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4-to-3 Credit Implementation: Two Credit Courses

As part of the ongoing curriculum reconceptualization, the Faculty has been reviewing all the 2-credit, "half-semester" classes; this is of particular importance due to the upcoming 4-to-3 credit implementation. Adjustments have been made that we believe will continue to give GSLIS students the benefit of broad and deep course content, while complying with the new 3-credit course structure. (See the changes in the chart below.)

Please note that because 2-credit courses will not be offered during the 2005-2006 academic year, students who need two credits are urged to take them in Spring or Summer 2005. For questions regarding this process, please email gsliscredit@simmons.edu.

Course Status
475 Organizational/Information Ethics Fall 2005: Becomes a 3-credit course
490 International and Comparative Librarianship Fall 2005: Becomes a 3-credit course
520A Collective Bargaining in Libraries Dropped
520B Fiscal Management of Library and Information Systems Fall 2005: Will become a 3-credit course; new description
520C Intellectual Freedom and Censorship Status to be determined
520D Information Entrepreneurship Fall 2005: Becomes a 3-credit course
520J OCLC Systems and Services Status to be determined
520L Library Architecture and Design Fall 2005: Will become a 3-credit course; new title ("Library Architecture and Planning")
520N Literacy: The Issue and the Library's Response Fall 2005: Will become a 3-credit course; new name ("Literacy and Services to Underserved Populations: Issues and Responses"), new description
520O Information Sources for Children Fall 2005: Becomes a 3-credit course; new description, change of pre-req
520P Introduction to Archives for Librarians and Information Professionals Dropped
520R Information Services and the World Wide Web Will cease to be offered as a 2-credit course; instead, will be replaced by a new 3-credit course entitled "Web Development and Information Architecture" that also incorporates content from LIS 520X (Introduction to Information Architecture) and LIS 457 (World Wide Web and Electronic Publishing). Prerequisite will be permission of the instructor for those who enter the program prior to Fall 2005 and LIS 488.
520S Preservation Technologies Fall 2005: Will become a 3-credit course; new description
520T Establishing Archives and Manuscript Programs Fall 2005: Becomes a 3-credit course; new description
520U Basic Materials Repair Fall 2005: Becomes a 3-credit course; new title, "Collection Maintenance," and new description
520V US Government on the Web: Information, Resources and Services Dropped
520W Appraisal of Archives and Manuscripts Fall 2005: Becomes a 3-credit course
520X Information Architecture Will cease to be offered as a 2-credit course, but will be replaced by a new 3-credit course entitled "Web Development and Information Architecture" that also incorporates content from LIS 520R (Information Services and the World Wide Web) and LIS 457 (World Wide Web and Electronic Publishing). Prerequisite will be permission of the instructor for those who enter the program prior to Fall 2005 and LIS 488.
520Y Introduction to Information Design Will cease to be offered as a 2-credit course, but will be replaced by a new 3-credit course entitled "Digital Publishing" that also incorporates content from LIS 457 (World Wide Web and Electronic Publishing). Prerequisite will be permission of the instructor for those who enter the program prior to Fall 2005 and LIS 488.
520Z Map Librarianship Course officially dropped, but content from this and LIS 521A (Digital Map Librarianship) will be combined into the new 3-credit course, "Managing Spatial Information"
521A Digital Map Librarianship Course officially dropped, but content from this and LIS 520Z (Map Librarianship) will be combined into the new 3-credit course, "Managing Spatial Information"
530F Marketing the Library Fall 2005: Will become a 3-credit course; new description
530G Storytelling Fall 2005: Will become a 3-credit course; new description
530M Competitive Intelligence Dropped; content available through CI series of courses
530Q Southeast Asian Bibliography Status to be determined
531C Archives, History, and Collective Memory Will be moved into the permanent curriculum as a 3-credit course
531D Computer Network Security Will undergo review after being offered again
532 History of the Book Introduced in Spring 2005; will undergo review after being offered again

Posted 10/22/04; updated 5/19/05