Electives focus on the governance of digital information and data in organizational and networked contexts. (Prerequisites are waived for MARA students.)

MARA students are required to take two of the courses included in this cluster in order to earn the Digital Assets Certificate. However, they do not count toward the 12 units of elective credit.

• MARA 286 Information Assurance
• MARA 287 Developing an Information Governance Strategy 

Students focusing on Information Governance, Assurance and Security Electives Cluster should take the following 6 units of elective credit:

• INFO 287 Seminar in Information Science
  Topic: Cybersecurity
   
• MARA 284 Seminar in Archives and Records Management
  Topic: Technology, Privacy and the Law 

And then select from the following to complete an additional 6 units:

• MARA 284 Seminar in Archives and Records Management
  Topic: Digital Forensics for Archivists
• INFO 246 Information Technology Tools and Applications: Advanced (select from the following):
  • Big Data Analytics and Management
  • Information Visualization
  • Text and Data Mining
• INFO 287 Seminar in Information Science (select from the following):
  • Problem Solving with Data
  • Collecting and Analyzing Data
• INFO 293 Introduction to Data Networking

Note: MARA students may take only 9 units of credit outside of MARA—so be sure that 3 units of credit are from MARA electives.

For INFO topic descriptions, select course and then topic from the MLIS course content page.

For MARA 284 topic descriptions, select course and then topic from the MARA course content page.

If you follow the Information Governance, Assurance and Security elective cluster, you can earn both your master’s degree and an advanced certificate from San José State University! See additional information about the Digital Assets Certificate on this web page.