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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The purpose and content of this course is to provide an introduction to the world of audiovisual documents (photographs, sound recordings, moving images). This includes their history, physical makeup, stages of creation, appraisal, acquisition, arrangement and description and preservation. As well there will be a brief introduction to copyright as well as the licensing and […]
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INF2308H (winter 2020) — Special Topics in Information Studies: Privacy Studies This course examines the socio-cultural, political, policy and commercial aspects of privacy and information and communication technology in the Canadian and global context. The interdisciplinary course will explore topics including: privacy theory (histories of privacy and technology, various dimensions of privacy, evolving conceptions of […]
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INF2307H — Special Topics in Information Studies: Critical Studies of Social Media In 2018, it was revealed that Cambridge Analytica had profiled 80 million Facebook users and arguably used these profiles to influence their political decision-making in the US presidential elections and the Brexit vote. While Facebook’s data practices and the potential for influencing targeted […]
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INF2303H (summer 2018, summer 2020, and summer 2021) — Special Topics in Information: Critical Game Studies This course critically examines technological, social, cultural and political-economic issues within the interdisciplinary study of games. This course focuses on the play, production, and analysis of games while reading current research and theory from a variety of sources in […]
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INF2302H (Winter 2021) — Special Topics in Information: Copyright for Information Professionals This course provides students with an understanding of the fundamentals of Canadian copyright law and how it is applied in the policies and practices of cultural heritage institutions (libraries, archives, and museums) in a time of rapid technological change. After considering the rationales for copyright, the course […]
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INF2301H (summer 2018 and summer 2020) — Special Topics in Information: Activism, Media, and Information This course explores the relationship between social justice, media and technology, in order to understand communication and information as sites of struggle, worked upon by activists from below. Our inquiry together will pursue such questions as: how do people come […]
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INF2300H (Fall 2019) — Special Topics in Information Studies: UX Research and Design for Video Games This course examines the particular roles of User Experience Design (UXD) and User Experience Research (UXR) in video games and the video games industry. The course specializes in video games as interactive interfaces, introduces core video game concepts, discusses […]
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This course explores the histories of information technologies broadly defined. Drawing on current and emerging historiographical approaches, we will consider historical examples of the technologies, systems, infrastructures, and practices that have shaped the ways we collect, structure, analyze, transmit, regulate, and understand information. We will draw upon theoretical frameworks from fields such as media studies, […]
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INF2242H — Studying Information and Knowledge Practices This is a seminar-style course that engages critical theories of knowledge-making practices and methodological approaches to their study. The focus is methodological and extends from the foundational themes and topics in information and knowledge. The emphasis is on how to study these issues, rather than merely on what […]
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The focus of this class is on evaluating and exploring current critical themes in Information Studies through both literature and hands-on work. The course is organized around values that have been identified as key in regards to the design and implementation of socially and culturally sensitive information systems, in particular the values of privacy, autonomy, […]
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Explores the institutionalized production and management of the economic value in information in relation to the production of lived culture. Includes critical examinations of globalization, the knowledge economy, media ownership, indigenous knowledge, and the commodification of culture, information, and knowledge. This course can be used to fulfil the “Critical Perspectives” Professional Requirement. Recommended: INF1001H, INF1003H […]
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This course (INF2225H — Digital Discourse) provides an introduction to the field of theoretical writing addressing the nature of digital media and the role of technology in modern and contemporary culture. In doing so, this course will consider a range of critical pressure points that have been central to media studies, technology studies, digital humanities, […]
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As an issue of public policy, the digital divide has evolved from its first appearance in the mid-1990s in an innocuous U.S. Department of Commerce report describing the divide between Americans with access to a computer and a modem and those without into an industry of global proportions. It has generated a significant body of […]
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INF2199H: Special Topics in Information: Critical and Human-Centred Approaches to Information Visualization (winter 2021, summer 2019) This course (INF2199H — Special Topics in Information Studies: Critical and Human-Centred Approaches to Information Visualization) explores recent efforts to introduce critical, user-centred, interpretative, and humanistic methods to the field of information visualization (infovis). Through it, students will acquire the […]
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Information for and about those considered to be on the margins of the “mainstream” is (and is not) made accessible based on certain assumptions. Such perspectives reinforce difference, “disability”, and further disempowerment of an individual or group. In this course (INF2197H — Special Topics in Information Studies: Information in a Disabling Society), using a critical […]
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This full course (INF2194Y — Information Systems Design Project) provides a student with the opportunity to carry out a medium-scale independent information systems design project under the supervision of a faculty member culminating in a substantial written report, demonstration, and/or oral presentation. The student must secure the consent of a supervisor who is a full-time […]
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User experience (UX) is concerned with the iterative modeling of complex relationships among four primary elements: people, organizational goals, content, and interaction. This course covers a series of methods to represent UX in each of the four elements mentioned above. Methods and tools for modelling people may include user journey/experience maps, personas, affinity diagrams, and […]
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This course is broadly concerned with the design of user interfaces for machines and software. On computer displays, this refers to the shaping and the presentation of navigation controls and information displays, as well as functional controls for desktop computers, smartphones, wearables, and other everyday objects. Students will learn basic principles and technologies of user […]
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The influx of data that is created, gathered, stored and accessed has given birth to some new areas of data analysis. The terms “predictive analytics”, “big data” and “data science” are prevalent in scientific as well as broad audience publications and often make part of new business opportunities. Understanding the significance of techniques that perform […]
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This is an online course (INF2189H — Managing Organizational Records II) delivered through Blackboard. Students will work individually and in teams using online tools to meet with each other and complete assignments. The course will open with a live classroom session with teleconference support, and include two or three online conferencing sessions during the course. […]
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