World Information Society and Environments (WISE)

Explore the wide selection of courses across this cutting-edge program.

The WISE program concentration focuses on information and digital technology in diverse global and social contexts, including business, government, law, policy, politics, and health.  In this program, you will:

Learn about the relationships and interactions of the global digital information world within the contexts of business, law, policy and politics.
Understand the broad implications of communication and information transfer across national and international boundaries over networks, the Internet and Web.
Gain knowledge and skills needed by information professionals working in diverse information environments from corporate and law libraries to government agencies.
Gain professional experience through the practicum course (LIS 698) which enhances the WISE program. The themes of diversity, global networked environments and digital technology are common to the four concentration areas.

WISE Curriculum

15 credits:

Business:

LIS 616 Business Economics & Statistical Information
LIS 627 Online Databases: Business

Law:

LIS 616 Legal Research Methods & Law
LIS 626 Online Databases: Law
LIS 684 Contemporary Issues in Law

five 3-credit courses

Government, Policy, & Politics:

LIS 613 Government Information Sources
LIS 697 International Documents
LIS 697 Information Policy

Health Information:

LIS 624 Online Databases: Health Sciences
LIS 685 Medical Librarianship
LIS 697 Contemporary Issues in Health Information

Designing Information for Communication and Interaction:

LIS 608 Human Information Behavior
LIS 628 Internet Services & Sources
LIS 641 Information Systems Analysis
LIS 665 Projects in Digital Archives
LIS 672 Library Systems and Networks
LIS 697 XML & Applications

Cultural Informatics Studio Lab:

LIS 643 Information Architecture
LIS 682 People-Centered Research & Design
LIS 681 Usability Leadership

LIS 697 Pratt-SILS and University College London (UCL)- School of Library Archives & Information Studies (SLAIS) - Summer School on E-Publishing: a 3-credit course and 2nd Bloomsbury Conference on E-Publishing & Publications, London - Summer 2008, June 16-27.

Contact

Professor Debbie Rabina, PhD
Coordinator, WISE program
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