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Nov 26, 2024
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2019-2020 USC Lancaster Bulletin
Information Science, BS
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Learning Outcomes
- Students will describe the techniques and principles for creating, storing, organizing, transforming, and communicating information to various information seekers.
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- Students will demonstrate practical skills of information science and the use of information systems.
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- Students will demonstrate the comprehension of the valuable role of information and information technology in society as well as the diversity of needs and uses for information.
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Major Map
A major map is a layout of required courses in a given program of study, including critical courses and suggested course sequences to ensure a clear path to graduation.
Major maps are only a suggested or recommended sequence of courses required in a program of study. Please contact your academic advisor for assistance in the application of specific coursework to a program of study and course selection and planning for upcoming semesters.
Information Science, BS
Degree Requirements (121 hours)
- Carolina Core (31-43 hours)
- College Requirements (0 hours)
- Program Requirements (48-54 hours)
- Major Requirements (36 hours)
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1. Carolina Core (31-43 hours)
Effective, Engaged, and Persuasive Communication: Written — CMW (6 hours)
must be passed with a grade of C or higher
Analytical Reasoning and Problem Solving — ARP (6-7 hours)
Scientific Literacy — SCI (7 hours)
Global Citizenship and Multicultural Understanding: Foreign Language — GFL (0-6 hours)
Students in the School of Library and Information Science are required to demonstrate proficiency in one foreign language equivalent to the 122 course through course credit or the corresponding foreign language placement score.
Global Citizenship and Multicultural Understanding: Historical Thinking — GHS (3 hours)
Global Citizenship and Multicultural Understanding: Social Sciences — GSS (3 hours)
Aesthetic and Interpretive Understanding — AIU (3 hours)
Effective, Engaged, and Persuasive Communication: Spoken Component* — CMS (0-3 hours)
SLIS recommends one of the following:
- SAEL 200 - Social Advocacy and Ethical Life
- SPCH 145 - Online Public Communication
- SPCH 230 - Business and Professional Speaking
Information Literacy* — INF (0-3 hours)
Note: SLIS 202 may not be used to fulfill the INF Carolina Core requirement
Values, Ethics, and Social Responsibility* — VSR (0-3 hours)
- any overlay or stand-alone CC-VSR course (SLIS recommends SAEL 200 - Social Advocacy and Ethical Life )
*Carolina Core Stand Alone or Overlay Eligible Requirements — Overlay-approved courses offer students the option of meeting two Carolina Core components in a single course. A maximum of two overlays is allowed. The total Carolina Core credit hours must add up to a minimum of 31 hours. Some programs may have a higher number of minimum Carolina Core hours due to specified requirements.
2. College Requirements (0 hours)
No college-required courses for this program.
3. Program Requirements (48-54 hours)
Supporting Courses (30 hours)
Professional Courses (30 hours)
Complete the required credit hours for each category below.
1. Technology/Systems (6 hours)
2. Business (6 hours)
3. Management/Organizations (3 hours)
4. Media/Visual Design (3 hours)
5. Advanced Writing (3 hours)
6. Communications (3 hours)
- SPCH 140 - Public Communication
- SPCH 260 - Argumentation and Debate
- SPCH 330 - Small Group Communication
- SPCH 331 - Organizational Communication
- SPCH 380 - Persuasive Communication
- ANTH 371 - Ethnography of Communication
- SAEL 200 - Social Advocacy and Ethical Life
- LING 300 - Introduction to Language Sciences
7. Additional Professional Courses (6 hours)
- Choose two from any of the courses listed in the categories above.
Note: SPCH 140, 260, or SAEL 200 may not be selected if they were used to satisfy any requirements in the Carolina Core.
Minor or Cognate (12-18 hours)
A minor is eighteen credit hours or more. BSIS students are encouraged to pursue one of the sanctioned USC minors in over a hundred different subject areas. BSIS students, with an approval from the BSIS committee, may choose to complete a cognate instead of a minor. The cognate is usually twelve hours of course work. Only six hours of lower division class credits can be applied to the cognate. All cognates will be approved by the BSIS sub-committee usually by the second semester of the Junior year of a BSIS student if not earlier.
Electives (0-12 hours)
Choose any course with approval of an academic advisor, to reach hours to graduate.
Note: Courses used to satisfy Carolina Core requirements may not also count as electives.
4. Major Requirements (36 hours)
a minimum grade of C is required in all major courses
Major Courses (30 hours)
- SLIS 201 - Introduction to Information Science
- SLIS 202 - Introduction to Information Literacy and Technology
- SLIS 220 - Using Information Resources
- SLIS 301 - Information Storage and Retrieval
- SLIS 310 - Research Methods in Information Science
- SLIS 330 - Introduction to Computer Technology and Applications for Information Environments
- SLIS 402 - Introduction to Management Within Information Environments
- SLIS 410 - Knowledge Management
- SLIS 420 - Communication and Information Transfer
- SLIS 494 - Independent Study in Information Science OR SLIS 496 - Internship in Information Science
Major Electives (6 hours)
Choose two:
- SLIS 315 - Information Policy
- SLIS 430 - User-Centered Information Architecture
- SLIS 434 - Introduction to Knowledge Discovery
- SLIS 435 - Digital Information Infrastructure
- SLIS 440 - Competitive Intelligence
- SLIS 450 - Information Issues in Cultural Heritage Institutions
- SLIS 480 - Emerging Topics in Information Science
- SLIS 494 - Independent Study in Information Science
- SLIS 496 - Internship in Information Science
- Any other SLIS course
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