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Virginia Cohort - Schedule of Courses

Fall 2010

SLIS 5000 Introduction to the Information Professions
SLIS 5600 Introduction to Information Access and Retrieval

The cohort will meet at the James Madison University Library August 13 - 16, 2010, 8:00am to 5:00pm and will receive orientation, instruction, and socialization. Students should be prepared to devote all their time during those four days to the program. 

The remainder of the instruction for these two courses will be via the Web.

Spring 2011

SLIS 5200 Introduction to Information Organization
SLIS 5300 Management of Information Agencies

The cohort will meet again at the James Madison University January 6 -9, 2011, 8:00am to 5:00pm and will receive instruction in SLIS 5200. Students should be prepared to devote all their time during those four days to the program.

The instruction for SLIS 5300 and the remainder of the instruction for SLIS 5200 will be via the Web.

Summer 2011

SLIS 5711 Internet Applications for Information Professionals
SLIS 5080 Research Methods and Analysis

Both offered entirely via the Web.

Fall of 2011 through Summer of 2012

Students will take electives delivered via the Web by UNT and from approved local programs to total 36 semester credit hours.

Programs of Study available to the Virginia cohort include:

General Program of Study
Information Organization
Distributed Learning
Youth Librarianship
Health Informatics
Law and Legal Informatics

All students must possess Information Technology Knowledge and Skills before starting the program.  Click here for details.

All students will participate in an exit experience that will be conducted via the Web in the last semester of study.

All students must demonstrate professional practice either through the approval of prior experience or through taking SLIS 5090 Practicum in addition to the 36 hours of coursework.

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