INFO 4940

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INFO 4940
Special Topics in Information Science

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2023-2024.

Study of topics not currently covered in INFO offerings, as determined by faculty and student interest.

When Offered Fall, Spring.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COML 4281, ENGL 4705, INFO 6940

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Human Centered Design and Engaged Media

  •  8197 INFO 4940   DES 501

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    What happens when Greta Thunberg tears into the EU? Or Banksy interrupts Disney World? Or Black Lives Matters confronts the justice system? How can we help local communities use media to address their concerns? This course mixes seminar, studio, and field activities to explore community-engaged media through hands-on study of media activism, human centered design, and project-based learning. Students combine cultural analysis and media production to study how artists and activists engage audiences in direct action and civic engagement. We’ll draw on fields of performance studies, human-computer interaction, and media theory to study how artists and activists use media to create social engagement. Working as critical design teams, we will work with local schools and community organizations on an on-going civic storytelling project.

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: INFO 6940

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Human-AI Interaction Design Research

  • 19344 INFO 4940   LEC 002

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    • MW Upson Hall 222
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023

    • Yang, Q

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Clockwork: Infrastructure, Work, and Time

  • 19345 INFO 4940   LEC 003

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Restricted to INFO students.

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: INFO 6940

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: How LLMs work, their potential and limitations

  • 19346 INFO 4940   LEC 004

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    • WF Upson Hall 142
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023

    • Mimno, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    This course requires instructor permission. Please fill out the form here: https://forms.gle/p8nTFGbg1tMQEPj89

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Law, Policy, and Politics of Cybersecurity

  • 19347 INFO 4940   LEC 005

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: INFO 5940

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: U.S. Copyright Law

  • 19880 INFO 4940   LEC 006

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    • MW Upson Hall 222
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023

    • Priehs, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person