Spring 2008 Course Schedule
This page displays the spring course schedule for the Boston Campus ONLY. The Mount Holyoke Campus schedule can be found using the links in the left sidebar.
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Changes to originally posted list:
- Updated Spring 2008 BOS grid posted (Updated 2/5/08)
- Rooms added to the Spring 2008 BOS grid (Updated 1/23/08)
- IDIV 501-01/01N and LIS 438-02/02N have been added (Updated 11/8/07)
- New day and time for LIS 490-01/01N (Updated 11/8/07)
- Computer Science Department courses for GSLIS Students (Updated 11/2/07)
- LIS 461-01/01N, LIS 488-05/05N, and LIS 488-06/06N have been added (Updated 11/2/07)
- A new day, time, and instructor have been named for LIS 458-01/01N (Updated 11/2/07)
- New day and time for LIS 531M-01/01N (Updated 11/2/07)
- LIS 475-01/01N and LIS 488-04/04N have been cancelled (Updated 11/2/07)
- WISE Online Courses announced (Updated 10/31/07)
- New day and time for LIS 408-01/01N (Updated 10/25/07)
- A correction has been made to the day/time of LIS 478-01/01N (Updated 10/25/07)
- LIS 446-01/01N has been cancelled; LIS 471-01/01N will be offered instead (Updated 10/24/07)
- New day and time for LIS 456-01/01N (Updated 10/20/07)
- LIS 530M-01/01N has been added (Updated 10/19/07)
- New day and time for LIS 453-01/01N (Updated 10/19/07)
- Instructors announced for LIS 408-01/01N, LIS 409-01/01N, LIS 440-02/02N, LIS 488-02/02N and LIS 488-04/04N (Updated 10/10/07)
- LIS 485 and one section of LIS 415 have been cancelled (Updated 10/10/07)
- The meeting times for LIS 443-01/01N and for a section of LIS 488 have been changed (Updated 10/10/07)
- LIS 478-01/01N has been added to the schedule (Updated 10/10/07)
3 credit courses are indicated by an "N" after the section number. Please Note: Because students entering the program prior to Fall 2005 have the option of taking courses for three credits, for four credits, or a combination of the two, Simmons College staff are unable to ensure that you have signed up for the correct number of credits. Please be sure to double-check your course and section numbers during the registration process. SYN numbers may be found on AARC.
| IDIV 501-01/01N | NEW: Globalization and Diversity—4 or 3 credits | ||
| TUE 5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. | Chaparro | ||
| 403-01/01N | Evaluation of Information Services—4 or 3 credits | ||
| MON 2:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. | Tang | ||
| 403-02/02N | Evaluation of Information Services—4 or 3 credits | ||
| TUE 2:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. | Denn | ||
| 403-03/03N | Evaluation of Information Services—4 or 3 credits | ||
| SAT 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | Hernon | ||
| 404-01/01N | Principles of Management—4 or 3 credits | ||
| WED 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. | DiMattia (adjunct) | ||
| 404-02/02N | Principles of Management—4 or 3 credits | ||
| THU 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | Deyton (adjunct) | ||
| 406-01/01N | Organization and Management of School Library Media Centers—4 or 3 credits | ||
| MON 2:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. | Baughman | ||
| 407-01/01N | Reference/Information Services—4 or 3 credits | ||
| MON 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | Smith | ||
| 407-02/02N | Reference/Information Services—4 or 3 credits | ||
| TUE 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. | Saunders (adjunct) | ||
| 407-03/03N | Reference/Information Services—4 or 3 credits | ||
| WED 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | Smith | ||
| 407-04/04N | Reference/Information Services—4 or 3 credits | ||
| THU 2:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. | Krajewski (adjunct) | ||
| 408-01/01N | User Instruction—4 or 3 credits | ||
| NEW DAY/TIME: TUE 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | Piroli (adjunct) | ||
| 409-01/01N | Literature of the Social Sciences—4 or 3 credits | ||
| MON 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. | Peek | ||
| 412-01/01N | Library Programs and Services for Young Adults — 4 or 3 credits (formerly LIS 531L) | ||
| TUE 2:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. | Bush | ||
| 414-01/01N | Organization and Management of Corporate Libraries—4 or 3 credits | ||
| Wed. Jan 2 - Sun. Jan 6, 2008 | Matarazzo | ||
| 414-02/02N | Organization and Management of Corporate Libraries —4 or 3 credits | ||
| Mon. March 10 - Fri. March 14, 2008 | Matarazzo | ||
| 415-01/01N | Information Organization—4 or 3 credits | ||
| WED 6:00 p.m. -9:00 p.m. | Joudrey | ||
| 415-02/02N | Information Organization—4 or 3 credits | ||
| FRI 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | Schwartz | ||
| 415-03/03N | Information Organization—4 or 3 credits | ||
| FRI 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. | Schwartz | ||
| 419-01/01N | Subject Analysis—4 or 3 credits | ||
| Hybrid; TUE 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | Schwartz | ||
| 423-01/01N | Storytelling—4 or 3 credits | ||
| FRI 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. | Bush | ||
| 426-01/01N | Curriculum Frameworks and Instructional Strategies for Library Teachers—4 or 3 credits | ||
| THU 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. | Fleming, D. (adjunct) | ||
| 428-01/01N | U.S. Government as Publisher—4 or 3 credits | ||
| THU 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. | Hernon | ||
| 430-01/01N | Business Information Sources and Services—4 or 3 credits | ||
| MON 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. | Cullen/Gaskell (adjuncts) | ||
| 433-01/01N | Oral History — 4 or 3 credits | ||
| THU 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | Smith | ||
| 434-01/01N | Medical Librarianship — 4 or 3 credits | ||
| SAT 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | Martin (adjunct) | ||
| 435-01/01N | Music Librarianship — 4 or 3 credits | ||
| WED 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. (Off site) | Morrow/Rogan (adjuncts) | ||
| 437-01/01N | Legal Information Sources— 4 or 3 credits | ||
| THU 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. (Off site) | Ortiz (adjunct) | ||
| 438-01/01N | Introduction to Archival Methods and Services—4 or 3 credits | ||
| TUE 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | Whorley | ||
| 438-02/02N | NEW: Introduction to Archival Methods and Services—4 or 3 credits | ||
| WED 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. | Roth (adjunct) | ||
| 439-01/01N | Preservation Management—4 or 3 credits | ||
| MON 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | Cloonan | ||
| 440-01/01N | Archival Access and Use— 4 or 3 credits | ||
| WED 2:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. | Wilczek (adjunct) | ||
| 440-02/02N | Archival Access and Use— 4 or 3 credits | ||
| THU 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. | Pyzynski (adjunct) | ||
| 442-01/01N | Establishing Archives and Manuscript Programs—4 or 3 credits | ||
| MON 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. | Bastian | ||
| 443-01/01N | Archives, History and Collective Memory—4 or 3 credits | ||
| WED 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | Bastian | ||
| 444-01/01N | Archiving and Preserving Digital Media—4 or 3 credits (formerly LIS 531K) | ||
| WED 2:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. | Mahard (adjunct) | ||
| 446-01/01N | Art Documentation—4 or 3 credits | ||
| CANCELLED | Mahard (adjunct) | ||
| 450-01/01N | Organization and Management of Public Libraries — 4 or 3 credits | ||
| WED 2:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. | TBA | ||
| 453-01/01N | Collection Development and Management—4 or 3 credits | ||
| NEW DAY/TIME: TUES 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. | Leach (adjunct) | ||
| 454-01/01N | Digital Information Services and Providers—4 or 3 credits | ||
| MON 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | Chaparro | ||
| 456-01/01N | Managing Records in Electronic Environments—4 or 3 credits | ||
| NEW DAY/TIME: THU 2:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. | Baker (adjunct) | ||
| 457-01/01N | Digital Publishing—4 or 3 credits | ||
| FRI 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | Peek | ||
| 458-01/01N | Database Management—4 or 3 credits | ||
| NEW DAY/TIME/INSTRUCTOR: FRI 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. | Leach (adjunct) | ||
| 460-01/01N | Technology and the School Library Media Center—4 or 3 credits | ||
| Online | Braun (adjunct) | ||
| 461-01/01N | Multimedia Technology for Information Management—4 or 3 credits | ||
| THU Jan. 3, FRI Jan. 4, MON Jan. 7, TUE Jan. 8, and WED Jan. 9, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Chen | ||
| 467-01/01N | Web Development & Information Architecture—4 or 3 credits (formerly LIS 531G) | ||
| FRI 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. | Braun (adjunct) | ||
| 469-01/01N | XML: eXtensible Markup Language—4 or 3 credits (formerly LIS 531F) | ||
| FRI 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | Denn | ||
| 471-01/01N | Photographic Archives and Visual Information—4 or 3 credits | ||
| THU 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. | Mahard (adjunct) | ||
| 473-01/01N | Fiscal Management of Library & Information Systems—4 or 3 credits | ||
| Mon. March 10 - Thu. March 14, 2008 | DiMattia (adjunct) | ||
| 475-01/01N | Organization/Information Ethics—4 or 3 credits | ||
| CANCELLED | Whorley | ||
| 478-01/01N | Information Entrepreneurship—4 or 3 credits | ||
| CORRECTION: WED 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. | Jankowich (adjunct) | ||
| 481-01/01N | Children's Literature and Media Collections—4 or 3 credits | ||
| THU 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | Pattee | ||
| 483-01/01N | Young Adult Literature—4 or 3 credits | ||
| WED 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. | Pattee | ||
| 484-01/01N | Literature of Science and Technology—4 or 3 credits | ||
| TUE 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. (Off site) | Silver (adjunct) | ||
| 488-01/01N | Technology for Information Professionals—4 or 3 credits | ||
| MON 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. | Leach (adjunct) | ||
| 488-02/02N | Technology for Information Professionals—4 or 3 credits | ||
| TUE 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. | Johnson (adjunct) | ||
| 488-03/03N | Technology for Information Professionals—4 or 3 credits | ||
| WED 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | Peek | ||
| 488-04/04N | Technology for Information Professionals—4 or 3 credits | ||
| CANCELLED | Tang | ||
| 488-05/05N | Technology for Information Professionals—4 or 3 credits | ||
| FRI Feb. 8, 22, March 7, April 4, April 18, and May 2; 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. | Chen | ||
| 488-06/06N | Technology for Information Professionals—4 or 3 credits | ||
| SAT Feb. 9, 23, March 8, April 5, April 19, and May 3; 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. | Chen | ||
| 490-01/01N | International and Comparative Librarianship—4 or 3 credits | ||
| New day and time: THU 2:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. | Chaparro | ||
| 495-01/01N | Apprenticeship (PreK - 12)—2 or 3 credits | ||
| N/A | Baughman | ||
| 498-01/01N | Practicum (PreK - 8)—2 or 3 credits | ||
| N/A | Baughman | ||
| 499-01/01N | Practicum (7 - 12)—2 or 3 credits | ||
| N/A | Baughman | ||
| 500 | Independent Study—2 or 4 credits | ||
| N/A | Faculty | ||
| 530M-01/01N | Competitive Intelligence — 4 or 3 credits | ||
| THU 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. | Correia (adjunct) | ||
| 531M-01/01N | Descriptive Cataloging — 4 or 3 credits | ||
| NEW DAY AND TIME: TUE 2:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. | Joudrey | ||
| 531O-01/01N | Rare Books and Special Collections Librarianship—4 or 3 credits | ||
| SAT 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | Berger (adjunct) | ||
| 540D-OL | Information Industry Strategies (WISE Online Course)—3 credits ONLY (see description) | ||
| WISE Online Course | 1/14/08 - 4/29/08 | MacInnes (Syracuse University) | |
| 540H-OL | Globalization and the Information Society: Information, Communication and Development (WISE Online Course)—3 credits ONLY (see description) | ||
| WISE Online Course | 1/14/08 - 4/29/08 | Cogburn (Syracuse University) | |
| 540J-OL | Health Consumer Resources and Services (WISE Online Course)—3 credits ONLY (see description) | ||
| WISE Online Course | 1/17/08 - 4/26/08 | Dorsey (The University of Pittsburgh) | |
| 546W-OL | Managing Information System Projects (WISE Online Course)—3 credits ONLY (see description) | ||
| WISE Online Course | 1/14/08 - 4/29/08 | Emborski (Syracuse University) | |
| 567W-OL | Advanced Info. Technology Tools: Building the Social Library Online (WISE Online Course)—3 credits ONLY (see description) | ||
| WISE Online Course (includes synchronous component, see description) | 1/23/08 - 5/13/08 | Farkas (San Jose State University) | |
| 568W-OL | Applications in Medical Informatics (WISE Online Course)—3 credits ONLY (see description) | ||
| WISE Online Course | 1/7/08 - 4/26/08 | Detlefsen (The University of Pittsburgh) | |
| 569W-OL | Children's Literature Goes to the Movies (WISE Online Course)—3 credits ONLY (see description) | ||
| WISE Online Course | 1/22/08 - 5/6/08 | Joseph & Vidor (Rutgers University) | |
| 570W-OL | Gender and Culture in Children's Picture Books (WISE Online Course)—3 credits ONLY (see description) | ||
| WISE Online Course | 1/22/08 - 5/6/08 | Weldy (Rutgers University) | |
| 571W-OL | Human Information Interactions (WISE Online Course)—3 credits ONLY (see description) | ||
| WISE Online Course | 1/9/08 - 4/25/08 | Palmquist (The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) | |
| 572W-OL | Information Services for Specific Populations (WISE Online Course)—3 credits ONLY (see description) | ||
| WISE Online Course | 1/9/08 - 4/25/08 | Gollop (The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) | |
| 573W-OL | Information Technology Security Architecture (WISE Online Course)—3 credits ONLY (see description) | ||
| WISE Online Course | 1/14/08 - 4/29/08 | Bernard (Syracuse University) | |
| 574W-OL | Information Visualization (WISE Online Course)—3 credits ONLY (see description) | ||
| WISE Online Course | 1/7/08 - 4/26/08 | Koshman (The University of Pittsburgh) | |
| 575W-OL | Library Services for Racially & Ethnically Diverse Communities (WISE Online Course)—3 credits ONLY (see description) | ||
| WISE Online Course | 1/23/08 - 5/13/08 | Friday (San Jose State University) | |
| 576W-OL | Seminar in Information Science: Immersive Worlds including Second Life (WISE Online Course)—3 credits ONLY (see description) | ||
| WISE Online Course (Synchronous: Meets Tues., 9:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. Pacific) | 1/23/08 - 5/13/08 | Kemp (San Jose State University) | |
| 600-01/01N | Supervised Study—1 or 2 credits | ||
| N/A | Faculty | ||
| 601-01/01N | Independent Study Doctoral—4 or 3 credits | ||
| N/A | Faculty | ||
| 621-01 | Conducting Research—3 credits | ||
| WED 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | Tang | ||
| 699-01/01N | Supervised Field Research—4 or 3 credits | ||
| N/A | Faculty | ||