Courses

INFSCI 2120 INFORMATION AND CODING THEORY
Includes measures of information, information sources, joint and conditional uncertainty, noiseless and deterministic channels, reliable messages through unreliable channels, channel capacities, properties of codes, minimal codes, and error-detecting and error-correcting codes. Examines entropy as a measure of semantic content. (Prerequisites: math and statistics)

INFSCI 2140 INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL
Introduction to storage and retrieval of textual, pictorial, graphic, and voice data. The focus is on effectively interpreting imprecise queries and providing a high quality response to them from a database of incompletely described "documents." (Prerequisites: introduction to logic and statistical analysis, familiarity with a high-level programming language)

INFSCI 3140 ADVANCED INFORMATION RETRIEVAL
Modern models of information retrieval: probabilistic, fuzzy, linguistic, and cognitive. Blend of text retrieval and database techniques. Full text and image retrieval. Heterogeneous and distributed databases; retrieval over the World Wide Web. (Prerequisite: INFSCI 2140)

LIS 2002 - RETRIEVING INFORMATION
Overview of information retrieval (IR) process from creating information resources to delivery of information to the user. Theory and practice of understanding various users of information and their information needs; identifying appropriate resources from the range of types and formats available; formulating retrieval strategies; and identifying information appropriate to the user. Required for all MLIS students except students declared in the Archives & Records Management Specialization.

LIS 2635 - INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE
This course emphasizes the design, structure, and organization of digital entities in Web environments. Topics include content management, resource identification standards, controlled vocabularies, information visualization, usability testing, and Web site design.

LIS 2670 - DIGITAL LIBRARIES
An examination of the conditions and factors influencing the development of digital library services, focusing largely on socioeconomic and technological issues.