MLIS Pre-Approved Electives for MARA Students
(Updated Jan. 16, 2025)
- INFO 202 – Information Retrieval
- INFO 210 – Reference & Information Services
- INFO 220 – Resources & Information Services: Digital Humanities
- INFO 220 – Resources & Information Services: Film & Media
- INFO 220 – LGBTIQ Resources and Services
- INFO 221 – Government Information Sources
- INFO 240 – Information Technology Tools and Applications
- INFO 242 – Database Design and Management
- INFO 246 – Learning to use Drupal and Understanding Content Management Systems
- INFO 246 – MySQL in Depth
- INFO 246 – Tools and Applications – Advanced Information Visualization
- INFO 246 – Tools and Applications – Big Data Analytics and Management
- INFO 246 – Tools and Applications – Information Visualization
- INFO 246 – Tools and Applications - Web 2.0 and Social Media
- INFO 246 – Tools and Applications – Web/Text/Data Mining
- INFO 247 – Vocabulary Design
- INFO 248 – Beginning Cataloging and Classification
- INFO 251 – Web Usability
- INFO 256 – Archives and Manuscripts (ACA Pre-Approved Course)
- INFO 259 – Preservation Management (ACA Pre-Approved Course)
- INFO 280 – History of the Book
- INFO 281 – Globalization and Communication
- INFO 281 – Information Privacy
- INFO 281 – Information Secrecy
- INFO 281 – Intercultural Communication
- INFO 281 – Metadata
- INFO 282 - Change Management
- INFO 282 – Digital Asset Management (ACA Pre-Approved Course)
- INFO 282 – Grant Writing
- INFO 282 – Managing Information Technology in the 21st Century
- INFO 282 – Project Management (assignments geared to archives and records/information organizations)
- INFO 282 - Using Social Media for Competitive and Company Research
- INFO 284 – Archivists Meet Web 2.0
- INFO 284 – Characteristics and Curation of New Digital Media
- INFO 284 - Curating Exhibitions from Archival Collections
- INFO 284 – Digital Curation (ACA Pre-Approved Course)
- INFO 284 – Digitization and Digital Preservation (ACA Pre-Approved Course)
- INFO 284 – Digitization, Documentary Strategy, and Collection Development for Modern Manuscripts and Archives
- INFO 284 - Encoded Archival Description (EAD)
- INFO 284 – Genealogy
- INFO 284 – History of Books
- INFO 284 – History of Libraries in the US
- INFO 284 – Managing Photographic Collections
- INFO 284 – Medieval Manuscripts: Codicology and Paleography
- INFO 284 – Medieval Manuscripts: Codiocology
- INFO 284 - Medieval Manuscripts: Genres
- INFO 284 – Medieval Manuscripts: Paleography
- INFO 284 – Oral History
- INFO 284 – Photographic Preservation
- INFO 284 – Reference and Information Services in Archives
- INFO 284 – Special Collections
- INFO 284 - Tools, Services, Methodologies for Digital Curation
- INFO 287 - Collecting and Analyzing Data for Evidence Based Decisions
- INFO 287 – Cybersecurity
- INFO 287 – Institutional Repositories: Management and Outreach
- INFO 287 – Problem Solving With Data
- INFO 287 – Virtual Worlds
- INFO 287 – Virtual Environments: Immersive Learning for Libraries and Archives
- INFO 293 – Introduction to Data Networking
- INFO 298 – Independent Study
Contact the MARA Coordinator for approval regarding any variable unit (1 and 2 unit) INFO electives that are not listed on the approved list.