IS 563

Fall 2025 All Classes

All Classes
Advanced Topics in Literature, Media and Materials

Credit: 2 OR 4 hours.

Variety of newly developed and advanced topics courses within Literature, Media and Materials, intended to augment the existing Information Sciences curricula.

May be repeated in the same or separate terms, to a maximum of 16 hours, if topics vary.

This course satisfies the General Education Criteria in Fall 2022 for:

IS 563 class schedule data for fall 2025
CRN Type Section Time Day Location Instructor Section Details
75557
Online
LRS
6:00PM -7:50PM
R
n.a.
Reyes, B
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
08/25/25-12/10/25
Degree Notes:
ONL Info Science rate course.
Section Title:
Lib Resource Spanish Speaker
Section Info:
MUST CHOOSE 2 or 4 credit hours: Most librarians will at some point in their careers have the opportunity to work with patrons who are seeking resources in Spanish. According to the US Census, 38.8 million Hispanics in the US speak Spanish at home, giving the US the 4th highest number of Spanish-speakers worldwide (Mexico has 122 million, Colombia 47 million, & Argentina 43 million). This steady increase in population means that the number of Spanish-speakers using public & academic libraries is also on the rise but this does not mean that all Spanish-speakers have the same information needs. In this course, students will explore differences in the Spanish-speaking populations in the United States and examine information resources for meeting these populations' needs. Assignments will include researching communities, creating user guides for a specific setting and information need, and selecting Spanish-language materials to build a collection supporting a hypothetical user population. All other students need department approval, email ischool-advising@illinois.edu.
Restriction(s):
Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
73187
Online
SJO
6:00PM -7:50PM
T
n.a.
Dahlen, S
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
08/25/25-12/10/25
Degree Notes:
ONL Info Science rate course.
Credit:
4 hours
Section Title:
Social Justice in Youth Lit
Section Info:
This course examines books, media, and other resources for young people (ages 0-18) in a multicultural, globalized, and increasingly digital media-saturated world. Explores the history of multicultural writing for youth, and major issues and debates of youth literature concerning diversity, racism, power, ideology, etc. Guides students to better select, interpret, evaluate, and promote such literature, media, and resources according to young people's various needs (intellectual, emotional, social and physical). Graduate student questions may be sent to ischool-advising@illinois.edu
Restriction(s):
Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
Restricted to students in the Illinois Informatics Institute or Information Sciences department.
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