Fall 2025 MLIS Special Session Schedule

Classes begin: 2025-08-20
Classes end: 2025-12-08
Labor Day: September 1, 2025
Veterans Day: November 11, 2025
Thanksgiving Holiday: November 27-28, 2025

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Important: Classes start on the first day of school unless stated differently in the Note field.

All classes are online and 3 units unless otherwise stated.

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The following courses may have multiple sections with different topics: 210, 220, 241, 246, 250, 267, 271A, 281, 282, 284, 285, 287, 298. Select a course to view topic choices, then click search to display results.

Catalog Number	Course Title	Class Number	Instructor	Mandatory Zoom	Note
Info200-10	Information Communities	47232	Gosart all syllabi
Info200-11	Information Communities	47233	Tash all syllabi
Info200-12	Information Communities	47234	Schmidt, A. all syllabi
Info200-13	Information Communities	47235	Mairn all syllabi
Info200-14	Information Communities	47236	Koontz all syllabi
Info200-15	Information Communities	47237	Koontz all syllabi
Info200-16	Information Communities	47238	Koontz all syllabi
Info200-17	Information Communities	47239	Schmidt, A. all syllabi
Info200-18	Information Communities	47240	Evangeliste all syllabi
Info200-19	Information Communities	47241	van Arnhem all syllabi
Info200-20	Information Communities	47242	van Arnhem all syllabi
Info200-21	Information Communities	47243	Akers Gifford all syllabi
Info202-10	Information Retrieval System Design	47244	Mowry all syllabi
Info202-11	Information Retrieval System Design	47245	Tucker all syllabi
Info202-12	Information Retrieval System Design	47246	Mooradian all syllabi
Info202-13	Information Retrieval System Design	47247	Perucci all syllabi
Info202-14	Information Retrieval System Design	47248	Scott all syllabi
Info202-15	Information Retrieval System Design	47249	Scott all syllabi
Info202-16	Information Retrieval System Design	47250	Scott all syllabi
Info202-17	Information Retrieval System Design	47251	Hodges all syllabi
Info202-18	Information Retrieval System Design	47252	Perucci all syllabi
Info202-19	Information Retrieval System Design	48501	Perucci all syllabi
Info202-20	Information Retrieval System Design	47253	Anderson all syllabi
Info202-21	Information Retrieval System Design	47386	Boehlert all syllabi
Info203-10	Online Learning: Tools and Strategies for Success	47254	Steiner all syllabi
Info203-11	Online Learning: Tools and Strategies for Success	47255	Steiner all syllabi
Info203-12	Online Learning: Tools and Strategies for Success	47256	Steiner all syllabi
Info203-13	Online Learning: Tools and Strategies for Success	47257	Steiner all syllabi
Info203-14	Online Learning: Tools and Strategies for Success	47258	Steiner all syllabi
Info203-15	Online Learning: Tools and Strategies for Success	47259	Steiner all syllabi
Info203-16	Online Learning: Tools and Strategies for Success	47260	Ros all syllabi
Info203-17	Online Learning: Tools and Strategies for Success	47261	Ros all syllabi
Info203-18	Online Learning: Tools and Strategies for Success	47262	Ros all syllabi
Info203-19	Online Learning: Tools and Strategies for Success	47383	Ros all syllabi
Info203-20	Online Learning: Tools and Strategies for Success	48502	Akers Gifford all syllabi
Info203-21	Online Learning: Tools and Strategies for Success	48503	Akers Gifford all syllabi
Info203-22	Online Learning: Tools and Strategies for Success	48504	Akers Gifford all syllabi
Info204-10	Information Professions	47263	Disher all syllabi
Info204-11	Information Professions	47264	Evangeliste all syllabi
Info204-12	Information Professions	47265	Price all syllabi
Info204-13	Information Professions	47266	Tignor all syllabi
Info204-14	Information Professions	47267	Gaffney all syllabi
Info204-15	Information Professions	47268	Ozoh all syllabi
Info204-16	Information Professions	47269	Ozoh all syllabi
Info204-17	Information Professions	48506	Rosenblum all syllabi
Info204-18	Information Professions	47270	Gaffney all syllabi
Info204-19	Information Professions	47271	Rosenblum all syllabi
Info204-20	Information Professions	47387	Hutchinson all syllabi
Info210-10	Reference and Information Services	47272	Ozoh all syllabi		Topic: General - Three (3) Unit Version
Info210-11	Reference and Information Services	47273	Tunon all syllabi		Topic: General - Three (3) Unit Version
Info210-12	Reference and Information Services	47274	Eger all syllabi		Topic: General - Three (3) Unit Version
Info210-13	Reference and Information Services	47275	Ozoh all syllabi		Topic: General - Three (3) Unit Version
Info210-14	Reference and Information Services	47276	Tunon all syllabi		Topic: Reference Collections in the 21st century (1 unit) Note for INFO 210-14: Runs from October 28th - November 24th
Info210-15	Reference and Information Services	47277	Tunon all syllabi		Topic: Reference in the Age of AI and Google (2 units) Note for INFO 210-15: Runs from August 20th - October 14th
Info220-11	Resources and Information Services in Professions and Disciplines	47279	Friedland all syllabi		Topic: Digital Humanities (3 units)
Info220-12	Resources and Information Services in Professions and Disciplines	47280	Greenberg all syllabi		Topic: Medical and Health Sciences Librarianship (3 units)
Info220-13	Resources and Information Services in Professions and Disciplines	47281	Sullivan, M. all syllabi		Topic: Visual Resources Curation and Arts Librarianship (2 units) Note for INFO 220-13: Runs from August 20th - October 15th
Info220-14	Resources and Information Services in Professions and Disciplines	47282	Perkins all syllabi		Topic: Older Adults (2 units) Note for INFO 220-14: Runs from October 13th - December 8th
Info221-10	Government Information Sources	47283	Reinhalter all syllabi		Topic: Government Information (3 units)
Info230-10	Issues in Academic Libraries	47284	Elliott all syllabi
Info232-10	Issues in Public Libraries	47285	Barefoot all syllabi
Info232-11	Issues in Public Libraries	48507	Barefoot all syllabi
Info233-10	School Library Media Centers	47287	Hunt all syllabi
Info233-11	School Library Media Centers	50116	Hunt all syllabi
Info234-10	Intellectual Freedom Seminar	47288	Gardner all syllabi
Info240-10	Information Technology Tools and Applications	47289	McCarthy all syllabi
Info240-11	Information Technology Tools and Applications	47290	Romanik all syllabi
Info244-10	Online Searching	47291	Steiner all syllabi
Info244-11	Online Searching	47292	Steiner all syllabi
Info246-10	Information Technology Tools and Applications - Advanced	47293	Perry all syllabi		Topic: Building Web Applications with PHP and JavaScript (3 units)
Info246-11	Information Technology Tools and Applications - Advanced	47294	Perry all syllabi		Topic: Python (2 units) Note for INFO 246-11: Runs from August 25th - October 20th
Info246-12	Information Technology Tools and Applications - Advanced	47295	Chen all syllabi		Topic: Big Data Analytics and Management (3 units)
Info246-13	Information Technology Tools and Applications - Advanced	47296	Mowry all syllabi		Topic: XML (3 units)
Info246-14	Information Technology Tools and Applications - Advanced	47297	Liu, G. all syllabi	Orientation: 8/23 (9:00-11:30am PT) Lab Session #1: 8/30 (9:00-11:30am PT)	Topic: Text/Data Mining (3 units)
Info246-15	Information Technology Tools and Applications - Advanced	47298	Colston all syllabi		Topic: Graphic Design for Librarians (2 units) Note for INFO 246-15: Runs from September 15th - December 8th
Info247-10	Vocabulary Design	47299	Zhang, L. all syllabi
Info248-10	Beginning Cataloging and Classification	47300	Bolin all syllabi
Info248-11	Beginning Cataloging and Classification	47301	Bolin all syllabi
Info248-12	Beginning Cataloging and Classification	47302	Bolin all syllabi
Info248-13	Beginning Cataloging and Classification	47303	Zhang, L. all syllabi
Info248-14	Beginning Cataloging and Classification	47304	Chandler all syllabi
Info250-10	Design and Implementation of Instructional Strategies for Information Professionals	47305	Loertscher all syllabi	8/26, 9/9, 9/23, 10/7, 10/21, 11/4, 11/25 (All from 5:30-7:30pm PT)	Topic: Instructional Design K-12 Focus (3 units)
Info250-11	Design and Implementation of Instructional Strategies for Information Professionals	47306	Kovacs all syllabi		Topic: Instructional Design Non K-12 Focus (3 units)
Info250-12	Design and Implementation of Instructional Strategies for Information Professionals	47307	Kovacs all syllabi		Topic: Instructional Design Non K-12 Focus (3 units)
Info254-10	Information Literacy and Learning	47308	Becker all syllabi
Info254-11	Information Literacy and Learning	47309	Valenti all syllabi
Info254-12	Information Literacy and Learning	48594	Valenti all syllabi
Info256-10	Archives and Manuscripts	47311	Lawrimore all syllabi
Info256-11	Archives and Manuscripts	47312	Hodges all syllabi
Info256-12	Archives and Manuscripts	47313	Lawrimore all syllabi
Info256-13	Archives and Manuscripts	50117	de Lorenzo all syllabi
Info259-10	Preservation Management	47314	Skinner all syllabi
Info259-11	Preservation Management	47315	Bushey all syllabi
Info260A-10	Programming and Services for Children	47316	Wrenn-Estes all syllabi
Info261A-10	Programming and Services for Young Adults	47317	Bernier all syllabi
Info265-10	Materials for Young Adults	47318	Wrenn-Estes all syllabi
Info266-10	Collection Management	47319	Bodart all syllabi
Info266-11	Collection Management	47320	Loertscher all syllabi	9/2, 9/16, 9/30, 10/14, 10/28, 11/18, 12/2 (All from 5:30-7:30pm PT)
Info266-12	Collection Management	47321	Disher all syllabi
Info266-13	Collection Management	47322	Oliver, J. all syllabi
Info269-10	Early Childhood LIteracy	47324	Wrenn-Estes all syllabi
Info275-10	Library Services for Racially and Ethnically Diverse Communities	47326	Liu, Z. all syllabi
Info275-11	Library Services for Racially and Ethnically Diverse Communities	47327	Houde all syllabi
Info281-10	Seminar in Contemporary Issues	47328	Bolin all syllabi		Topic: Metadata (3 units)
Info281-11	Seminar in Contemporary Issues	47329	de Lorenzo all syllabi		Topic: Metadata (3 units)
Info281-12	Seminar in Contemporary Issues	47330	Price all syllabi		Topic: Global Principles - Local Libraries (2 units) Note for INFO 281-12: Runs from August 25th - October 19th
Info281-13	Seminar in Contemporary Issues	47331	Buenting all syllabi		Topic: Intercultural Communication (2 units) Note for INFO 281-13: Runs from August 20th - October 15th
Info281-14	Seminar in Contemporary Issues	47332	Buenting all syllabi		Topic: Intercultural Communication (2 units) Note for INFO 281-14: Runs from August 20th - October 15th
Info281-15	Seminar in Contemporary Issues	47333	Confetti Higgins all syllabi		Topic: Emerging Technologies and Impacts on the Information Experience (1 unit) Note for INFO 281-15: Runs from October 16th - November 13th
Info281-16	Seminar in Contemporary Issues	47334	Confetti Higgins all syllabi		Topic: Exploring the Digital Content Services Lifecycle (1 unit) Note for INFO 281-16: Runs from August 28th - September 25th
Info281-17	Seminar in Contemporary Issues	47335	Villagran all syllabi		Topic: Cultural Competence for Information Professionals (3 units)
Info281-18	Seminar in Contemporary Issues	47336	Gosart all syllabi		Topic: Indigenous Cultural Institutions and Practices of Librarianship (3 units)
Info281-19	Seminar in Contemporary Issues	47337	Buckley all syllabi		Topic: Teaching Life Skills in the Public Library (1 unit) Note for INFO 281-19: Runs from August 20th - September 10th
Info281-20	Seminar in Contemporary Issues	48596	Buckley all syllabi		Topic: Outreach and Equity (2 units) Note for INFO 281-20: Runs from September 22nd - November 10th
Info282-10	Seminar in Library Management	47338	Horodyski all syllabi		Topic: Digital Asset Management (3 units)
Info282-11	Seminar in Library Management	47339	Brown, S. all syllabi		Topic: Marketing Your Skills in a Networked World (2 units) Note for INFO 282-11: Runs from September 29th - November 21st
Info282-12	Seminar in Library Management	47340	Wong, P. all syllabi		Topic: Grant Writing (3 units)
Info282-13	Seminar in Library Management	47341	Gaffney all syllabi		Topic: Project Management (2 units) Note for INFO 282-13: Runs from August 20th - October 15th
Info282-14	Seminar in Library Management	47342	Jumba all syllabi		Topic: Social Crisis Management: The Expanding Role of the Information Professional (2 units) Note for INFO 282-14: Runs from September 8th - October 31st
Info282-15	Seminar in Library Management	47343	Buckley all syllabi		Topic: Sustainability (2 units) Note for INFO 282-15: Runs from August 20th - October 8th
Info282-16	Seminar in Library Management	47384	Horodyski all syllabi		Topic: Digital Asset Management (3 units)
Info282-17	Seminar in Library Management	48744	Villagran all syllabi		Topic: Conflict Management (3 units)
Info283-10	Marketing of Information Products and Services	47344	Alman all syllabi
Info284-10	Seminar in Archives and Records Management	47345	Scott all syllabi		Topic: Tools, Services, and Methodologies for Digital Curation (3 units)
Info284-11	Seminar in Archives and Records Management	47346	Gleason all syllabi		Topic: Curating Exhibitions from Archival Collections (2 units) Note for INFO 284-11: Runs from August 25th - October 19th
Info284-12	Seminar in Archives and Records Management	47347	Jansen all syllabi		Topic: Enterprise Content Management & Digital Preservation (3 units)
Info284-13	Seminar in Archives and Records Management	47348	Bushey all syllabi		Topic: Reference and Information Services in Archives (3 units)
Info284-14	Seminar in Archives and Records Management	47349	Main all syllabi		Topic: History of Books (3 units) Note for INFO 284-14: Runs from August 27th - October 22nd
Info284-15	Seminar in Archives and Records Management	48746	Wasman all syllabi		Topic: Rare Books (2 units) Note for INFO 284-15: Runs from October 6th - November 24th
Info285-10	Applied Research Methods	47350	Bernier all syllabi		Topic: Historical Research Methods (3 units) More 285 Topic Information
Info285-11	Applied Research Methods	47351	Jefferson all syllabi		Topic: Action Research (3 units) More 285 Topic Information
Info285-12	Applied Research Methods	47352	Westbrook all syllabi		Topic: Historical Research Methods (3 units) More 285 Topic Information
Info285-13	Applied Research Methods	47353	Jefferson all syllabi		Topic: Action Research (3 units) More 285 Topic Information
Info285-15	Applied Research Methods	47355	Sweeney, J. all syllabi		Topic: Evaluating Programs and Services (3 units) More 285 Topic Information
Info285-16	Applied Research Methods	47356	Liu, G. all syllabi	Orientation: 8/23 (1:00-3:30pm PT)	Topic: General Overview (3 units) More 285 Topic Information
Info285-17	Applied Research Methods	47357	Luo all syllabi		Topic: Unobtrusive Research: Analyzing Existing Data/Content (3 units) More 285 Topic Information
Info285-18	Applied Research Methods	47382	Westbrook all syllabi		Topic: Historical Research Methods (3 units) More 285 Topic Information
Info287-10	Seminar in Information Science	47358	Hess all syllabi		Topic: AI in the Library (2 units) Note for INFO 287-10: Runs from August 20th - October 15th
Info287-11	Seminar in Information Science	47359	Hammond all syllabi		Topic: Innovation and Participatory Practice in Libraries (to include Maker Spaces)
Info287-12	Seminar in Information Science	47360	Ghosh all syllabi		Topic: Problem solving with data-part one (2 units) Note for INFO 287-12: Runs from October 6th - December 8th
Info287-13	Seminar in Information Science	47361	Stephens all syllabi		Topic: The Hyperlinked Library: Emerging Trends, Emerging Technologies (3 units)
Info287-14	Seminar in Information Science	47362	Hall-Ellis all syllabi		Topic: Classification Schemes (1 unit) Note for INFO 287-14: Runs from September 10th - October 7th
Info287-15	Seminar in Information Science	47363	Hall-Ellis all syllabi		Topic: Serials (1 unit) Note for INFO 287-15: Runs from October 22nd - November 18th
Info287-16	Seminar in Information Science	47364	Zhang, L. all syllabi		Topic: Linked Data (3 units)
Info287-17	Seminar in Information Science	47365	Jefferson all syllabi		Topic: Collecting and Analysing Data for Evidence Based Decisions (3 units)
Info287-19	Seminar in Information Science	47366	Westergard all syllabi		Topic: Feel the Learn: The Library Advancing Virtual Reality (3 units)
Info287-20	Seminar in Information Science	47367	Mooradian all syllabi		Topic: AI, Data, and Ethics (3 units)
Info287-21	Seminar in Information Science	50059	Fu all syllabi		Topic: Generative AI Prompt Engineering for Librarians (3 units)
Info289-10	Advanced Topics in Library and Information Science (e-portfolio)	47368	Sweeney, J. all syllabi
Info294-10	Professional Experience: Internships	47373	Harlan all syllabi		Note for INFO 294-10: 2 units
Info294-11	Professional Experience: Internships	47374	Harlan all syllabi		Note for INFO 294-11: 3 units
Info294-12	Professional Experience: Internships	47375	Harlan all syllabi		Note for INFO 294-12: 4 units
Info295-10	School Library Field Work	47376	Harlan all syllabi
Info298-10	Special Studies	47377	All Faculty		Note for INFO 298-10: 1 unit
Info298-11	Special Studies	47378	All Faculty		Note for INFO 298-11: 2 units
Info298-12	Special Studies	47379	All Faculty		Note for INFO 298-12: 3 units
Info298-13	Special Studies	47380	Chow all syllabi		Topic: For students working on advocacy and also usability. (3 units)
Info299-10	Thesis	47381	Main all syllabi

Fall 2025 MLIS Special Session Schedule

Classes begin: 2025-08-20Classes end: 2025-12-08 Labor Day: September 1, 2025Veterans Day: November 11, 2025Thanksgiving Holiday: November 27-28, 2025

Classes begin: 2025-08-20
Classes end: 2025-12-08
Labor Day: September 1, 2025
Veterans Day: November 11, 2025
Thanksgiving Holiday: November 27-28, 2025