Concentration Details

Knowledge Management and Information Management

Note: This concentration is under curricular review and not accepting applications for Fall 2025

The Knowledge Management and Information Management (KMIM) concentration explores the access, organization, processing, utilization, and monitoring of information shared within a corporation or community.

Knowledge Managers and Information Managers plan and implement processes and tools that facilitate effortless knowledge transfer. For example, to improve transparency and develop new ideas and services that people need, the Ontario government is making more government data available to the public and businesses through their “open data” initiative. Similarly, within the health industry, managing electronic access to health records has become increasingly important for patents and healthcare providers.

KMIM Concentration Coordinator: Fiorella Foscarini

KMIM Concentration Features

  • Explore information systems design for the health care domain, electronic health records, patient care systems, telehealth, clinical decision support systems, nursing informatics, as well as organizational and societal issues
  • Understand the theoretical frameworks that integrate the creation, sharing, and utilization of information and knowledge
  • Learn effective ways to use information to support decision-making
  • Gain expertise on knowledge access management, including metadata-enabled search and resource discovery
  • Develop strategic modelling of goals and dependencies for knowledge management
  • Design information systems as platforms for creating and sharing knowledge

KMIM Graduates: Where are they now?

Zahra Vassell (MI, Class of 2020)

Zahra specialized in Knowledge and Information Management and is now an Information Governance Specialist with Baker Mackenzie law firm. Her interests lie in information policy, systems and ethics.

Academic Concentration Requirements

MI students enrolled in 2024 and later

MI students enrolled in 2023 and earlier

Year 1 required courses

While it is not obligatory, it is recommended that students complete all Year 1 required courses in Year 1, because these courses provide foundational knowledge. For students considering the Co-op option, all Year 1 required courses should be completed in Year 1.

INF1005H Information Workshops I 0.25 Credits

INF1006H Information Workshops II 0.25 Credits

INF1003H Information Systems, Services and Design 0.5 Credits

INF1230H Management of Information Organizations 0.5 Credits

INF2175H Managing Organizational Records I 0.5 Credits

INF2176H Information Management in Organizations – Models and Platforms 0.5 Credits

INF2186H Metadata Schemas and Applications 0.5 Credits

Year 2 required courses

No required courses. Students may complete their remaining 5.0 credit requirements by taking a combination of:

Elective courses

Co-op option

Thesis option

Collaborative Specialization

INF1325H Online Information Retrieval 0.5 Credits

INF1341H System Analysis and Process Innovation 0.5 Credits

INF1342H System Requirements and Architectural Design 0.5 Credits

INF1343H Data Modeling and Database Design 0.5 Credits

INF2040H Project Management 0.5 Credits

INF2134H Business Information Resources 0.5 Credits

Work Integrated Learning for KMIM Students

The Faculty of Information offers a variety of work-integrated learning including the MI Co-op option and practicum courses. The Careers Services team helps students find suitable placements.

MI Co-op option

MI practicum

Careers in KMIM

  • Chief Information Officer
  • Chief Knowledge Officer
  • Customer Data Analyst
  • Data Quality Manager
  • Digital Data Analyst
  • Email Management Business Analyst
  • Fraud Business Analyst
  • Governance Data Quality Steward
  • Information Management Consultant
  • Information Management Program Manager
  • Knowledge & Record Management Consultant
  • Knowledge Management Analyst
  • Knowledge Management Specialists
  • Oracle BI Solution Designer
  • Prospect Researcher
  • Research Analyst
  • Research/Evaluation Consultant
  • SAP Business Analyst
  • Senior Manager, Knowledge Mgmt. Operations
  • Senior Manager, Market & Business Intelligence

Who hires KMIM graduates?

Our alumni work in a wide range of organizations and industries including financial services, technology, health care, law, government, marketing and communications, non-profit and more.

Professional Networks

Many students, alumni and faculty are members of key KMIM professional associations. The strong ties with these organizations, forged over many years, keep the Faculty of Information abreast of the latest KMIM trends. In addition, many instructors are active KMIM professionals. KMIM professional associations include:

Future Students

How do I become a Master of Information student?

Apply here