Fall 2026 MLIS Special Session Schedule

Classes begin: 2026-08-19
Classes end: 2026-12-07
Labor Day: September 7, 2026
Veterans Day: November 11, 2026
Thanksgiving Holiday: November 26-27, 2026

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 sections with different topics: 210, 220, 221, 241, 246, 250, 267, 271A, 281, 282, 284, 285, 287, 298. Select a course then click search to display course topic results.

Catalog Number	Course Title	Instructor	Note
Info200-10	Information Communities	Gosart all syllabi
Info200-11	Information Communities	Tash all syllabi
Info200-12	Information Communities	Schmidt, A. all syllabi
Info200-13	Information Communities	Mairn all syllabi
Info200-14	Information Communities	Koontz all syllabi
Info200-15	Information Communities	Koontz all syllabi
Info200-16	Information Communities	Koontz all syllabi
Info200-17	Information Communities	Schmidt, A. all syllabi
Info200-18	Information Communities	Akers Gifford all syllabi
Info200-19	Information Communities	van Arnhem all syllabi
Info200-20	Information Communities	van Arnhem all syllabi
Info200-21	Information Communities	Schmidt, A. all syllabi
Info200-22	Information Communities	Ozoh all syllabi
Info202-10	Information Retrieval System Design	Ghosh all syllabi
Info202-11	Information Retrieval System Design	Tucker all syllabi
Info202-12	Information Retrieval System Design	Mooradian all syllabi
Info202-13	Information Retrieval System Design	Ghosh all syllabi
Info202-14	Information Retrieval System Design	Mowry all syllabi
Info202-15	Information Retrieval System Design	Anderson all syllabi
Info202-16	Information Retrieval System Design	Boehlert all syllabi
Info202-17	Information Retrieval System Design	Hodges all syllabi
Info202-18	Information Retrieval System Design	Perucci all syllabi
Info202-19	Information Retrieval System Design	Perucci all syllabi
Info202-20	Information Retrieval System Design	Anderson all syllabi
Info202-21	Information Retrieval System Design	Boehlert all syllabi
Info203-10	Online Learning: Tools and Strategies for Success	Akers Gifford all syllabi	Note for INFO 203-10: 1 unit This class starts early: August 3rd More Information: INFO 203
Info203-11	Online Learning: Tools and Strategies for Success	Steiner all syllabi	Note for INFO 203-11: 1 unit This class starts early: August 3rd More Information: INFO 203
Info203-12	Online Learning: Tools and Strategies for Success	Steiner all syllabi	Note for INFO 203-12: 1 unit This class starts early: August 3rd More Information: INFO 203
Info203-13	Online Learning: Tools and Strategies for Success	Steiner all syllabi	Note for INFO 203-13: 1 unit This class starts early: August 3rd More Information: INFO 203
Info203-14	Online Learning: Tools and Strategies for Success	Fetalvero all syllabi	Note for INFO 203-14: 1 unit This class starts early: August 3rd More Information: INFO 203
Info203-15	Online Learning: Tools and Strategies for Success	Fetalvero all syllabi	Note for INFO 203-15: 1 unit This class starts early: August 3rd More Information: INFO 203
Info203-16	Online Learning: Tools and Strategies for Success	Fetalvero all syllabi	Note for INFO 203-16: 1 unit This class starts early: August 3rd More Information: INFO 203
Info203-17	Online Learning: Tools and Strategies for Success	Fetalvero all syllabi	Note for INFO 203-17: 1 unit This class starts early: August 3rd More Information: INFO 203
Info203-18	Online Learning: Tools and Strategies for Success	Fetalvero all syllabi	Note for INFO 203-18: 1 unit This class starts early: August 3rd More Information: INFO 203
Info203-19	Online Learning: Tools and Strategies for Success	Akers Gifford all syllabi	Note for INFO 203-19: 1 unit This class starts early: August 3rd More Information: INFO 203
Info203-20	Online Learning: Tools and Strategies for Success	Steiner all syllabi	Note for INFO 203-20: 1 unit This class starts early: August 3rd More Information: INFO 203
Info203-21	Online Learning: Tools and Strategies for Success	TBD	Note for INFO 203-21: 1 unit This class starts early: August 3rd More Information: INFO 203
Info204-10	Information Professions	Disher all syllabi
Info204-11	Information Professions	Ozoh all syllabi
Info204-12	Information Professions	Price all syllabi
Info204-13	Information Professions	Tignor all syllabi
Info204-14	Information Professions	Gaffney all syllabi
Info204-15	Information Professions	Shaffer all syllabi
Info204-16	Information Professions	Hutchinson all syllabi
Info204-17	Information Professions	Rosenblum all syllabi
Info204-18	Information Professions	Gaffney all syllabi
Info204-19	Information Professions	Rosenblum all syllabi
Info210-10	Reference and Information Services	Breshears all syllabi	Topic: General - Three (3) Unit Version
Info210-11	Reference and Information Services	Tunon all syllabi	Topic: General - Three (3) Unit Version
Info210-12	Reference and Information Services	Eger all syllabi	Topic: General - Three (3) Unit Version
Info210-13	Reference and Information Services	Garabedian all syllabi	Topic: General - Three (3) Unit Version
Info210-14	Reference and Information Services	Tunon all syllabi	Topic: Reference Collections in the 21st century (1 unit) Note for INFO 210-14: Runs from October 27th - November 23rd
Info210-15	Reference and Information Services	Tunon all syllabi	Topic: Reference in the Age of AI (2 units) Note for INFO 210-15: Runs from August 19th - October 13th
Info220-11	Resources and Information Services in Professions and Disciplines	Friedland all syllabi	Topic: Digital Humanities (3 units)
Info220-12	Resources and Information Services in Professions and Disciplines	Greenberg all syllabi	Topic: Medical and Health Sciences Librarianship (3 units)
Info220-13	Resources and Information Services in Professions and Disciplines	Sullivan, M. all syllabi	Topic: Visual Resources Curation and Arts Librarianship (2 units) Note for INFO 220-13: Runs from August 19th - October 14th
Info220-14	Resources and Information Services in Professions and Disciplines	Perkins all syllabi	Topic: Older Adults (2 units)
Info220-15	Resources and Information Services in Professions and Disciplines	Bodart all syllabi	Topic: Readers Advisory for Adults: Genres and Techniques (3 units)
Info221-10	Government Information Sources	Reinhalter all syllabi	Topic: Government Information (3 units)
Info230-10	Issues in Academic Libraries	Elliott all syllabi
Info232-10	Issues in Public Libraries	Barefoot all syllabi
Info232-11	Issues in Public Libraries	Barefoot all syllabi
Info233-10	School Library Media Centers	Hunt all syllabi
Info233-11	School Library Media Centers	Hunt all syllabi
Info234-10	Intellectual Freedom Seminar	Gardner all syllabi
Info235-10	Information Organization and Collection Management in School Libraries	TBD
Info237-10	School Library Media Materials	Bogan all syllabi
Info240-10	Information Technology Tools and Applications	McCarthy all syllabi
Info240-11	Information Technology Tools and Applications	Romanik all syllabi
Info240-12	Information Technology Tools and Applications	Nathan-Roberts all syllabi
Info244-10	Online Searching	Steiner all syllabi
Info244-11	Online Searching	Steiner all syllabi
Info246-10	Information Technology Tools and Applications - Advanced	Perry all syllabi	Topic: Building Web Applications with PHP, JavaScript, and AI Tools (3 units)
Info246-11	Information Technology Tools and Applications - Advanced	Perry all syllabi	Topic: Python (2 units) Note for INFO 246-11: Runs from August 24th - October 19th
Info246-12	Information Technology Tools and Applications - Advanced	Chen all syllabi	Topic: Big Data Analytics and Management (3 units)
Info246-13	Information Technology Tools and Applications - Advanced	Mowry all syllabi	Topic: XML (3 units)
Info246-14	Information Technology Tools and Applications - Advanced	Liu, G. all syllabi	Topic: Text/Data Mining (3 units)
Info246-15	Information Technology Tools and Applications - Advanced	Colston all syllabi	Topic: Graphic Design for Librarians (2 units) Note for INFO 246-15: Runs from September 14th - December 7th
Info246-16	Information Technology Tools and Applications - Advanced	Nathan-Roberts all syllabi	Topic: User Experience (UX) Research and Design (3 units)
Info247-10	Vocabulary Design	Zhang, L. all syllabi
Info248-10	Beginning Cataloging and Classification	Bolin all syllabi
Info248-11	Beginning Cataloging and Classification	Bolin all syllabi
Info248-12	Beginning Cataloging and Classification	Bolin all syllabi
Info248-13	Beginning Cataloging and Classification	Zhang, L. all syllabi
Info248-14	Beginning Cataloging and Classification	Chandler all syllabi
Info250-10	Design and Implementation of Instructional Strategies for Information Professionals	Loertscher all syllabi	Topic: Instructional Design K-12 Focus (3 units)
Info250-11	Design and Implementation of Instructional Strategies for Information Professionals	Kovacs all syllabi	Topic: Instructional Design Non K-12 Focus (3 units)
Info250-12	Design and Implementation of Instructional Strategies for Information Professionals	Kovacs all syllabi	Topic: Instructional Design Non K-12 Focus (3 units)
Info254-10	Information Literacy and Learning	Becker all syllabi
Info254-11	Information Literacy and Learning	Valenti all syllabi
Info254-12	Information Literacy and Learning	Valenti all syllabi
Info256-10	Archives and Manuscripts	Lawrimore all syllabi
Info256-11	Archives and Manuscripts	Hodges all syllabi
Info256-12	Archives and Manuscripts	Lawrimore all syllabi
Info256-13	Archives and Manuscripts	de Lorenzo all syllabi
Info259-10	Preservation Management	Skinner all syllabi
Info259-11	Preservation Management	Bushey all syllabi
Info260A-10	Programming and Services for Children	Wrenn-Estes all syllabi
Info261A-10	Programming and Services for Young Adults	Bernier all syllabi
Info265-10	Materials for Young Adults	Wrenn-Estes all syllabi
Info266-10	Collection Management	Oliver, J. all syllabi
Info266-11	Collection Management	Loertscher all syllabi
Info266-12	Collection Management	Disher all syllabi
Info266-13	Collection Management	Oliver, J. all syllabi
Info269-10	Early Childhood LIteracy	Wrenn-Estes all syllabi
Info275-10	Library Services for Racially and Ethnically Diverse Communities	Liu, Z. all syllabi
Info275-11	Library Services for Racially and Ethnically Diverse Communities	Houde all syllabi
Info275-13	Library Services for Racially and Ethnically Diverse Communities	Radsliff all syllabi
Info281-10	Seminar in Contemporary Issues	Bolin all syllabi	Topic: Metadata (3 units)
Info281-11	Seminar in Contemporary Issues	de Lorenzo all syllabi	Topic: Metadata (3 units)
Info281-12	Seminar in Contemporary Issues	Price all syllabi	Topic: Global Principles - Local Libraries (2 units) Note for INFO 281-12: Runs from August 24th - October 18th
Info281-13	Seminar in Contemporary Issues	Buenting all syllabi	Topic: Intercultural Communication (2 units) Note for INFO 281-13: Runs from October 1st - November 12th
Info281-14	Seminar in Contemporary Issues	Buenting all syllabi	Topic: Intercultural Communication (2 units) Note for INFO 281-14: Runs from October 1st - November 12th
Info281-15	Seminar in Contemporary Issues	Confetti Higgins all syllabi	Topic: Emerging Technologies and Impacts on the Information Experience (1 unit) Note for INFO 281-15: Runs from October 15th - November 12th
Info281-16	Seminar in Contemporary Issues	Confetti Higgins all syllabi	Topic: Exploring the Digital Content Services Lifecycle (1 unit) Note for INFO 281-16: Runs from August 27th - September 24th
Info281-18	Seminar in Contemporary Issues	Gosart all syllabi	Topic: Indigenous Cultural Institutions and Practices of Librarianship (3 units)
Info281-19	Seminar in Contemporary Issues	Buckley all syllabi	Topic: Teaching Life Skills in the Public Library (1 unit) Note for INFO 281-19: Runs from September 28th - October 26th
Info281-20	Seminar in Contemporary Issues	Buckley all syllabi	Topic: Outreach and Equity (2 units) Note for INFO 281-20: Runs from August 19th - October 14th
Info281-21	Seminar in Contemporary Issues	Pershing all syllabi	Topic: Adult Services (2 units) Note for INFO 281-21: Runs from August 19th - October 14th
Info281-22	Seminar in Contemporary Issues	Buckley all syllabi	Topic: Censorship, Advocacy, & Challenges in Public Libraries (2 units) Note for INFO 281-22: Runs from October 5th - November 30th
Info282-10	Seminar in Library Management	Horodyski all syllabi	Topic: Digital Asset Management (3 units)
Info282-11	Seminar in Library Management	Brown, S. all syllabi	Topic: Marketing Your Skills in a Networked World (2 units) Note for INFO 282-11: Runs from September 28th - November 20th
Info282-12	Seminar in Library Management	Wong, P. all syllabi	Topic: Grant Writing (3 units)
Info282-13	Seminar in Library Management	Gaffney all syllabi	Topic: Project Management (2 units)
Info282-14	Seminar in Library Management	Jumba all syllabi	Topic: Social Crisis Management: The Expanding Role of the Information Professional (2 units) Note for INFO 282-14: Runs from August 31st - October 23rd
Info282-15	Seminar in Library Management	Buckley all syllabi	Topic: Sustainability (2 units) Note for INFO 282-15: Runs from August 19th - October 14th
Info282-16	Seminar in Library Management	Horodyski all syllabi	Topic: Digital Asset Management (3 units)
Info282-17	Seminar in Library Management	Kobiela-Mondor all syllabi	Topic: Well Being and Librarianship (1 unit)
Info283-10	Marketing of Information Products and Services	Alman all syllabi
Info284-10	Seminar in Archives and Records Management	Rausch all syllabi	Topic: Tools, Services, and Methodologies for Digital Curation (3 units)
Info284-11	Seminar in Archives and Records Management	Gleason all syllabi	Topic: Curating Exhibitions from Archival Collections (2 units) Note for INFO 284-11: Runs from August 24th - October 18th
Info284-12	Seminar in Archives and Records Management	Jansen all syllabi	Topic: Enterprise Content Management & Digital Preservation (3 units)
Info284-13	Seminar in Archives and Records Management	Bushey all syllabi	Topic: Reference and Information Services in Archives (3 units)
Info284-14	Seminar in Archives and Records Management	Main all syllabi	Topic: History of Books (3 units) Note for INFO 284-14: Runs from September 2nd - October 28th
Info284-15	Seminar in Archives and Records Management	Wasman all syllabi	Topic: Rare Books (2 units) Note for INFO 284-15: Runs from October 5th - November 23rd
Info285-10	Applied Research Methods	Bernier all syllabi	Topic: Historical Research Methods (3 units) More 285 Topic Information
Info285-11	Applied Research Methods	Jefferson all syllabi	Topic: Action Research (3 units) More 285 Topic Information
Info285-12	Applied Research Methods	Westbrook all syllabi	Topic: Historical Research Methods (3 units) More 285 Topic Information
Info285-13	Applied Research Methods	Jefferson all syllabi	Topic: Action Research (3 units) More 285 Topic Information
Info285-14	Applied Research Methods	Westbrook all syllabi	Topic: Historical Research Methods (3 units) More 285 Topic Information
Info285-15	Applied Research Methods	Sweeney, J. all syllabi	Topic: Evaluating Programs and Services (3 units) More 285 Topic Information
Info285-16	Applied Research Methods	Radsliff all syllabi	Topic: Literature Review Research Methods (3 units) More 285 Topic Information
Info285-17	Applied Research Methods	Luo all syllabi	Topic: Using Generative AI in Library and Information Science Research (3 units) More 285 Topic Information
Info285-18	Applied Research Methods	Kaltenbacher all syllabi	Topic: Technology Management (3 units) More 285 Topic Information
Info287-10	Seminar in Information Science	Hess all syllabi	Topic: AI in the Library (2 units) Note for INFO 287-10: Runs from August 19th - October 14th
Info287-11	Seminar in Information Science	Hammond all syllabi	Topic: Innovation and Participatory Practice in Libraries (to include Maker Spaces) (3 units)
Info287-12	Seminar in Information Science	Ghosh all syllabi	Topic: Problem solving with data-part one (3 units)
Info287-13	Seminar in Information Science	Stephens all syllabi	Topic: The Hyperlinked Library: Emerging Trends, Emerging Technologies (3 units)
Info287-14	Seminar in Information Science	Hall-Ellis all syllabi	Topic: Classification Schemes (1 unit) Note for INFO 287-14: Runs from September 9th - October 6th
Info287-15	Seminar in Information Science	Hall-Ellis all syllabi	Topic: Serials (1 unit) Note for INFO 287-15: Runs from October 21st - November 17th
Info287-16	Seminar in Information Science	Zhang, L. all syllabi	Topic: Linked Data (3 units)
Info287-17	Seminar in Information Science	Jefferson all syllabi	Topic: Collecting and Analysing Data for Evidence Based Decisions (3 units)
Info287-19	Seminar in Information Science	Westergard all syllabi	Topic: Feel the Learn: The Library Advancing Virtual Reality (3 units)
Info287-20	Seminar in Information Science	Mooradian all syllabi	Topic: AI, Data, and Ethics (3 units)
Info287-21	Seminar in Information Science	Fu all syllabi	Topic: Generative AI Prompt Engineering for Librarians (3 units)
Info289-10	Advanced Topics in Library and Information Science (e-portfolio)	Sweeney, J. all syllabi
Info294-10	Professional Experience: Internships	Harlan all syllabi	Note for INFO 294-10: 2 units
Info294-11	Professional Experience: Internships	Harlan all syllabi	Note for INFO 294-11: 3 units
Info294-12	Professional Experience: Internships	Harlan all syllabi	Note for INFO 294-12: 4 units
Info295-10	School Library Field Work	Harlan all syllabi	Note for INFO 295-10: 3 units
Info298-10	Special Studies	All Faculty	Note for INFO 298-10: 1 units
Info298-11	Special Studies	All Faculty	Note for INFO 298-11: 2 units
Info298-12	Special Studies	All Faculty	Note for INFO 298-12: 3 units
Info298-13	Special Studies	All Faculty	Topic: For students working on advocacy and also usability. (3 units)
Info298-14	Special Studies	Nathan-Roberts all syllabi	Topic: Independent research and projects in human factors (3 units)
Info299-10	Thesis	Main all syllabi

Fall 2026 MLIS Special Session Schedule

Classes begin: 2026-08-19Classes end: 2026-12-07 Labor Day: September 7, 2026Veterans Day: November 11, 2026Thanksgiving Holiday: November 26-27, 2026

Classes begin: 2026-08-19
Classes end: 2026-12-07
Labor Day: September 7, 2026
Veterans Day: November 11, 2026
Thanksgiving Holiday: November 26-27, 2026