Open Classes Course List

The list of fall 2025 courses below includes all MLIS and MARA electives offered. Some INFM courses are available in Open Classes.

Note: Enrollment is based on space availability and is not guaranteed. Some of the classes below might already be filled.

As you explore these courses, we encourage you to read the course syllabus. (Click on the course title to view the syllabus.) Note that in some cases, the syllabus may be from a previous semester, as the fall 2025 syllabus is not yet available. Also, some courses are new, and thus there are no previous syllabi available. When viewing a course
syllabus from a previous semester, please note that the instructor for the fall 2025 Open Class may not be the same instructor in the sample syllabus we have linked to from a previous semester. Check the iSchool Schedule of Classes for Fall Special Session, for any mandatory Zoom web conferencing dates, which will be added before Open Classes registration.

The course syllabus includes a brief course description, along with details regarding assignments, technology requirements, grades, course calendar, workload expectations, student learning outcomes, and textbooks. If any live synchronous class sessions are required, they will be noted on the syllabus.

Students who enroll in MLIS, MSIDT and MARA Open Classes do not need to complete any core course prerequisites prior to enrolling. Students requesting INFM courses through Open Classes need to meet the INFM required competency before requesting classes.

If you are interested in a specific course, we invite you to complete a sign-up form, which will be available starting on July 8th, at 8 am Pacific, and then we will get in touch with you to confirm whether space is available.

MLIS and MARA Electives

Fees for MLIS and MARA classes are $568 per unit. Classes are 3 units unless specified.

Semester runs 08-20-25 to 12-08-25

MS Informatics, MSIDT Electives

Fees for Informatics (INFM) and Instructional Design and Technology (IDT) classes are $622 per unit.

Check INFM course dates listed for each class.

Students requesting INFM courses through Open Classes need to meet the INFM required technology competency, before enrolling in an INFM Open Class: Applicants are required to demonstrate a strong technical foundation by having completed coursework and/or work experience with either 1) HTML5 and CSS, 2) a programming language, or 3) in information systems.

Transferring Open Classes into a Future Degree or Certificate

A maximum of 9 units can transfer into a future MLIS or MARA degree, including:

• MLIS or MARA electives taken in iSchool Open Classes (MSIDT electives do not transfer in to the MARA degree).
• SJSU World Languages Classes
• Units from outside institutions
• Only 6 of these 9 units can be INFM classes (Prospective MARA students should review the electives approval process for the MARA program.)

A maximum of 3 MLIS or MARA units taken in Open Classes can be transferred into a future Post-Master’s Certificate or Digital Assets Certificate.

INFM classes taken in Open Classes cannot transfer into a future MS in Informatics because of the cohort nature of the MS Informatics program.

Choose courses in any of the following areas:

• Emerging Trends in the Profession
• Developing and Managing Information Systems and Web Applications
• Information Assurance, Big Data, Informatics, and Information Visualization
• Leadership and Management
• Managing, Preserving, and Curating Digital Assets, Records, and Other Cultural Heritage Artifacts
• Information Organization and Retrieval
• Information Intermediation and Instruction
• Library Services for Children and Young Adults
• Courses Covering Specific Work Environments
• Research and Program Evaluation
• Language and Culture for Information Professionals

Emerging Trends in the Profession
INFO 287-10	AI in the Library (2 units) Runs from Aug. 20-Oct. 15
INFO 287-11	Innovation and Participatory Practice in Libraries (to include Maker Spaces)
INFO 287-13	Hyperlinked Library: Emerging Trends, Emerging Technologies
INFO 287-19	Feel the Learn: the library advancing virtual reality
INFO 287-20	AI, Data, and Ethics

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Developing and Managing Information Systems and Web Applications
INFO 240-10, 11	Web Design and Programming Section -10 is CLOSED
INFO 246-10	PHP/JavaScript
INFO 246-11	Python (2 units) Runs from Aug. 25 – Oct. 20
INFO 246-13	XML
INFO 246-14	Text/Data Mining
INFO 246-15	Graphic Design for Librarians (2 units) Runs from Sept. 15 – Dec. 8 CLOSED
INFM 204-10	Human Centered Design (2 units) Runs from Oct. 13 – Dec. 8 Projects seminar: choose Weds, 12/3 (6-8pm PT) or Thurs,12/4 (6-8pm PT) Note: INFM classes are $622 per unit, INFM Tech. Competency Requirement
INFM 204-11	Human Centered Design (2 units) Runs from Oct. 13 – Dec. 8, Students will need to attend one of these two Zoom meetings: Tuesday, December 2 from 6-7:30pm PT, Thursday, December 4 from 6-7:30pm PT Note: INFM classes are $622 per unit, INFM Tech. Competency Requirement

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Information Assurance, Big Data, Informatics, and Information Visualization
INFM 202-10	Information Security Overview (1 unit) Runs from Aug. 11 – Oct. 5 Note: INFM classes are $622 per unit, INFM Tech. Competency Requirement
INFO 246-12	Big Data Analytics and Management CLOSED
INFO 287-12	Problem Solving with Data, Part One (2 units) Runs from Oct. 6 – Dec. 8
INFO 287-17	Collecting and Analysing Data for Evidence Based Decisions

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Leadership and Management
INFO 275-10	Library Services for Racially and Ethnically Diverse Communities CLOSED
INFO 275-11	Library Services for Racially and Ethnically Diverse Communities
INFO 281-13, 14	Intercultural Communication (2 units) Runs from Aug. 20 – Oct. 15
INFO 281-15	Emerging Technologies and Impacts on the Information Experience (1 unit) Runs from Oct. 16 – Nov. 13 CLOSED
INFO 281-16	Exploring the Digital Content Services Lifecycle (1 unit) Runs from Aug 28 – Sept. 25 CLOSED
INFO 281-17	Cultural Competence for Information Professionals
INFO 281-19	Teaching Life Skills in the Public Library (1 unit) Runs from Aug. 20 – Sept. 10 CLOSED
INFO 281-20	Outreach and Equity* CLOSED
INFO 282-11	Marketing your Skills in a Networked World (2 units) Runs from Sept. 29 – Nov. 21
INFO 282-12	Grant Writing
INFO 282-13	Project Management (2 units) Runs from Aug. 20 – Oct. 15
INFO 282-14	Social Crisis Management: The Expanding Role of the Information Professional (2 units) Runs from Sept. 8 – Oct. 31
INFO 282-15	Sustainability (2 units) Runs from Aug. 20 – Oct. 8 CLOSED
INFO 282-17	Conflict Management*
INFO 283-10	Marketing of Information Products and Services

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Managing, Preserving, and Curating Digital Assets, Records, and Other Cultural Heritage Artifacts
INFO 256-10, -12	Archives and Manuscripts Section 10 is Closed
INFO 256-11	Archives and Manuscripts CLOSED
INFO 256-13	Archives and Manuscripts
INFO 259-10	Preservation Management CLOSED
INFO 259-11	Preservation Management CLOSED
INFO 282-10	Digital Asset Management
INFO 284-10	Tools, Services, and Methodologies for Digital Curation
INFO 284-11	Curating Exhibitions from Archival Collections (2 units) Runs from Aug. 25 – Oct. 19 CLOSED
INFO 284-12	Enterprise Content Management and Digital Preservation
INFO 284-13	Reference and Information Services in Archives
INFO 284-14	History of Books (3 units) Runs from Aug. 27 – Oct. 22 CLOSED
INFO 284-15	Rare Books* (2 units) Runs from Oct. 6 – Nov. 24 CLOSED
MARA 204-10	Management of Archives, Records Management and Information Governance Programs
MARA 211-10	Access, Storage and Retrieval of Records and Information
MARA 284-10	Digital Forensics for Archivists*
MARA 287-10	Developing an Information Governance Strategy

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Information Organization and Retrieval
INFO 247-10	Vocabulary Design CLOSED
INFO 248-10, 11, 12	Beginning Cataloging and Classification CLOSED
INFO 248-13, 14	Beginning Cataloging and Classification Section -13 is CLOSED
INFO 266-11	Collection Management Mandatory Zoom sessions for this class: 9/3, 9/17, 10/1, 10/15, 10/29, 11/12, 11/26 (All from 5:30-7:30pm PT) CLOSED
INFO 266-12	Collection Management CLOSED
INFO 266-13	Collection Management CLOSED
INFO 281-10	Metadata CLOSED
INFO 281-11	Metadata
INFO 287-14	Classifications Schemes (1 unit) Runs from Sept. 10 – Oct. 7
INFO 287-15	Serials (1 unit) Runs from Oct. 22 – Nov. 18
INFO 287-16	Linked Data

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Information Intermediation and Instruction
INFO 210-10, -11	Reference and Information Services, General (3 unit version) CLOSED
INFO 210-12, -13	Reference and Information Services, General (3 unit version)
INFO 210-14	Reference Collections in the 21st Century (1 unit) Runs from Oct. 28 – Nov. 24 CLOSED
INFO 210-15	Reference in the Age of AI and Google (2 units) Runs from Aug. 20 – Oct. 14 CLOSED
INFO 220-11	Digital Humanities
INFO 220-14	Older Adults (2 units) Runs from Oct. 13 – Dec. 8
INFO 221-10	Government Information* CLOSED
INFO 234-10	Intellectual Freedom Seminar CLOSED
INFO 244-10, -11	Online Searching CLOSED
INFO 250-10	Instructional Design K-12 Focus 8/27, 9/10, 9/24, 10/8, 10/22, 11/5, 11/19 (All from 5:30- 7:30pm PT)
INFO 250-11, -12	Instructional Design Non K-12 Focus Section -11 is CLOSED
INFO 254-10	Information Literacy and Learning CLOSED
INFO 254-11, -12	Information Literacy and Learning Section -11 is CLOSED
IDT 201-10	Introduction to Instructional Systems and Learning Technologies* MSIDT classes are $622 per unit
IDT 202-10	Systematic Design of Instruction and Human Performance Improvement* MSIDT classes are $622 per unit
IDT 203-10	Trends and Issues in Instructional Design and Human Performance* MSIDT classes are $622 per unit
IDT 204-10	Theories of Teaching, Learning, and Human Cognition* MSIDT classes are $622 per unit
IDT 205-10	Learning Design and Technologies* MSIDT classes are $622 per unit
IDT 207-10	Learning Analytics and Data-Driven Evaluation and Assessment* MSIDT classes are $622 per unit

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Library Services for Children and Young Adults
INFO 260A-10	Programming and Services for Children CLOSED
INFO 261A-10	Programming and Services for Young Adults
INFO 265-10	Materials for Young Adults CLOSED
INFO 269-10	Early Childhood Literacy CLOSED

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Courses Covering Specific Library Environments
INFO 220-12	Medical and Health Sciences Librarianship
INFO 220-13	Visual Resources Curation and Arts Librarianship (2 units) Runs from Runs from Oct. 9 – Dec. 4 CLOSED
INFO 230-10	Issues in Academic Libraries
INFO 232-10, -11	Issues in Public Libraries CLOSED
INFO 233-10, -11	School Library Media Centers* Section -10 is CLOSED
INFO 281-12	Global Principles – Local Libraries (2 units) Runs from Aug. 25 – Oct. 19 Section -10 is CLOSED
INFO 281-18	Indigenous Cultural Institutions and Practices of Librarianship

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Research and Program Evaluation
INFO 285-10,	Historical Research Methods
INFO 285-11, -13	Action Research   CLOSED
INFO 285-12, -18	Historical Research Methods CLOSED
INFO 285-15	Evaluating Programs and Services CLOSED
INFO 285-16	General overview of the frequently used research methods in library and information practice Orientation: 8/23 (1:00-3:30pm PT)
INFO 285-17	Unobtrusive Research: Analyzing Existing Data/Content CLOSED
MARA 285-10	Research Methods in Records Management and Archival Science

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Language and Culture for Information Professionals
SPAN 132-10	Beginning Spanish (4 units) is offered online by SJSU World Languages for the School of Information

*New course offered for the first time in fall 2025, or new instructor. No prior course syllabus available.

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