LIS at Kent State University

Intro sequences

The shortest canonical route from each entry point to a gateway course.

• 1. LIS 60020Information Organization
• 1. LIS 60040Information Institutions and Professions
• 1. LIS 60030People in the Information Ecology
• 1. LIS 60607School Library Management

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate LIS coursework.

• LIS 60020Information Organizationopens 14 courses (12.5 directly)
• LIS 60040Information Institutions and Professionsopens 10 courses (8.5 directly)
• LIS 60030People in the Information Ecologyopens 7 courses (7 directly)
• LIS 60607School Library Managementopens 3 courses (1.5 directly)
• LIS 60624Cataloging for School Librariesopens 3 courses (1.5 directly)
• LIS 60617Information Literacy for Youthopens 2 courses (2 directly)

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate LIS work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 48 LIS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 49 more LIS courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Concentration routes

The concentrations and majors that build on LIS, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in LIS. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 2 courses deep, ending at LIS 50646

  1. LIS 60510Digital Technologies I: Data Fundamentals
  2. LIS 50646Research Data Management

• 2 courses deep, ending at LIS 60099

  1. LIS 60020Information Organization
  2. LIS 60099Master's Portfolio in Library and Information Science

• 2 courses deep, ending at LIS 60299

  1. LIS 60199Thesis I 2-
  2. LIS 60299Thesis II

• 2 courses deep, ending at LIS 60401

  1. LIS 60040Information Institutions and Professions
  2. LIS 60401Leadership in Libraries and Information Centers

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for LIS yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under LIS yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

LIS does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Kent State campus feed.