should take INF 281 or INF 381 respectively. Individual Study registration/proposal form | 2024 |
| INF 181E | Electronic Portfolio | Creation of a website that displays the student's professional aims, interests, and pursuits, including resume and work samples. Designed to be taken during the final semester of the Master of Science in Information Studies degree program. Individual instruction. | 2022 |
| INF 188T | Internship in Libraries and Other Information Agencies | Minimum 40 hours of supervised fieldwork for one semester. For each semester hour of credit earned, the equivalent of one lecture hour a week for one semester, with additional hours to be arranged. Offered on the credit/no credit basis only. May not be counted toward any degree in the School of Information. Required Form: https://www.ischool.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/images/iSchool_x88T_Application_Form.pdf | 2024 |
| INF 281 | Individual Studies (2 credit hours) | In-depth study of a problem or topic related to information studies, usually culminating in an examination or a scholarly written report. Individual Instruction. With consent of the graduate advisor, may be repeated for credit. INF 281 is worth 2 hours of semester credit. Students wanting 1 or 3 hours of credit should take INF 181 or INF 381 respectively. Individual Study registration/proposal form | 2024 |
| INF 288T | Internship in Libraries and Other Information Agencies | Minimum 80 hours of supervised fieldwork for one semester. For each semester hour of credit earned, the equivalent of one lecture hour a week for one semester, with additional hours to be arranged. Offered on the credit/no credit basis only. May not be counted toward any degree in the School of Information. Required Form: https://www.ischool.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/images/iSchool_x88T_Application_Form.pdf | 2024 |
| INF 380D | Designing Dynamic Web Pages | Principles and practices for designing, developing, and evaluating interactive desktop and mobile Web pages. Theories and models for color, styles, and interactive page elements, such as forms. Students create and evaluate Web pages using current technologies, such as XHTML/HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, AJAX, and Adobe Flash. | Not Yet Scheduled |
| INF 380E | Perspectives on Information | Multidisciplinary and historical examination of concepts of information. Contrasts key literature from information studies with perspectives from other fields. NOTE: MSIS students must earn a grade of B or better in the MSIS core courses (below) in order for the courses to apply to the master's degree. A grade of B- does NOT satisfy this requirement. | 2024 |
| INF 380P | Introduction to Programming | Introduction to common concepts and constructs of modern computer programming such as classes and objects, methods, inheritance, data types, variables, operators, procedures, and code libraries. Development of programmatic solutions to specific computing problems and design applications for modern computing platforms such as desktop, tablet, mobile, and the World Wide Web. Intended for students with no significant prior programming experience. | 2024 |
| INF 381 | Individual Studies (3 credit hours) | In-depth study of a problem or topic related to information studies, usually culminating in an examination or a scholarly written report. Individual Instruction. With consent of the graduate advisor, may be repeated for credit. INF 381 is worth 3 hours of semester credit. Students wanting 2 or 3 hours of credit should take INF 281 or INF 381 respectively. Individual Study registration/proposal form | 2024 |
| INF 381W | Advanced Problems in Information Studies | Study of a problem or topic related to information studies. Offered as an online course through the WISE Consortium. [Note: The iSchool will no longer participate in the WISE Consortium program after Spring 2020.] With consent of the graduate adviser, may be repeated for credit when the topics vary. | 2020 |
| INF 382C | Understanding and Serving Users | Overview of human-computer interaction, understanding client groups, information filters, information literacy and information-seeking behavior, as well as user studies and usability testing. | 2023 |
| INF 382D | Introduction to Information Resources and Services | Major reference resources and strategies useful in providing information services in libraries and other information agencies. | 2022 |
| INF 382G.03 | Materials for Children and Young Adults | Explore the evaluation, selection, and use of books and other media and materials to meet the needs of children and young adults. | 2024 |
| INF 382H | Legal Information Resources | Identification of relevant legal information resources, efficient retrieval of legal information, and the role of technology in legal information access. | 2023 |
| INF 382L | Information Resources and Services (see individual class topics below) | Inquiry and Information Seeking in K-12 | Examination of inquiry models and information seeking theories relevant to K-12 teaching and learning. An emphasis on strategies for teaching specific information literacy skills within the context of an inquiry process and subject areas and on the tools and resources available to support student learning. | 2021 |
| INF 382L.03 | Inquiry and Information Seeking in K-12 | Examine inquiry models and information-seeking theories relevant to K-12 teaching and learning. Explore tools and resources for student learning and strategies for teaching specific information literacy skills within the context of an inquiry process and varying K-12 subject areas. Designed for students pursuing the Information Studies: School Librarian stackable certificate. Course designed for School Librarian Certificate Program students. Previous coursework in educational psychology and methodology topics is highly recommended for success in this course. | 2023 |
| INF 382S | Library Instruction and Information Literacy | History of instruction in information service settings; learning theory, including learning styles; professional organizations involved in supporting instruction; instructional delivery modes and materials; and evaluation. | 2022 |
| INF 383H | Introduction to Digital Humanities | A hands-on introduction to guiding infrastructural and institutional developments involved in digital humanities. Explore areas of focus including archives, collection, data curation; funding, tool building, and scholarly publishing. | 2023 |
| INF 383S | Library Information Science, Espionage, and Intelligence Gathering | Examines the historical and conceptual linkages between the field of library information science and the practices of intelligence gathering and espionage. Explores the role and structure of the intelligence community, the similarities and contrasts between intelligence practitioners and other information professionals, and historical case studies that illuminate areas of overlap and cooperation between the disciplines. | Not Yet Scheduled |
| INF 384C | Organizing Information | Introduction to the concepts of information organization, representation, and classification. Consideration of different traditions of practice and user concerns. | 2024 |
| INF 384D | Collection Management | Philosophical and social context, objectives, and methodology of evaluating, selecting, and managing library materials. | 2024 |
| INF 384F | Seminar in Information Organization | Critical, in-depth examination of significant concepts in information organization. | Not Yet Scheduled |
| INF 384M | Topics In Description and Metadata (see individual class topics below) | Theories and Applications of Metadata | Introduction to the theoretical foundations, history, principles, and research surrounding the representation of information, digital collections, and data with metadata, with emphasis on concepts of standardization, infrastructure, formats, and exchange. Major topics will include metadata types, value and content standards, formats, data interchange standards and protocols. The course introduces participants to the examination and analysis surrounding issues of effectiveness, economics, values and audience surrounding different types of metadata applications. Provides background for further studies in information organization, preservation, and database management. | 2023 |
| INF 385C | Human-Computer Interaction | The history and importance of human-computer interaction (HCI), theories of HCI design, modeling of computer users and interfaces, empirical techniques for analyzing systems and interfaces, interface design, and styles of interaction. Emphasis on reviewing research papers, current works, and future directions in HCI research. | 2024 |
| INF 385E | Information Architecture and Design | The theory and design of information architecture: models that provide structure and context for information to shape meaning, purpose, and utility toward understanding. Students present theoretical reviews; map and design; and develop novel information architectures using a variety of methods and software applications. | 2024 |
| INF 385G | Advanced Usability | Designed to build upon the skills covered in Information Studies 385P. Individual project evaluating a Web site or other software user interface. Students devise a plan for testing, secure IRB approval to test human subjects, conduct study, analyze date, write a report, and present the results and conclusions. | 2023 |
| INF 385K | Projects in Human-Computer Interaction | Projects based on theories of human-computer interaction design, modeling of computer users and interfaces, empirical techniques for analyzing systems and interfaces, interface design, and styles of interaction. | 2021 |
| INF 385L | Information Networks | History, design, and use of digital information networks. Emphasis on origins of the Internet in the United States, varied technical models for networked information services, and social analysis of networked communication from multiple disciplinary perspectives. Includes close review of classic papers in networked communication as well as current works. | Not Yet Scheduled |
| INF 385M | Database Management | Principles and practices of database management and database design. Discussion and implementation of a database. Application life cycle, data dictionaries, relational database design, SQL queries, reports and other interfaces to database data, and documentation. Students work on individual and group projects. | 2024 |
| INF 385N | Informatics (see individual class topics below) | Consumer Health Informatics | The concept of consumer health informatics, health behavior theories, health information seeking and information retrieval, various forms of consumer health systems, and the design and evaluation of such systems | 2023 |
| INF 385P | Usability | The basics of user-centered design through the lifecycle of a software product. Includes perceptual, psychological, and other scientific underpinnings of usability and the justification for the application of usability engineering in software development. | 2024 |
| INF 385R | Survey of Digitization | Introduction to the issues and trends in digital asset management and digitization initiatives, including planning and project management, asset delivery and management systems, interoperability and the importance of standards, copyright, metadata basics, digital preservation, and specific digitization processes for documents, images, video, and sound. | 2024 |
| INF 385S | Digital Libraries | Research, development, and evaluation issues related to digital collections of documents, data, and multimedia formats, including metadata and interoperability; access strategies and user interfaces; implications for policies and social issues; collection development with physical as well as digital materials | 2023 |
| INF 385T | Special Topics in Information Science (see individual class topics below) | AI in Health | Exploration of major components of health IT systems, ranging from data semantics (ICD10), data interoperability (FHIR), diagnosis code (SNOMED CT), to workflow in clinical decision support systems. After establishing a good understanding of the fundamentals of health IT systems, we will dive deep into how AI innovations (e.g., machine learning, deep learning, computer vision) are transforming our healthcare system by introducing new concepts of mobile health, AI diagnosis, AI medicine, smart device, and intelligent delivery. | 2024 | Accessible UX | An in-depth course in UX with a concentration on digital product accessibility and inclusive design. Students will understand the foundations, functional requirements, and practical applications of Accessibility and how they can be effective members of the teams who employ A11y practitioners. | 2024 | Applied Encryption | This course aims to give students a thorough understanding of how encryption works by examining and implementing the most foundational and widely used forms of encryption. This knowledge will arm students with the technical security literacy that is vital to understanding and combating threats to confidentiality and privacy. | 2020 | Applied Experiments and Measurement | Explore hypothesis generation, design and set up of experiments (AB tests), quasi-experimental methods (regression, matching, heterogeneous treatment effects, etc.), interpreting results and uncertainty, and communicating insights to various audiences; with a focus on impacting practical business and product decisions. | 2024 | Artificial Intelligence in Health | Exploration of major components of health IT systems, ranging from data semantics (ICD10), data interoperability (FHIR), diagnosis code (SNOMED CT), to workflow in clinical decision support systems. After establishing a good understanding of the fundamentals of health IT systems, we will dive deep into how AI innovations (e.g., machine learning, deep learning, computer vision) are transforming our healthcare system by introducing new concepts of mobile health, AI diagnosis, AI medicine, smart device, and intelligent delivery. | 2023 | Blockchain and the Decentralized Economy | Built on the back of a blockchain computing stack, this course will focus on topics and research key to the transition to a decentralized economy. We will cover the dynamics of emerging technologies, highlight new ideas from leading entrepreneurs and researchers shaping this future, and provide students with an opportunity to build their research into a product or startup. Students will use lean methodologies and anchor their approach in content covered through the course. | 2020 | Community Engagement and Services | Explores the role of library and information organizations in communities, with a focus on building community relationships, engagement, and outreach. | 2022 | Community Engagement in Libraries | Explores the role of library and information organizations in communities, with a focus on building community relationships, engagement, and outreach. | 2023 | Computational Social Science Methods | Introduction to computational social science methods within the context of social science research design. | 2023 | Computer Vision | Computer vision is a field of artificial intelligence (AI) that enables computing systems to extract meaningful information from digital images, videos, and other visual inputs to make computable decisions. The camera captures digital photos and videos, and algorithms process and derive valuable information, which can help in making better decisions and recommendations. This course offers a comprehensive review of computer vision emphasizing its fundamental principles and their applicability in the real world, from fashion to deep face recognition. | 2024 | Concepts and Practices in 3D Printing | 3d printing is one of the fastest growing technologies commercially available today. This course will highlight the ways in which 3d printing applies to the field of information science in both theory and practice.zzzZZZ | 2020 | Concepts and Practices in Information Security | Introduction into the discipline and industry of information security (also known as cyber security). We will explore the history, theory, and practices of how we protect and control information in a connected, digital world. Information security is a complex topic that has become highly technical and specialized, and this course is designed to serve students regardless of their technical background or proficiency | 2023 | Data Management and the Research Life Cycle | This class equips thoughtful thinkers with powerful data science skills. You will learn how to manage and work with complex and big datasets in social science research, particularly in policy and nonprofit studies. You are expected to learn the following skills and respond to "big questions" that have social importance: 1) Understand the structure of data and how to work with big and complex datasets; 2) Understand the workflows of acquiring and managing data; 3) Able to conduct data-intensive and replicable social science research. *NOTE: In previous years, this topic was offered as INF 385T. These classes are identical, and students may not receive credit for both versions. | 2023 | Data Semantics | This course aims to provide the basic overview of the Semantic Web in general, and data semantics in particular, and how they can be applied to enhance data integration and knowledge inference. Ontology is the backbone of the Semantic Web. It models the semantics of data and represents them in markup languages proposed by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). W3C plays a significant role in directing major efforts at specifying, developing, and deploying standards for sharing information. Semantically enriched data paves the crucial way to facilitate the Web functionality and interoperability. This course aims to provide the basic overview of what the Semantic Web is and how it can be applied. It contains three parts: Semantic Web language, RDF graph database (i.e., RDF triple store), and its applications. The fundamental part of the course is the Semantic Web languages. It starts from XML and goes further to RDF and OWL. The RDF graph database part introduces different APIs of Jena and its reasoners. The application part showcases current trends on semantic applications. | 2023 | Data Storytelling | An introduction to data analysis and visualization with a focus on human elements, like understanding and operationalizing stakeholder needs. Software covered includes Tableau and Excel. No previous coding experience necessary. | 2024 | Datafication | Processes, techniques, and technologies that generate inscriptions (ready-to-take data), especially from or about people(s) or culture(s). Contexts, consequences, and history of datafication practices. Purposive intervention with datafication processes, practices, and artifacts. | 2023 | Deep Learning and Multimodal Systems | Recently Deep Learning (DL) techniques have shown a lot of promise for tasks in various modalities such as speech, language, and vision and DL has become a go-to machine learning paradigm for Artificial Intelligence (AI) based applications. The course aims to cover theoretical and applied aspects of Deep Learning and how it is used to solve real-world problems. Classes in each week may be divided into two segments: (a) Theory and Methods, a concise description of a deep learning algorithm, and (b) Lab Tutorial, a hands-on session on applying the algorithm on multimodal real world data such as textual, visual and audio data. | 2023 | Designing Physical Information Systems | Introduction to tools and methods, software and hardware, to produce physical information displays. | 2023 | Designing User Interfaces for Children | The course provides students with an overview of topics related to child development and user interface design for children, with an emphasis on early and middle childhood. Through this course students will learn about technology’s potential impact on cognitive and social development and how child development relates to media design. Students will interact and evaluate digital media technologies on children’s learning, including social learning. Topics include, but are not limited to, brain development, social cognition, symbolic processing, media usage, and self-representation. | 2023 | Digital Asset Management | This class provides an overview of digital asset management in relation to information professions in business, technology, archives and media libraries. Students will explore the core aspects of digital asset management: system planning, schema and taxonomy, technology project management, policy development and documentation, copyright, brand, metrics, funding, and user experience management, as well as the tools, terminology, uses, and applications in support of business, higher education, non-profits, and government. | 2020 | Digital Equity, Justice, Opportunity, and Inclusion | Explore the potential value that post-positivist research perspectives bring to critically examining issues like digital exclusion that are prefigured by underlying systemic/structural inequities. Students will also learn how philanthropic grantmaking programs can be designed to support solutions to root causes that issues like digital inequality reveal to us. | 2022 | Digital Forensics and Incident Response | Introduction to digital forensic technology, computer network security, and organizational planning and response to cyberattacks. | 2022 | Digital Text Analysis | Introduction to the computational skills needed to conduct digital text analysis using the R programming language. The analytical activities thus covered include text mining as well as statistics, predictive modeling, content modeling, sentiment analysis, and more. | 2022 | Disaster Planning and Response | Introduction to the fundamental preservation concepts, planning strategies, and applied response techniques for the preservation of cultural heritage collections in the wake of floods, fires, and other disaster events. | 2023 | Electronic Discovery and Digital Evidence | Evidence is information, and nearly all information is created, collected, communicated and stored electronically. Thus, the ability to identify, discover, interpret, authenticate and challenge electronically stored information is a crucial litigation skill. This course will seek to reconcile the federal rules and e-discovery case law with the sources, forms and methods of information technology and computer forensics. Students will explore information technology, learn to "speak geek" and acquire hands-on, practical training in finding electronic evidence, meeting preservation duties, guarding against spoliation, selecting forms of production, communicating and cooperating with opposing counsel and managing the vast volume and variety of digital evidence and metadata. With an emphasis on understanding the nuts and bolts of information technology, the course teaches practical considerations, tips and tools as well as pivotal case law that has shaped this area of the law and the electronic discovery industry as a whole. | 2024 | Ethics of AI: Theorizing Good Systems | Ethical challenges related to AI and how to address them. Introduces a broad range of ethical theories, including non-Western and feminist theories, and applies them to contemporary ethical challenges resulting from AI. | 2022 | Ethnography and Socio-Technical Futures | This course will present the basics of ethnographic research, completing a project centered on the idea of sociotechnical imaginaries to interrogate the future. Ethnographic research has been adapted and adopted by all types of academic disciplines and industry. This class will introduce the basic elements of ethnographic thinking and doing for the study of sociotechnical systems. Grounded in anthropological approaches, but oriented to current developments such as design ethnography, the class will present an emphasis on futures and the various imaginaries about it. The future has always been at the center of how we use and design technologies, systems, and information. A common trope is to present a particular technology or system as a "revolution" or "the future of" something. This course will follow an ethnographic approach to interrogate various sociotechnical imaginaries of the future. | 2023 | Games in Libraries, Archives, and Museums | Strategies for including (primarily digital) games in collections across the various kinds of institutions. Students would have guided experience with digital games to gain familiarity with the topic area, as well as exposure to case studies of how specific libraries, archives, and museums have included games in their collected materials. | 2023 | Human-AI Interaction | Introduction to combining human and machine intelligence to benefit people and society. Exploration of cutting-edge research on a number of topics related to human-AI interaction, including the psychological and societal impacts of AI, AI biases and fairness, transparency and explainability, mixed-initiative interaction, human-in-the-loop decision-making, embodied and natural language based AI, and design guidelines and methods for AI user experiences. | 2022 | Human-Centered Social Network Analysis | Provides students with an understanding of the fundamental concepts, common methods, and analytical tools of social network analysis. Students will gain experience applying both exploratory and qualitative methods to real-world problems within the social network domain. Note: Success in this class will require prior experience programming in Python. | 2021 | Inclusive Design for Accessible Technology | Project-based course providing a practical approach to designing technology focusing on accessibility. Students will learn how to apply inclusive design principles to inform the design and development of accessible technology by understanding and leveraging the needs of people with disabilities. This course will prepare students with the foundational knowledge to examine technology from an accessibility design perspective. | 2023 | Intersections of Surveillance and Society | Explore the theories and applications of surveillance and the impacts both have had on society and culture, over time and geography, including the application of technology. Examine how we participate in these systems as subjects, performers, and watchers in our own right, and how individuals can take more control over the processes of surveillance in their lives. | 2022 | Introduction to Blockchain | Overview of the concept, technology, and impacts of blockchain. Multi-level, multidisciplinary, and critical analysis of how blockchains work, where they are used, their limitations, and how they affect organizations and society now and in the future. | 2021 | Introduction to Machine Learning | Cutting edge concepts employed in machine learning to solve artificial intelligence problems. Students will learn the theory behind a range of machine learning tools and practice applying the tools to, for example, textual data (natural language processing), visual data (computer vision), and the combination of both textual and visual data. | 2024 | Javascript Programming | JavaScript is the most used programming language in the world. It is the programming language of the Web. Javascript supports front-end and back-end development, avoiding the need to use multiple programming languages. On the front-end Javascript is used extensively to create interactive user interfaces, websites, and mobile applications. On the back-end, programmers can us Node.js to build Javascript systems that interact with the Web browsers. In addition, many frameworks and add-ons are based on Javascript, including: jQuery, D3, React, and Angular. Javascript is a robust language that provides an easy way to get into programming. JavaScript supports valuable skills that programmers can later on apply to other languages, such Python, Java or C++. These skills include object-oriented and asynchronous programming. Object-oriented programming is a way of thinking, that produces code that is organized and structured for maximum reusability. This course is for students with or without previous programming experience. Students without previous programming experience will learn how to program and will acquire a set of transferable skills. Students with previous programming experience will learn how to transfer their programming skills to a new language, and will gain a deeper understanding of front-end and user interface development. | 2024 | Library Foundations | Introduction to structures and practices within the rapidly-evolving field of librarianship. prepares students for their graduate work here. | 2024 | Mapping For The Common Good | Mapping for the Common Good provides students of any background and any academic specialty/interest a broad theoretical and technical understanding of maps, spatial data and geovisualization. It is intentionally structured to highlight the many ways in which geographic information technologies and spatial reasoning skills can profoundly impact our understanding of the world. It also provides students with an opportunity to better appreciate how spatial data and mapping can be used to develop strategies, plans, and designs to improve the quality of life for communities and their citizens. | 2022 | Media, Memory, and the Archive | Introduction to one of the most complicated (and under-studied) components of the media industries: Preservation. Beginning with a contextualization of the field, and of its precedents in European collecting practice, public records offices, and museums, the course will employ both a theoretical and practical approach to archival media product. Debates over the merits (and drawbacks) of defining media product as "artifact" will be complemented by larger discussions over the practical ramifications of copyright and physical deterioration - increasingly problematic areas for both the filmmaker and academic researcher. Subjects will include: preservation principles, the impact of access programs and strategies, and the role of the archivist or curator. Utilizing the literature available as well as film and video resources of the University of Texas and the Austin community at large, students will combine an analytical approach to the history and theory of collecting with "hands-on" research - from Hollywood features and educational films, to home movies and the ever vanishing footage of the public domain. | 2021 | Misinformation and Disinformation | Examines misinformation, disinformation and other forms of networked manipulation, which can function not only to deceive and create divisions, but also to diminish trust in information intermediaries such as journalism and science. Readings and activities provide the basis for exploring problems with, causes of and solutions to these phenomena. | 2023 | Natural Language Processing and Applications | The course aims to cover fundamental concepts in Natural Language Processing / Computational Linguistics and how they are used to solve real-world problems. Classes in each week may be divided into two segments: (a) Theory and Methods, a concise description of an NLP concept, and (b) Lab Tutorial, a hands-on session on applying the theory to a real-world task on publicly available multilingual text datasets. | 2023 | Ontology Design | The first part of this course covers essential knowledge needed to create sound and interoperable metadata schemas and their application profiles (APS), which provide the bases for metadata interoperability. Designing metadata schemas and their APs will be done using XML Editors. Its focus will be on how to achieve syntactic interoperability among diverse metadata. The second part of the course will be focused on providing students with in-depth knowledge of how to design and implement sound ontologies for semantic systems. Particular attention will be given to smart use of ontology languages such as RDF/OWL (W3C standard) and topic maps (ISO standard). In a summary, this course will be focused on designing and implementing interoperable metadata and ontology schemas using XML and Ontology Editors. However, it will not deal with developing interfaces of those systems, so programming skills are not required for this class. | 2021 | Participatory Design and Research for Special Populations | This seminar will examine methods used in empirical research studies that focus on designing or researching computational technologies with or for people from underserved communities (e.g., empirical studies from IS-related fields such as HCI and CSCW). We will analyze how principles of participatory design (PD) and community-based participatory research (CBPR) are applied to these studies. This course will provide a critical understanding of established or perhaps unestablished research design methods, which support the creation and evaluation of ICT systems and services that would be equitable and beneficial to a broad range of users. | 2021 | Peer Production | Exploration of peer production the open collaborations that produce things like open source software and Wikipedia. Distinguishing peer production from different kinds of online collaborations such as crowdsourcing, citizen science, question and answer sites, and mere sharing of code. | 2021 | Photographic Materials In Cultural Heritage Institutions | - topic description unavailable - | 2020 | Problematic and Misleading Information | Examines misinformation, disinformation and other forms of networked manipulation, which can function not only to deceive and create divisions, but also to diminish trust in information intermediaries such as journalism and science. Readings and activities provide the basis for exploring problems with, causes of and solutions to these phenomena. | 2021 | Product and Project Management | Introduction to product and project management concepts as a foundation for UX, library sciences and other related fields. | 2022 | Program Evaluation in Libraries | Foundations of evaluation, including using the logic model, program evaluation, data gathering, analysis and reporting. Examples of evaluation and assessment in public, academic, and special are explored, with an emphasis on how libraries use data and evaluation to inform decision-making and support advocacy. | 2024 | Quantifying UX | A practical introduction and guide for using statistics to solve quantitative problems in user research. Many designers and user researchers view usability and user research as qualitative activities, which do not use formulas and numbers. However, usability practitioners and user researchers are increasingly expected to quantify the benefits of their efforts. The impact of good and bad designs can be quantified in terms of user performance, task completion rates and times, perceived user satisfaction. The course will address questions frequently faced by user researchers, such as, how to compare usability of products for A/B testing and competitive analysis, how to measure the interaction behavior and attitudes of users, how to estimate the number of users needed for usability testing. The course will introduce students to a foundation for statistical theories and the best practices needed to apply them. It will cover descriptive statistics, confidence intervals, standardized usability questionnaires, correlation, regression, and analysis of variance. It will also address how to effectively communicate the quantitative results. | 2023 | Rapid Prototyping and Lean UX Methodology | Introduction to basic design concepts such as composition, color theory, interactions; the Lean UX methodology, history, predecessor, pros/cons, and adaptations on Lean UX and case studies from companies such as Google; application of rapid prototyping using the latest design tools and methods. | 2022 | Responsible Data Management | Explore common data collection, management, and sharing practices in information technology and emerging technologies. Students will examine the human, social, and ethical impact of these practices and work on group projects to design data systems that are centered around broader impact and social responsibilities. | 2024 | Seminar in Propaganda, Deception and Manipulation in the Technology Era | Examination of propaganda and disinformation campaigns, the psychology behind how they work and how they became central to both the Cold War and political elections; as well as the advent of social media and algorithmic optimization to facilitate and accelerate the reach and impact. | 2024 | Technology Learning Studio | In this class we'll learn how to learn new technologies. We'll do this in three ways: 1) we'll learn new technologies ourselves (70%), 2) as a studio group, we'll reflect critically on our learning processes (15%), and 3) we'll review some literature (academic and practitioner, formal and informal) on learning techniques (15%). | 2021 | Technology and Culture | Issues surrounding the ways in which media systems, old and new, have defining powers that go beyond the superficial notion of how they operate or which “audiences” they attract. Alternative conceptions of how technology figures in various aspects of society, including its supposed “impacts” on society, its role in creating and shaping broad information and cultural systems and the attendant political and economic reverberations. | 2021 | Technology of Network Security and Incident Response | - topic description unavailable - | 2020 | UX Prototyping | Prototyping aspect of the iterative design cycle, including design and evaluation. | 2024 | UX and Product Management | Build awareness of the Product Management practice, surface shared goals and processes between PM and UX, highlight possible areas of conflict, and discover approaches to forming an effective collaborative relationship. | 2023 | User Behavior and Search Experience | Theoretical and practical foundations for information professionals who wish to design and evaluate search systems and services, taking user-centered approaches. Search user interfaces, search behavior, search interaction, search user experience, and measures and methods for evaluating search systems. | 2023 | Virtual Environments | Examine people’s social and psychological experiences of virtual environments, such as in virtual reality. Students will learn about the research behind people’s experiences of virtual environments. | 2023 | Visual Design | This mixed-format course consisting of lecture, discussion, and studio will allow students of all experience levels to develop fundamental visual design theory and skills to prepare for careers in information and related fields. Course topics include user interface foundations and design thinking methods. Students will have the opportunity to create multiple projects for their personal portfolios. Students will engage with industry professionals to provide insight about professional careers in design. Student feedback will be collected throughout the course to ensure the curriculum is adding the most value for students. | 2023 | Web Application Development | This course provides the knowledge and skills required to develop an accessible and user-friendly web application from start to finish. Students will learn to apply accessibility and heuristic principles when developing a web application to deliver the best experience to end-users. | 2024 |
| INF 385T.01 | Special Topics in Information Science: Presenting Information | Visual, numerical, textual, and verbal presentation of information based on fundamental theories of human information perception and communication. Examples may include tables, graphs, dashboards, infographics, and reports. | 2024 |
| INF 385T.02 | Special Topics in Information Science: Visualization | Examine the opportunities and challenges for using crowdsourcing to teach computers to "see". | 2024 |
| INF 385T.03 | Special Topics in Information Science: Human Computation and Crowdsourcing | Introduction to the theory, methods, and applications of human computation and crowdsourcing; covering a breadth of key concepts as well as more specialized depth in one or more key sub-areas. | 2022 |
| INF 385T.04 | Special Topics in Information Science: Mobile Interaction Design | Introduction to the design of mobile interactions with emphasis on research and analysis, conceptual design, mobile interface prototyping, and the basics of interface evaluation and usability testing. | Not Yet Scheduled |
| INF 385T.05 | Special Topics in Information Science: Data Mining | A hands-on introductory overview of the applications, methods, tools, and technologies that constitute data science and data mining. Fundamentals of Python and R programming languages and relevant libraries. A semester project applying the learned methods and technologies to a specific dataset. | Not Yet Scheduled |
| INF 385T.06 | Special Topics in Information Science: Information Modeling | An introduction to fundamental information modeling methods such as relational database design, conceptual modeling, markup systems, and ontologies. | Not Yet Scheduled |
| INF 385T.07 | Special Topics in Information Science: Information Science in the Intelligence Community | Introduction to the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC) and the world of espionage from a Library and Information Science perspective: how intelligence agencies collect, manage, and analyze data and information to produce actionable insights for policymakers. | 2021 |
| INF 385T.08 | Special Topics in Information Science: Information Ethics | Examination of contemporary information ethics issues applying a variety of ethical theories, including non-Western and feminist theories. | Not Yet Scheduled |
| INF 385T.09 | Special Topics in Information Science: Data Wrangling | An introduction to working with data - reading a variety of formats, designing a database schema, and introductory programming skills for inserting, querying, and transforming of data. | 2023 |
| INF 385T.10 | Special Topics in Information Science: Interaction Design | Introduction to the design and production of useful and elegant interactive experiences, including iterative design, prototyping, and user testing. | 2024 |
| INF 385T.11 | Special Topics in Information Science: Crowdsourcing for Computer Vision | Examine the opportunities and challenges for using crowdsourcing to teach computers to "see". | Not Yet Scheduled |
| INF 385T.12 | Special Topics in Information Science: Ethics of AI | Identify and address a variety of ethical challenges related to AI and its applications. Apply a broad range of ethical theories, including non-Western and feminist theories, to contemporary issues in the design, development, and deployment of AI-based systems. | 2023 |
| INF 385T.13 | Special Topics in Information Science: Human-AI Interaction | Introduction to combining human and machine intelligence to benefit people and society. Explore cutting-edge research on a number of subjects related to human-AI interaction, including the psychological and societal impacts of AI as well as design guidelines and methods for human-centered AI. | 2024 |
| INF 385V | Health Informatics | Introduction to health informatics; includes fundamentals of information in biomedicine, nursing, public health, bioinformatics and genomics, electronic records, and integrated systems. | 2023 |
| INF 385W | Security Informatics | Explores information, computer, and network security in several contexts. Examines business impacts of security, societal implications of the protection of information resources, and technical aspects of securing information technology systems and data. | Not Yet Scheduled |
| INF 386 | History of Information and Society (see individual class topics below) | History of Information in the United States | A survey of the history of information, with a focus on information professions and centers (e.g. libraries, archives, schools, museums, newspapers, social media, non-profit/for-profit corporations, government settings, etc.) in the United States over the last 150 years. Interdisciplinary examination of 'information' and its manifestations in historical but also philosophical, sociological, political, economic, journalistic, and technological contexts. | 2022 |
| INF 386E | Information and Culture (see individual class topics below) | Planning and Understanding Exhibits | Exhibits are a powerful way for libraries, archives, museums, and cultural institutions to engage the public with their collections. This course offers students the opportunity to plan and install an exhibit, focusing on objectives such as: crafting a narrative around physical objects; drafting exhibit text; accommodating media preservation issues; building basic display supports; and publicizing the exhibit. Students will learn about the historical origins of modern-day exhibit practices, and will visit and evaluate current exhibits on campus and in the Austin area. | 2023 |
| INF 386G | Gender, Technology, and Information | Definitions of and metaphors for technologies; in-depth analysis of feminism and science and technologies studies, masculinities and technologies, woman's underrepresentation in technology, reproductive and sexual technologies, domestic technologies, design and architecture, book clubs and reading, and gender and (information) articulation work. | 2021 |
| INF 387 | Administration (see individual class topics below) | School Library Management I | Designed for students pursuing Texas Education Agency (TEA) certification in school librarianship. Examine the philosophy, objectives, and management of the school library with an emphasis on standards and competencies, and the roles of the school librarian as collection curator, literacy leader, and program administrator. | 2021 |
| INF 387.05 | School Library Management I | Designed for students pursuing Texas Education Agency (TEA) certification in school librarianship. Examine the philosophy, objectives, and management of the school library with an emphasis on standards and competencies, and the roles of the school librarian as collection curator, literacy leader, and program administrator. | 2023 |
| INF 387.06 | School Library Management II | Designed for students pursuing Texas Education Agency (TEA) certification in school librarianship. Examine the philosophy, objectives, and management of the school library with an emphasis on the roles of the school librarian as an instructional partner and information specialist. | 2023 |
| INF 387C | Managing Information Organizations | Management theory, concepts, processes, and practices as applied to information agencies and systems. | 2023 |
| INF 387T | Information Technology and Work | Examines the role information technology plays in modern work. Case studies of historical and modern examples of technology implementation and work transformation. Includes qualitative techniques, such as interviewing and observing, for data collection; data analysis; and presentation of data. | Not Yet Scheduled |
| INF 388E | Historical Museums: Context and Practice | The process of exhibit creation in historical museums, from planning through development to opening and maintenance, as a negotiation among stakeholders for influence on the story that is told. Students visit local historical museums and examine how presentations are influenced by the institutional position of the museum, including its history and resources; the concerns of museum employees; the influence of the audience and of those who are directly affected or represented by an exhibit; and the role of contractual professionals. | 2024 |
| INF 388K.01 | Public Libraries | History, missions, values, governance, funding, services, user communities, architecture, leadership, and issues in public librarianship. | 2022 |
| INF 388K.06 | Law Libraries | Overview of law librarianship, the discipline of law, and the culture of the legal environment, including the context in which law librarians, legal publishers, and other legal information professionals work. | 2020 |
| INF 388L | Professional Experience and Project | Study of a practical problem, current phenomenon, or professional issue in an institutional setting. Conference course. Offered on the credit/no credit basis only. Offered on the credit/no credit basis only. | 2024 |
| INF 388R | Practicum in School Libraries | Designed for students pursuing Texas Education Agency (TEA) certification in school librarianship. Fieldwork in varied school library settings under the supervision of qualified personnel. At least 160 hours of supervised fieldwork for one semester. Offered on the credit/no credit basis only. Participants will not ordinarily receive monetary compensation. Note: In order to count INF 388R toward the MSIS Capstone requirement, students must also participate in INF 388L class meetings and the end-of-semester poster presentation. | 2024 |
| INF 388T | Internship in Libraries and Other Information Agencies | Supervised fieldwork. Minimum 125 hours of supervised fieldwork for one semester. Offered on the credit/no credit basis only. May not be counted toward any degree in the School of Information. Required Form: https://www.ischool.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/images/iSchool_x88T_Application_Form.pdf | 2024 |
| INF 389E | Introduction to Records Management | Systems for controlling recorded information in an organizational setting. | 2024 |
| INF 389G | Introduction to Electronic and Digital Records | Examines personal recordkeeping and information management to explore the creation, management, and preservation of digital information. Includes current developments in digital technology that affect recordkeeping. | 2024 |
| INF 389J | Appraisal and Selection of Records | Investigates the history, theory, and practice of selecting and appraising records information for permanent or quasi-permanent retention in an archival environment. Explores influences of other stakeholders on the selection and appraising process. | 2021 |
| INF 389M | Introduction to Issues in Records Information | Exploration of the fundamentals of records information and their role in society. | Not Yet Scheduled |
| INF 389R | Introduction to Archival Enterprise I | Introduction to the records aspect of archival enterprise, from acquisition to use, with emphasis on arrangement and description. | 2024 |
| INF 389S | Introduction to Archival Enterprise II | Administrative and professional issues, including organizing the work of a repository, management issues, marketing, space, law, and ethics. | 2020 |
| INF 390C | Copyright: Legal and Cultural Perspectives | Digital and other important communication technologies; how copyright in the United States developed and has evolved; and copyright seen from a number of disciplinary points of view, such as legal studies, cultural history, and public policy. Other subjects may include the cultural commons; natural rights arguments for copyright versus social bargain and statutory arguments; identifying and protecting the public interest in information; the law of copyright and cultural categories such as the author, the work, intellectual property, and creation; and important federal court cases. | 2021 |
| INF 390N | Information Policy (see individual class topics below) | Communication Law and Policy | Examines United States communication policy in light of domestic and international structural, economic and technological changes. We will investigate how notions of control, access and expression have changed during the 20th and the 21st centuries, examining communication policies and regulation against a backdrop of technological innovation. Our point of departure is that definitions of and debates on what constitutes the public interest intersect with policies for broadcasting, cablecasting, computer networks (the Internet) and various other telecommunications systems. The course begins by examining some of the framing documents and events that established expectations about how communications and telecommunications systems should function in American society and with what goals; the course pursues the events and shifts in broadcasting, cable, telephony, and network communication (particularly the Internet) history in order to discover how original conceptualizations have become wedded to marketplace notions. | 2022 | Cybersecurity Law and Policy | A deep dive into a broad range of legal and policy issues associated with cybersecurity, intended as a comprehensive introduction to the topic and the many public and private institutions involved in it. See instructor's previous syllabus sample. | 2023 | Privacy, Surveillance, and National Security | Introduction to U.S. federal information policy, with emphasis on privacy and surveillance in the post-9/11 environment and brief consideration of American intelligence work. Theories of surveillance and privacy. Inherent tensions between democratic and open civil society and security concerns of the state. Primacy and critique of risk assessment as the framework for U.S. security decisions. Understanding historical bases of policy issues, identifying important sources of consensus and dissensus about policy issues, identifying key policy stakeholders and actors, and recognition that reasonable people will disagree about what can and should be done about important policy issues and that the policy system aims to reveal and adjudicate among conflicting perspectives and value judgments. | 2020 |
| INF 390P | Topics in Privacy | Policy, value systems, and critical theory regarding privacy, studied from historical, sociological, feminist, or other perspectives. Repeatable with Different Topics | Not Yet Scheduled |
| INF 391D.06 | Directed Readings | The individual student works under supervision of a member of the graduate faculty. Students must present the faculty member's name to the iSchool Registration/Course Administrator for registration. | 2024 |
| INF 391D.07 | Directed Research | The individual student works under supervision of a member of the graduate faculty. Students must present the faculty member's name to the iSchool Registration/Course Administrator for registration. | 2024 |
| INF 391D.10 | Survey of Information Studies | An overview of the major ideas, concepts, and theories of information studies. | 2023 |
| INF 391D.11 | The Research Enterprise | An overview of the nature and purposes of research, and common methods and methodologies in information studies. | 2023 |
| INF 391D.12 | Disciplinary Foundations For Information Studies | An overview of concepts, results, and perspectives from philosophical, social science, humanistic, design, and technological disciplines that provide important underpinnings for information studies. | 2024 |
| INF 391F | Advanced Topics in Research Methods, Methodologies, and Design (see individual class topics below) | Qualitative Research Methods | Explores a variety of approaches to qualitative methods including ethnography, participant observation, case studies, grounded theory, phenomenology, action research, and so forth. Students will have a hands-on opportunity to conduct their own research project in which they will learn, discuss, and reflect upon the procedures of qualitative research. | 2023 | Quantitative Research Methods | This course starts by discussing broad landscape of epistemological and theoretical perspectives | 2022 |
| INF 391G | Doctoral Writing Seminar | Intensive writing, critique, and rewriting to assist senior doctoral students with refining their research writing in preparation for qualifying papers, dissertation proposals, and formal publications. May be repeated for credit. | 2024 |
| INF 392C | Preservation Administration and Services | Theory and practice of preservation administration and services. Problems in planning, organizing, and implementing preservation work in libraries, archives, and museums. May be repeated for credit. | Not Yet Scheduled |
| INF 392E | Materials in Libraries, Archives, and Museums | Underlying factors in the physical nature of materials; concepts of permanence, durability, and deterioration; challenges of both traditional and modern collections; emphasis on print and photographic collections. | 2021 |
| INF 392G | Management of Preservation Programs | Management of specific preservation strategies for cultural record; preservation policy; the selection process for preservation; minor mending and repair operations; library binding and conservation treatment; preservation assessments; emergency preparedness; contracting for services; and budgeting, grant writing, and fund- raising for preservation. | 2023 |
| INF 392H | Creating Sustainable Digital Collections | Hands-on activities that focus on building sustainable collections of digitized resources. Designed to help students gain curatorial understanding of the media to be digitized and knowledge of and experience with the technical and managerial aspects of the digitization process. Includes creation of metadata and digital preservation strategies for long-term access. | Not Yet Scheduled |
| INF 392K | Digital Archiving and Preservation | Examines the permanent archiving of digital information. Covers media refreshment, emulation, migration, and electronic records repository construction and administration. Case study projects involving campus repositories and off-campus institutions. Students use legacy hardware and software and digital forensics tools to preprocess digital collections for repository storage. Also explores issues in long-term electronic records preservation. | 2024 |
| INF 392L | Introduction to Audio Preservation and Reformatting | Study of audio recording through a chronological examination of the development of recording; basic care and preservation of recordings; economics of audio preservation; and stability concerns of modern media. | 2023 |
| INF 392M | Advanced Audio Preservation and Reformatting | Exploration of changing concepts in the nature of audio information in different formats, issues of access within the context of preservation, criteria for prioritization of materials to be reformatted, considerations in invasive versus minimal restoration, and study of rare formats. | 2020 |
| INF 392P | The Politics of Preservation | Introduction to the components of the media industries, using the available literature as well as the University's film and video resources. The course employs both a theoretical and a practical approach to the archival media product. Debate over defining historical media material as artifact complements discussion of the realities of digitization and physical deterioration. | Not Yet Scheduled |
| INF 393C | Conservation Laboratory Techniques (see individual class topics below) | Introduction to Paper Conservation | Introduction to the ethical principles of conservation; conservation documentation; and hands-on treatment techniques for prolonging the lifetime of cultural materials. | 2024 | Preservation Science and Practice | In this course, students learn collections care strategies that enable today's information stewards to protect our growing cultural record. Scientific foundations and practical exercises will address common preservation challenges, such as environmental control, mold, insects, pollutants, and light damage. Modern topics in health, safety, and sustainability will highlight the developing nature of the field. Students will evaluate preservation risks for books, paper, electronic media, and other collections materials. | 2023 |
| INF 393C.10 | Treatment Techniques for Flat Paper | Basic techniques for care and handling of paper materials including but not limited to mending, dry cleaning, humidification and flattening, exhibit design and installation, enclosures, and documentation. | 2020 |
| INF 393C.11 | Treatment Techniques for Bound Materials | Basic techniques for care and handling of bound materials including but not limited to sewing structure, minor mends, and enclosures. | 2024 |
| INF 397 | Research in Information Studies (see individual class topics below) | Applied Statistics | Develop foundational skills and confidence in quantitative methods for industry or academic jobs. Learn to use quantitative information to identify, evaluate, and solve problems in logical, empirically-based, accessible ways. Topics include: probability, statistical inference (Bayesian, frequentist), basic statistics, terminology, quantitative methods, and applied research practices. Students will use software for description, estimation, comparison, and explanation. Develop skills for identifying utility, limitations, and ethics of specific methods for industry research, advanced coursework, or independent learning. No prior statistical experience required. Opportunities to customize project to experience and career goals (e.g., UX/UI/user research, data science HCI, evaluation research in archives, academic publications) | 2021 | Data Management and the Research Life Cycle | This class equips thoughtful thinkers with powerful data science skills. You will learn how to manage and work with complex and big datasets in social science research, particularly in policy and nonprofit studies. You are expected to learn the following skills and respond to "big questions" that have social importance: 1) Understand the structure of data and how to work with big and complex datasets; 2) Understand the workflows of acquiring and managing data; 3) Able to conduct data-intensive and replicable social science research. *NOTE: In previous years, this topic was offered as INF 385T. These classes are identical, and students may not receive credit for both versions. | 2023 | Introduction to Machine Learning/SAL | Large datasets are increasingly becoming available across many sectors such as healthcare, energy, and online markets. This course focuses on methods that allow learning from such datasets to uncover underlying relationships and patterns in the data, with a focus on predictive performance of various models that can be built to represent the underlying function generating the data. The course starts with a review of basic statistical concepts and linear regression. But the course will focus mostly on classification and clustering based on non-regression techniques such as tree-based approaches, support vector machines, and unsupervised learning. In the problem sets and tutorials we will examine applications in: healthcare; energy; transportation; online markets; and patent systems. Topics will include Linear Regression, Classification, Resampling Methods, Linear Model Selection and Regularization, Tree-Based Methods, Support Vector Machines, Unsupervised Learning. In covering the material from the assigned textbook (see below), this course will emphasize both on formulaic and conceptual understanding of the discussed methods. As necessary, the instructor will draw on material from outside the textbook for driving conceptual clarity. | 2023 | Qualitative Research with Readers and Designers of Text | Seminar discussing the assumptions, methods, successes, and limitations of various strands of qualitative research, with special emphasis on observational approaches employed in writing studies research. History of qualitative research in writing studies as well as its underlying theory and ethics. | 2021 |
| INF 397.02 | Practicum in Research | The individual student works under supervision of a member of the graduate faculty. Students must present the faculty member's name to the graduate coordinator for registration. | 2022 |
| INF 397D | Bibliography and Methods in Historical Research | Sources of information for and techniques of conducting investigations in history. | Not Yet Scheduled |
| INF 398R | Master's Report | Preparation of a report to fulfill the requirement for the master's degree under the report option. Offered on the credit/no credit basis only. The individual student works under supervision of a member of the graduate faculty. Students must present the faculty member's name to the graduate coordinator for registration. Please refer to the iSchool Capstone Handbook for instructions on how to register for the Master's Report. NOTE: Besides working with their individual Faculty Supervisors, students must also contact the instructors of INF 388L/R in order to attend aggregated Capstone class meetings during the times currently scheduled for INF 388L/R. All Capstone courses require student participation in an end-of-semester poster session. | 2024 |
| INF 398T | Supervised Teaching in Information Studies | Teaching strategies for course design, syllabus creation, material development, classroom activities, student engagement, and grading. Additional subjects may include negotiation of course load and timing, course marketing, TA management, online teaching, and doctoral teaching/advising. May be repeated for credit as a teaching practicum. | 2024 |
| INF 399W | Dissertation | Writing of the dissertation. The individual student works under supervision of a member of the graduate faculty. Students must present the faculty member's name to the graduate coordinator for registration. May be repeated for credit. Offered on the credit/no credit basis only. | 2024 |
| INF 698A | Thesis | The individual student works under supervision of a member of the graduate faculty. Students must present the faculty member's name to the graduate coordinator for registration. Offered on the credit/no credit basis only. Please refer to the iSchool Capstone Handbook for instructions on how to register for the Master's Thesis. NOTE: All Capstone courses require student participation in an end-of-semester poster session. Please see poster session guidelines at http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/programs/masters/capstone/poster_session_guidelines for further information. | 2024 |
| INF 698B | Thesis | The individual student works under supervision of a member of the graduate faculty. Students must present the faculty member's name to the graduate coordinator for registration. INF 698B can only be taken immediately after completion of INF 698A. To register, please contact the iSchool Course Administrator. Offered on the credit/no credit basis only. NOTE: Besides working with their individual Faculty Supervisors, students must also contact the instructors of INF 388L/R in order to attend aggregated Capstone class meetings during the times currently scheduled for INF 388L/R. All Capstone courses require student participation in an end-of-semester poster session. | 2024 |
| INF 699W | Dissertation | Writing of the dissertation. The individual student works under supervision of a member of the graduate faculty. Students must present the faculty member's name to the graduate coordinator for registration. May be repeated for credit. Offered on the credit/no credit basis only. | 2024 |
| INF 999W | Dissertation | Writing of the dissertation. The individual student works under supervision of a member of the graduate faculty. Students must present the faculty member's name to the graduate coordinator for registration. May be repeated for credit. Offered on the credit/no credit basis only. | 2024 |
| ISP 189 | Individual Studies | In-depth study of a problem or topic related to Information Security and Privacy. Individual Instruction. May be repeated for credit. ISP 189 is worth 1 hour of semester credit. Students wanting 2 or 3 hours of credit should take ISP 289 or INF 389 respectively. | 2024 |
| ISP 289 | Individual Studies | In-depth study of a problem or topic related to Information Security and Privacy. Individual Instruction. May be repeated for credit. ISP 289 is worth 2 hours of semester credit. Students wanting 1 or 3 hours of credit should take ISP 189 or INF 389 respectively. | 2024 |
| ISP 380 | Introduction to Information Security and Privacy | Explore foundational concepts of information security and privacy, including information value, classifications, threats, liabilities and risk management, identity and access controls (IAM), trust frameworks, technology for network, web, software and cloud security; and privacy laws and regulations. | 2023 |
| ISP 381 | Information and Privacy in Society | Examine how information is socially and culturally variable and fluid, changing throughout history and differing from place to place. Explore the anthropological study of information; societal norms; and individual, device, communal, and organizational information strategies. | 2024 |
| ISP 382 | Public Policy, Information Security, and Privacy | Explore an overview of how information and public policy relate to each other. Examine key information policy areas including privacy, surveillance, theft, health information, business-to-business relationships, and the co-evolution of personal data and information technologies. | 2024 |
| ISP 383 | Business Governance and Controls for Information Security and Privacy | Explore an organizational perspective on the management and governance of information. Examine business practices and governance mechanisms for minimizing risks and maximizing returns of information. | 2023 |
| ISP 384 | Strategic Communication for Information Security and Privacy | Explore framing messages and the impact on people, organizations, risks and privacy; effective crisis management communications; communication and business continuity planning; time management; sense making processes in organizational crisis; and reputation management. | 2023 |
| ISP 385 | Information Risk and Benefit Analysis | Explore and evaluate the risks and benefits related to information in multiple sectors including financial services, healthcare, consumer services, government, education, and energy. | 2023 |
| ISP 385T | Topics in Information Security and Privacy | Study the characteristics of information and the technologies, stakeholders, and questions involved in managing, protecting, and securing information. | Not Yet Scheduled |
| ISP 386 | Information Security | Explore the enrollment and authentication for cyber and physical access and transactions, cryptography, biometrics, device identity security, and security culture. | 2023 |
| ISP 387 | Information Management and Repositories | Explore knowledge and data management, storage, and mining. Examine information representation and algorithms. Discuss information security and privacy applications in all market sectors for enrollment, authentication, operational use, fraud detection, and fraud prevention. | 2023 |
| ISP 388 | Law Governing Information Security and Privacy | Examine laws and other policy instruments related to information security and privacy, different classes of protected personal information, and multiple genres of legal information and legal writing. Explore legal requirements and social responsibilities as they pertain to data protection and the prevention of different types of fraud and information crimes. | 2024 |
| ISP 388L | Professional Experience and Project | Study practical problems, current phenomenon, or professional issues in an institutional setting. | 2024 |
| ISP 389 | Individual Studies | In-depth study of a problem or topic related to Information Security and Privacy. Individual Instruction. May be repeated for credit. ISP 389 is worth 3 hours of semester credit. Students wanting 1 or 2 hours of credit should take ISP 189 or INF 289 respectively. | 2024 |
| ISP 398R | Master's Report | Preparation of a report to fulfill the requirement for the master's degree under the report option. | 2023 |