All Courses at the Faculty of Information

Below is the course directory, a searchable list of courses offered by the Faculty of Information, including course descriptions, pre-requisites, co-requisites and other relevant information.

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Interactive storytelling systems design for children’s picture books

Published 2023 Master of Information

Yuxin Xu

Charactizing long COVID patients for enhanced clinical pathways: An application of clustering and topic modeling to electronic health records

Published 2023 Master of Information

Sin Ming (Cynthia) Yip

Towards a human centred approach for data science in healthcare: An exploration of methods

Published 2023 Master of Information

Juliette Zaccour

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This course (INF2322H – Film Preservation) builds on INF2311H Managing Audio-Visual Materials by providing a deeper exploration of film preservation. Students will study the theoretical underpinnings of film preservation through concepts and principles, while developing the technical knowledge and hands-on skills required to manage film collections. Major themes in the course will include the consideration […]

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This seminar-style course explores key aspects of academic librarianship, starting from the status of librarians in the academy and the expectations this places on professional practice, professional service, and engagement with scholarship. It situates academic librarians in institutional, professional, higher education, and broader sociocultural contexts, with a focus on the Canadian context. Topics include culture […]

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For the public archivist, curator or librarian, asset-based community-led development (ABCD) is many things: a professional practice, a research method, a partnership-building vehicle, and an important tool with which to support the development of healthy, vibrant, and sustainable cultural, educational, and informational services. Community development that starts with the identification and mapping of the community’s […]

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Decision-makers in modern organizations rely on machine learning systems to infer insights from information by analyzing meaningful patterns in the connections and associations within data. Leaders in many sectors of our economy and society utilize these systems to support evidence-informed decision-making using techniques such as regression, classification, clustering, and collaborative filtering. This course, INF2205H, examines […]

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The Discoverability of Intelligent Personal Assistant Skills through Voice Interfaces

Published 2022 Master of Information

Manveer Kalirai

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This course (INF2224H — Service Design) examines the methods and theories of Service Design. Students will apply service design methods such as touchpoint mapping, service blueprinting, storyboarding, ethnomethodological service enactments, and video prototyping. The course examines the underlying theories of service design and the enablers and drawbacks of applying service design within a variety of […]

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INF2406H — Special Topics in Information: Human, Organizational, and Ethical Issues in Health Data Science and Artificial Intelligence In the past decade, there has been a significant growth in the interest in, and use of, data science (DS) and artificial intelligence (AI) in health care. Current and potential future applications include, but are not limited […]

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INF2260H — Speculative Design Speculative design explores the possibilities of user experience and technology design by emphasizing imagination, inspiration, and creativity techniques. These techniques are used by sci-fi writers, futurists, and designers to envision different design futures, such that these futures can be explored through multiple lenses (e.g. social, technical, economic, political, etc.). The explorations […]

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This course will explore how and why material objects, cultural artifacts, and artistic works relate to and are transformed through technological mediation. We will examine several case studies in which elements of the analogue or natural world are digitized and presented in new screen-based forms. Throughout the course we will combine theoretical readings on the […]

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