INFO 4997

Practical Training in Information Science

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2024-2025 Catalog. Courses of Study 2024-2025 is scheduled to publish mid-June.

This independent study course offers IS majors (i.e., undergraduates whose applications to affiliate with the IS major have been approved) an opportunity to reflect on concepts from information science as they were encountered and applied in a recent internship. Students write a short paper describing their work experience and how it connects to the educational objectives of the information science major.

Permission Note Primarily for: undergraduate INFO majors whose application to affiliate has been approved and who require work authorization for an employer other than Cornell.

Last 4 Terms Offered 2025SP, 2024FA, 2024SP, 2023FA

Outcomes

• Analyze societal implications involving information technology.
• Apply basic principles of information science to reason about information in the world.
• Understand the challenges and opportunities in information Science.

When Offered Fall, Spring.

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