Graduate Course List
Core Courses
- INFO500 - Information Resources and Services
- INFO501 - Quantitative Methods
- INFO502 - Information Management Tools
- INFO503 - Introduction to Information Systems Analysis
Technology of Information Systems
These courses explore the technologies and procedures involved in designing and operating computerized information services.
- INFO601 - Computer Programming for Information Processing
- INFO602 - Text Processing by Computer
- INFO605 - Database Management I
- INFO606 - Database Management II
- INFO609 - User Interfaces for Information Systems
- INFO612 - Knowledge Base Systems
- INFO614 - Distributed Computing and Networking
- INFO616 - Computer-Supported Cooperative Work
Principles of Information Systems
These courses address the design, operation, and evaluation of computerized information services.
- INFO620 - Information Systems Analysis
- INFO623 - Abstracting and Indexing
- INFO625 - Cognition and Information Retrieval
- INFO626 - Language Processing
- INFO628 - Information Systems Implementation
- INFO630 - Evaluation of Information Systems
- INFO632 - Information Services Design and Evaluation
- INFO635 - Scholarly and Professional Communication
These courses explore the social and institutional contexts in which information services function; the management of people; and the needs of various user groups.
- INFO640 - Managing Information Organizations
- INFO643 - Information Services in Organizations
- INFO646 - Information Systems Policy and Administration
- INFO647 - Reference and Information Services Management
- INFO649 - Library and Information Networks
- INFO650 - Public Library Service
- INFO651 - Academic Library Service
These courses focus on the operation of services that involve large-scale provision of publications; the bibliographic organization of books, serials, and other formats; and the automation of bibliographic control.
- INFO660 - Cataloging and Classification I
- INFO661 - Cataloging and Classification II
- INFO663 - Technical Processes in Libraries
- INFO664 - Library Automation
- INFO665 - Collection Development
- INFO666 - Serial Literature
- INFO667 - Research Collection Development
- INFO668 - History of the Book
- INFO669 - Curatorship of Special Collections
Information Resources and Services
These courses cover the use of collections and subject literatures on behalf of others; the provision of information from printed and computerized sources; and the creation and presentation of sources.
- INFO670 - Online Bibliographic Searching
- INFO671 - Advanced Online Searching
- INFO672 - Resources in the Humanities
- INFO673 - Resources in the Social Sciences
- INFO674 - Resources in Science and Technology
- INFO675 - Medical Bibliography
- INFO676 - Biomedical Database Searching
- INFO677 - Resources in Business
- INFO680 - United States Government Publications
- INFO681 - Legal Bibliography
- INFO683 - Resources for Children
- INFO684 - Resources for Young Adults
- INFO685 - Media Programs for Children and Young Adults
- INFO686 - Audiovisual Equipment and Production Techniques
- INFO688 - Instructional Role of the Information Specialist
- INFO689 - Reading Interests and Contemporary Literature
These courses explore interdisciplinary techniques for producing new knowledge about information systems, services, and users.
- INFO692 - Quantitative Methods II
- INFO693 - Survey Research
- INFO694 - Applied Research Methods
- INFO865 - Seminar in Research Methodology
- INFO866 - Seminar in Information Systems Research
The program may include up to 12 credits chosen from such courses as Special Topics, Independent Study, Research, and Workshop. With approval, these 12 credits may also include courses taken in another Drexel graduate program or at another university.
- INFO780 - Special Topics:
- 780-24 - Artificial Intelligence
- 780-25 - Cognitive Engineering
- 780-27 - Developing Multimedia
- 780-28 - Introduction to System Dynamics
- 780-29 - Software Engineering I
- 780-30 - Software Engineering II
- 780-32 - Understanding Multimedia
- 780-33 - C Programming
- 780-35 - The Internet
- 780-36 - Competitive Intelligence
- 780-39 - Software Project Management
- 780-40 - Formal Methods and Models for Software Systems Design
- 780-41 - Software Systems Verification and Validation
- 780-42 - Requirements Modeling and Prototyping
- 780-43 - Database Management III
- 780-44 - Documenting the Organization
- INFO799 - Independent Study
- INFO887 - Research
- INFO895 - Field Studies:
- 891-01 - Educational Media Center Field Study
- 891-02 - Academic Library Field Study
- 891-03 - Public Library Field Study
- INFO895 - Workshops:
- 895-07 - Resources for Infants and Young Children
- 895-26 - Introduction to C++
- 895-44 - Workshop: Data Warehousing
- 895-45 - Critical Issues in Cyberspace
- INFO998 - Ph.D. Dissertation