IS 580

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Information History

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Credit: 4 hours.

Drawing on research in varied historical specializations, information history has become a vibrant area of study, one that improves our understanding, moreover, of today's information universe. Information history covers diverse institutions and practices -- from libraries and the book to the telegraph and postal systems, from surveillance to cartography, from documentary culture to statistical surveys -- seeking to connect them with the major developmental processes of human history. Framed in a succession of major historical epochs, topics and trends, from Antiquity to the twentieth century, this course revises our sense of the historical record by situating information explicitly within it.

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

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IS 580 class schedule data for spring 2026
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	72594	Lecture-Discussion	A	10:00AM -11:50AM	M	131 Sch of Info Sciences Bldg	Mak, B	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/20/26-05/06/26 Degree Notes: ONL Info Science rate course. Section Info: This is a hybrid course that meets with IS 580 OA. Graduate students with questions should contact their advisor. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
	67515	Online	OA	10:00AM -11:50AM	M	n.a.	Mak, B	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/20/26-05/06/26 Degree Notes: ONL Info Science rate course. Section Info: This is a hybrid course that meets with IS 580 A. Graduate students with questions should contact their advisor. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.