University of Ghana Information Studies- Course Schedule
The Department of Information Studies evolved from the Ghana Library School in 1961, became the Department of Library Studies in 1965 and was in 1975 renamed the Department of Library and Archival Studies. In the year 2000, following the restructuring of its curriculum, the Department became the Department of Information Studies. The mission of the Department of Information Studies is to develop world-class human resources and capabilities to harness information for national development, and to provide added value and competitive advantage through quality teaching, learning, research and knowledge dissemination. The Department currently has teaching staff strength of twenty eight (28), made up of ten (10) full-time lecturers, one (1) on post-retirement contract and seventeen (17) part-time lecturers.
UNDERGRADUATE COURSES
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POSTGRADUATE COURSES
FIRST SEMESTER 2013/2014
COURSE CODE | COURSE TITLE | CREDIT HOURS |
CORE COURSES (COMPULSORY FOR ALL) | ||
INFS 655 | Techniques of Research in Information | 3 |
INFS 653 | Principles of Information Systems | 3 |
INFS 617 | Information Retrieval Systems | 3 |
INFS 683 | Information in Society | 3 |
ARCHIVAL OPTION – (COMPULSORY ELECTIVES) | ||
INFS 673 | Principles of Records Management | 2 |
INFS 613 | Administrative History | 2 |
LIBRARY OPTION – (COMPULSORY ELECTIVES) | ||
INFS 671 | Reference and Information Sources | 2 |
INFS 603 | Cataloguing | 2 |
COMMON ELECTIVE (COMPULSORY FOR ALL) | ||
INFS 685 | Computer Application in Information Systems | 2 |
SEMINAR | ||
INFS 680 | MA | |
INFS 640 | MPHIL | |
** NON-DISSERTATION | ||
INFS 641 | SPECIAL TOPIC | |
SECOND SEMESTER 2013/2014 | ||
CORE COURSES (COMPULSORY FOR ALL) | ||
INFS 692 | Information Communication Technology | 3 |
INFS 672 | Management for the Information Professional | 3 |
INFS 694 | Information Systems Analysis, Design and Evaluation | 3 |
INFS 652 | Economics & Marketing of Information | 3 |
ARCHIVAL OPTION – (COMPULSORY ELECTIVES) | ||
INFS 678 | Theory & Practice of Archives Management | 2 |
INFS 682 | Electronic Records Management Systems | 2 |
LIBRARY OPTION – (COMPULSORY ELECTIVES) | ||
INFS 602 | Classification | 2 |
INFS 674 | Collection Management | 2 |
COMMON ELECTIVE (COMPULSORY FOR ALL) | ||
INFS 610 | Preservation Management | 2 |
SEMINAR | ||
INFS 680 | DISSERTATION | 6 |
** NON-DISSERTATION | ||
INFS 642 | SPECIAL TOPIC |