Information Science in Leadership and Community Engagement, Doctor of Information Science (D.I.S.)

The program will require two 3-credit Foundational Courses; eight 3-credit Core Courses; one non-credit- bearing Inquiry Group class; one 3-credit Summative Course; one 3-credit Doctoral Capstone Preparation Course, and two 6-credit Doctoral Capstone Courses.  

Course Title Credits
Foundational Courses
INST820 (Literacies for Leadership)3
INST821 (The Researching Professional)3
Core Courses
INST610Information Ethics3
or INST830
INST612Information Policy3
or INST831
INST613Information and Human Rights3
or INST832
INST620Diverse Populations, Inclusion, and Information3
or INST833
INST822 (Program Assessment and Evaluation)3
INST823 (Participatory Design and Participatory Action Research)3
INST824 (Inclusive Leadership for Information Organizations)3
INST825 (The Public Intellectual)3
Inquiry Group
INST001 (Inquiry Group) 10
Summative Course
INST826 (Access, Accessibility, and Equity)3
INST838 (Doctoral Capstone Preparation)3
Capstone12
INST829 (Doctoral Capstone)
Total Credits48
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This is a non-credit bearing course that students take each semester. Inquiry groups are cross-cohort communities of practice, designed to assemble students with shared institutional contexts and/or research areas. Each group will run a self-directed readings seminar where they will share problems of practice, research questions, and/or related literature.