Postgraduate Courses
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MASTER OF ARTS (MA) IN INFORMATION STUDIES
First Semester Courses
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Course Code |
Core Courses |
Credits |
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INFS 621 |
Computing and Information Technology |
3 |
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INFS 619 |
Ethics for Information Professionals |
3 |
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INFS 655 |
Techniques of Research in Information Studies |
3 |
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INFS 683 |
Information and Society |
3 |
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Electives (Select any 3 courses) |
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INFS 603 * |
Cataloguing |
2 |
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INFS 623 o |
Knowledge Management |
2 |
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INFS 625 o |
Electronic Publishing |
2 |
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INFS 663 o |
Management Information Systems |
2 |
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INFS 671 * |
Reference and Information Sources |
2 |
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INFS 613 ** |
Administrative History |
2 |
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INFS 627 o |
E-Government |
2 |
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INFS 673 ** |
Principles of Records Management |
2 |
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Required |
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INFS 641 |
Special Topic I |
3 |
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Second Semester Courses |
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Course Code |
Core Courses |
Credits |
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INFS 696 |
Information Retrieval Systems |
3 |
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INFS 622 |
Database Construction and Management |
3 |
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INFS 672 |
Management for the Information Professional |
3 |
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INFS 694 |
Information System Analysis, Design and Evaluation |
3 |
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Electives (Select any 3 courses) |
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INFS 602 * |
Classification |
2 |
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INFS 674 * |
Collection Management |
2 |
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INFS 684 o |
Management of Multimedia Resources |
2 |
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INFS 618 o |
Preservation Management |
2 |
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INFS 652 o |
Economics and Marketing of Information |
2 |
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INFS 678 ** |
Theory and Practice of Archives Management |
2 |
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INFS 682 ** |
Electronic Records Management |
2 |
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Required |
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INFS 642 |
Special Topic II |
3 |
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INFS 600 |
Dissertation |
12 |
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INFS 680 |
Seminar |
3 |
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MASTER OF PHILOSOPHY (MPhil)
First Semester Courses
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INFS 640 |
Seminar I |
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INFS 650 |
Seminar II |
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (PhD)
YEAR 1 First Semester Courses
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CORE COURSES |
COURSE TITLE |
Credits |
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FSSP 701 |
Philosophy of the Social Sciences |
3 |
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INFS 703 |
Qualitative Research Methods |
3 |
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ELECTIVES (Students should select 3-6 credits) |
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INFS 705 |
Legal and Ethical Issues in Information |
3 |
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INFS 707 |
Theories and Models of Leadership |
3 |
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INFS 709 |
Scholarly and Scientific Communication |
3 |
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TOTAL CREDITS: |
9-12 |
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YEAR 1 Second Semester Courses
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CORE COURSES |
COURSE TITLE |
Credits |
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INFS 702 |
Quantitative Research Methods |
3 |
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INFS 704 |
Knowledge Management |
3 |
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ELECTIVES (Students should select 3-6 credits) |
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INFS 706 |
Leadership in Information Centres |
3 |
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INFS 708 |
Human Information Behaviour |
3 |
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TOTAL CREDITS: |
9-12 |
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YEAR 2
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INFS 710 |
Seminar I – Proposal Seminar |
3 |
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INFS 720 |
Seminar II – Experiential Learning Seminar |
3 |
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TOTAL CREDITS: |
6 |
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YEAR 3 & 4
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COURSE CODE |
COURSE TITLE |
Credits |
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INFS 730 |
Seminar III – Thesis Progress Report Seminar |
3 |
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INFS 740 |
Seminar IV – Preliminary Findings Seminar |
3 |
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INFS 700 |
Thesis |
45 |