Theory core of courses lay a strong foundation from which to make informed decisions and customize actions. These courses present the primary concepts of the Information Transfer Model, the psychology of human use of information, diffusion of information of all levels, means of organizing and accessing information, the management of information systems, and the issues undergirding the global information environment. The theory courses are accompanied by a series of tools courses, which equip students with the necessary skills to be comfortable with current standard practices and to be successful in the new information environment. The application courses provide an opportunity for further needs assessment through diagnosis, prescription, implementation, and evaluation drawing on what was learned in the theory courses. Use of the Information Transfer Model ensures an integrated, holistic, and theoretically grounded approach to each situation.
Subsequent courses allow for the practice of theory and application within actual cases.
The expectation is that all the appropriate theory courses will be completed before application courses are taken. Further information will be available at orientation. The remainder of the tools courses may be taken concurrently with the application courses. 840s Technology, 850s Management. Sequencing You should have completed the theory and tools courses and at least one application course in the cluster before you take a current issues course from a given cluster.