Information: Perspectives and Contexts
Introduction to major themes, language, and literature in information studies; explores social, historical, ethical, legal, and political issues in information dissemination, use, control, and management.
Summary
Past student reviews · Jonathan Senchyne
The class involved a lot of reading, but students found it manageable if they came prepared to contribute to discussions.
Grade history
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Prerequisites
Course mapGraduate/professional standing
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Prerequisite text tree
- Graduate/professional standing
Professors
Spring 2027No instructors recorded for this selection.
Historical instructors & teaching patterns
JONATHAN SENCHYNE is recorded teaching in Fall 2016, Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
Calendar & sections
Spring 2027Schedule loads here as you scroll.
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Student experience
the class
Past student reviews · Jonathan Senchyne
Students described the course as featuring excellent instruction with practical assignments and eye-opening discussions that influenced their viewpoints.
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2024: 3.99 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=63 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.93 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=7 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.96 GPA, 98.2% A/AB (n=113 letter grades).
difficulty & workload
Past student reviews · Jonathan Senchyne
The class involved a lot of reading, but students found it manageable if they came prepared to contribute to discussions.
Past student reviews · Jonathan Senchyne
Reviewers appreciated the lack of nit-picky quizzes and noted that the assignments had clear relevance to future careers.
Topics
- Major themes and topics in information studies; language and literature of the field and related disciplines
- Information, information agencies, and the role of the information professional
- Social, historical, ethical, legal, and political issues surrounding information dissemination, use, control, and management
Grades
Latest available · Fall 2025— not enough history to project Spring 2027.
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Through Fall 2025
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Catalog & offerings
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Grade history
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Explore recorded gradesRecorded 2026-10-14
Model outputs & technical records
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Model & dataset provenance
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