Fall 2026

Research and Assessment for Information Professionals

LIS 603 introduces research, evaluation, and assessment practices for information professionals, covering project design and data analysis.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Rebekah Willett3.8/5Kyung-Sun Kim3.4/5Margaret Smith

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.89 GPA, 96.3% A/AB (n=54 letter grades); Fall 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=17 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.57 GPA, 86.7% A/AB (n=15 letter grades).

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Raw average: 4.07/5 from 14 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2024: 3.98 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=20 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.98 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=28 letter grades); Fall 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=17 letter grades).

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 3.75 GPA, 92.9% A/AB (n=28 letter grades); Spring 2024: 3.90 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=15 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.57 GPA, 86.7% A/AB (n=15 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

KYUNG-SUN KIM is recorded teaching in Fall 2016, Fall 2017, Spring 2022, Spring 2024, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

REBEKAH WILLETT is recorded teaching in Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Fall 2026

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 001Classroom Instruction31 / 301
LEC 002Classroom Instruction25 / 300
LEC 003Online Only29 / 500

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Student experience

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.89 GPA, 96.3% A/AB (n=54 letter grades); Fall 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=17 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.57 GPA, 86.7% A/AB (n=15 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Research, evaluation, and assessment practices
  • Data collection methodologies
  • Qualitative and quantitative analysis

Skills

  • Design and implement research or assessment projects
  • Employ data collection methodologies
  • Apply qualitative and quantitative analysis approaches

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LIS 603 · Fall 2026

Research and Assessment for Information Professionals

Recorded 2026-09-07
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-09-07

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nvidia/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-NVFP4
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Model & dataset provenance
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