Data and Knowledge Management Is Good Business
This program incorporates an interdisciplinary approach to the field of data and knowledge management. This enables participants to gain the educational background needed to build a career helping organizations capture, manage, preserve, store and deliver information efficiently and effectively in the digital age. Managing digital information, often referred to as digital assets, requires a specialized understanding and unique skills, including mapping of an organization's knowledge assets and designing and implementing knowledge management systems.
The School of Information Studies Certificate in Data and Knowledge Management provides:
- a theoretical foundation of knowledge and data management fundamentals, including information policy, knowledge management and informatics.
- a practical foundation, equipping information professional with the skills necessary to develop services using appropriate technologies to collect, store, analyze, disseminate and preserve knowledge and data.
Students may combine this certificate with other coursework toward the completion of the Master of Professional Studies.
Certificate Requirements and Curriculum
The certificate is offered for students currently pursuing an MLIS, MSIM, or MPS at the School of Information Studies (SOIS) or to returning students who want to add the specialization to a completed post-graduate degree. This certificate is also available to students to pursue a post-baccalaureate program. Candidates work in collaboration with a faculty advisor to shape a plan of study. Certificate completion requires 15 graduate credit hours.
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