Human Factors in Information Security introduces personal, social, and organizational concepts, skills, and processes for enhancing individual and organizational security and privacy, especially online.
Dorothea Salo led a welcoming, thought-provoking course with constructive feedback, though one student found her lectures frequently included personal beliefs. The class was described as easy with a heavy focus on video lectures and readings.
Covers core concepts and new developments in digital curation, preservation, and digital collections, including digitization, metadata, IP, and sustainable repository planning.
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2019: 3.98 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=25 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.82 GPA, 95.5% A/AB (n=22 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.93 GPA, 95.3% A/AB (n=43 letter grades).