Master schedule

The master schedule details when the School of Information Sciences expects to offer the courses in its catalog. However, students should anticipate that there may be some variation on a semester-to-semester basis due to instructor availability and scheduling constraints. Please also note that offerings available during Spring/Summer are more limited than Fall and Winter semesters.

* Courses with this notation are based in the College of Education. Schedule offerings will vary. Please check the Wayne State Schedule of Classes.

^ Courses with this notation are cross-listed classes where SIS will attempt to provide an instructor for the designated semester. Additional sections may be available based on the College of Education schedule. Please refer to the Wayne State Schedule of Classes.

** Course numbers 6850 and 8850 are designated for special topics classes which may vary by semester. Please refer to the Wayne State Schedule of Classes for course content, format and frequency.

O: Odd Years Only | E: Even Years Only | SS: Spring/Summer

Master schedule

Course #	Course title	Frequency	Semester
Course #	Course title	Frequency				Fall	Winter	Spring/Summer
4010	Introduction to Informatics	At least once	•
6010	Information in Society	Every	•	•	•
6050	Computer Programming	Twice	•	•
6080	Fundamentals of Information Technology	Every	•	•	•
6120	Access to Information	Every	•	•	•
6210	Organization of Information	Every	•	•	•
6415	Project Management	Once		•
6420	Web Development	Twice	•	•
6460	Database Design and SQL	Twice	•	•
6490	Statistics and Data Analysis	At least once	•
6520	Beyond Books: Youth Literature in Action	Twice	•	•
*^ 6530	Young Adult Literature	At least once
6780	Introduction to Records and Information Management	Once	•
** 6850	Issues in Librarianship: Special Topics	At least once
** 6850	Adult Readers' Advisory: What Do I Read Next?	Once	•
** 6850	Grant Writing for Information Professionals and Archivists	At least once
7040	Management and Leadership	Every	•	•	•
7050	Public Libraries	Twice	•	•
7060	Academic Libraries	Once	•
7070	Special Libraries and Information Centers	Once		•
7250	Programming and Services for Children and Young Adults	At least once		•
7310	School Library Media Programs	Every year			•
7320	The Media Specialist as Teacher and Instructional Consultant	Every year			•
7340	Collection Development and Selection of Materials	Every	•	•	•
7370	Culture Matters: Decolonizing Information	Twice	•	•
7430	UNIX/LINUX Server Management	Once	•
7435	Integrated Library Systems	Once			•
7440	Advanced Web Development	Once		•
7455	Human Computer Interaction	Once	•
7470	Information Architecture	Once		•
7491	Applied Data Analytics	Once		•
7492	Information Visualization	Once	•
7500	Information Behavior	Once	•
7610	Health Sciences Information Services and Resources	Every other year	E
7620	Health Informatics	Once		•
7710	Archival Administration	Twice	•	•
7712	Intellectual Property for Information Professionals and Archivists	Once		•
7715	Archival Reference	Once	•
7730	Administration of Audio Visual Collections	Once		•
7740	Archives and Libraries in the Digital World	Once			O
7750	Introduction to Archival and Library Conservation	Once			E
7770	Oral History: A Methodology for Research	Once	•
7775	Primary Historic Research for Information Professionals and Archivists	Every other year	•
7780	Description and Access for Archives	Twice	•	•
7785	Website Preservation	Once			•
7790	History of Books, Printing, and Publishing	Once	•
7830	Community Engagement	Once		•
7835	Community Archives	As needed
7880	Instructional Methods for Librarians	Twice		•	•
7885	Cultural Heritage Institutions: Management and Leadership	Once		O
7900	Digital Libraries	Once		•
7910	Metadata in Theory and Practice	Once	•
7920	Digital Curation and Preservation	Once	•
7930	User Experience (UX) Design	Once		•
7950	Practicum: Library Services	Every	•	•	•
7960	Practicum: Information Management	Every	•	•	•
7970	Practicum: Archives	Every	•	•	•
7975	Practicum: Digital Content	Every	•	•	•
7980	Practicum: School Media	Every	•	•	•
7990	Research and Directed Study	Every	•	•	•
7996	Research for the Information Profession	Every	•	•	•
8000	Seminar in Information Policy	Every other year	•
8140	Advanced Reference Service Strategies	Once	•
8160	Advanced Online Searching	Once		•
8410	Topics in Information Management	As needed
** 8850	Advanced Issues in Information Sciences	As needed