IS 390

Spring 2021 All Classes

All Classes
Special Topics in Information Studies

Credit: 1 TO 3 hours.

Directed and supervised investigation of selected topics in information studies that may include among others computers and culture; information policy; community information systems; production, retrieval and evaluation of scientific or social science knowledge; computer-mediated communication; and computer-supported cooperative work.

May be repeated. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing.

IS 390 class schedule data for spring 2021
CRN Type Section Time Day Location Instructor Section Details
71669
Online
FCE
2:00PM -3:20PM
TR
n.a.
Wolske, M
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/25/21-05/05/21
Credit:
3 hours
Section Title:
Fndn of Community Engagement
Section Info:
Community engagement seeks to better engage with and for community to achieve long-term and sustainable outcomes, processes, relationships, or discourse, and may include collaborations with groups of people affiliated by geographic proximity, special interest, or similar situations. This introductory course will explore some of the different definitions, models, guiding principles, and core values. This course counts within the Information Sciences major as an advanced IS elective. For more information about this major, please visit: http://go.ischool.illinois.edu/BSIS. Questions may be sent to ischool-is@illinois.edu
Restriction(s):
Not intended for students with Freshman class standing. Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
71623
Online
RGS
9:30AM -10:50AM
TR
n.a.
Tilley, C
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/25/21-05/05/21
Degree Notes:
Camp Honors/Chanc Schol course.
Credit:
3 hours
Section Title:
Race, Gender, Sex in Comics
Section Info:
All in the Gutter: Race, Gender, and Sexuality in Comics: This course is a critical, historical, scholarly exploration of US comics engagement with race, gender, and sexuality. Reading comics from a range of genres and formats from the past 150 years, we will consider 1) how comics have affirmed and challenged social and cultural norms, 2) changing visual, textual, authorial, and publishing conventions for comics engaging with race, gender, and sexuality, and 3) the ways visual culture problematizes the representation and circulation of complex identities. This course will count as GenEds for iSchool students (other students should confirm with their college): Humanities & the Arts and also Cultural Studies: U.S. Minority Cultures.Restricted to students in the Campus Honors Program. If seats remain the week before school, iSchool students may email ischool-is@illinois.edu to inquire about availability (we will not review requests until this time)
Restriction(s):
Not intended for students with Freshman class standing. Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
Restricted to Chancellor's Scholar-CHPHonors students.
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