SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT FOR INFORMATION PROFESSIONALS

LIS 711

Preparation to effectively and ethically manage, organize and protect the data in organizational settings. Covers major topics of data management addressed by the Certified Data Management Professional certification. Assess, construct and implement workflows, organizational policies and data architecture to improve data quality and security. Learn to clean and organize data for effective retrieval and use. Learn tools and techniques to support data interoperability, and gain understanding of contemporary data management ethical and policy issues.

LIS 603

Introduces students to research, evaluation and assessment practices. Prepares students to design and implement a research or assessment project. Provides an overview of commonly employed data collection methodologies and introduces students to both qualitative and quantitative analysis approaches that may be employed in evaluation, assessment and research.

LIS 602

Introduces basic concepts and principles of information organization and online searching. Gain knowledge of information organization and retrieval theories and methods and knowledge of large database structures and database searching techniques. Critically examine the impact of information organization practices on organizations and culture. Learn how to develop information organizing systems and to evaluate and improve search systems.

INFOSYS 424

Applied principles and techniques of information systems development including requirements identification and analysis, process and data modeling, team communication and collaboration, and system testing.

LIS 855

Critical examination of selected management techniques in the areas of materials control, physical plant operations, personnel programs, budget preparation and statistical reporting. May also focus on a particular type of information agency; e.g., data analysis centers, research libraries, or public libraries.