Syllabus Repository

One of the objectives of the SSI project was to create a shared repository for syllabi across the full range of SSI topics, to give a sense for the field’s diversity and a way of spreading ideas and perspectives between institutions. Participants shared the following syllabi:

Undergraduate Courses

Greg Downey, LIS 201: The Information Society, University of Wisconsin-Madison (pdf)

Kalpana Shankar, I453: Computer and Information Ethics, taught at Indiana University-Bloomington, School of Informatics and Computing, Fall 2010 (pdf)

Michael Zimmer, L&I SCI 110: Introduction to Information Science, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (pdf)

Michael Zimmer, L&I SCI 120: Information Technology Ethics, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (pdf)

Undergraduate/Graduate Courses

Steven Jackson, INFO 4200/STS 4200/ COMM 4201: Information Policy: Research, Analysis, and Design, Cornell University, Department of Information Science (pdf)

Graduate Courses

Paul N. Edwards, SI 500: Information in Social Systems: Collections, Flows, and Processing, University of Michigan, School of Information, Fall 2009 (pdf)

Paul N. Edwards, SI 589/History 594: History of Computers and the Internet, University of Michigan, School of Information, Winter 2011 (pdf)

Paul N. Edwards, SI 701: Doctoral Foundations Seminar, University of Michigan, School of Information, Winter 2011 (pdf)

Paul N. Edwards, Information in Social Systems, Sciences Po, 2012/2013 (pdf)

Jenna Hartel, INF2330: Information Ethnography, University of Toronto (pdf)

Gabrielle Hect & Paul N. Edwards, After Fukushima: Climate Science, Nuclear Power, and Global Warming, Sciences Po, 2012/2013 (pdf)

Steven Jackson, INFO 6210/ COMM 6211: Information, Technology, and Society, Cornell University, Department of Information Science, Fall 2012 (pdf)

Nadine Kozak, L&I SCI 891: Advanced Topics in Library and Information Science: A History of U.S. Information Policy, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (pdf)

Alessandra Renzi, L&I SCI 691: Special Topics in Information Science: Introduction to the Social Studies of Information, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (pdf)

Kalpana Shankar, I709: Social Informatics, taught at Indiana University-Bloomington, School of Informatics and Computing, Fall 2010 (pdf)

Kalpana Shankar, SLIS640: Intellectual Freedom, taught at Indiana University-Bloomington, School of Library and Information Science, Summer 2011 (pdf)

Michael Zimmer, L&I SCI 691: Special Topics in Information Science: The Search Engine Society, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (pdf)