Table II-2-a-2
Fall 2000
|
Albany |
Two undergraduate courses have large enrollments: Internet and Information Access – 323
students; Information Environment – 65 students. |
|
Buffalo |
Our required core courses, LIS 505, an introductory courses that must
be taken as each student’s first course. |
|
California Los Angeles |
Core section class – all entering students are enrolled. |
|
Florida State |
The over 50 data is potentially misleading because it contains enrollment
data for web-based courses that do not use section numbers in a traditional
manner. Instead of using sections to
indicate numbers of students in a classroom, here sections indicate routes of
enrollment. |
|
Illinois |
LIS 380, one of the two core courses, is required of all entering
students. A large lecture, team
taught by two faculty, with 6 accompanying small discussions sections,
ranging in size between 16 and 23, taught by doctoral students. |
|
Indiana |
L401 lecture – section 7175 (57); L503 lecture – section 7181 (54) both
courses have separate sections that accompany the lectures. |
|
Kent State |
Two sections with over 50 students enrolled are part of the core
requirements; the third section is a distance-taught course which is teleconferenced
to five sites. |
|
Michigan |
2 of these courses are core/foundations courses required for all
students; 2 courses are essential building block courses for many areas in
the curriculum. |
|
Missouri |
This course is a required for State Certification and is conducted via
the Internet so the enrollments are large. |
|
Pittsburgh |
IS 0010 (74 & 77) required course for arts & sciences undergrad
students; 0015 (57) Prerequisite course for upper level undergrad IS courses;
1000 (62) Course necessary for students in other school & IS program;
1004 (53) Popular undergraduate course; 1042 (56) Popular undergraduate
course; 2000 (80) foundation course for IS graduate students; 2300 (86)
Cognitive course for IS graduate program; LIS 2000 (51) required course for
graduate LIS students. |
|
Rutgers |
501 – the orientation for new students, designed to fit all new
students each semester; 502 – colloquium series, designed to accommodate all
who register; 510 – designed to be a large lecture course. |
|
San Jose |
Special Studies courses. |
|
South Carolina |
Classes are televised. J701 is
offered in South Carolina and Maine.
J704 is one of the core courses, and J741 is required for South
Carolina certification in School Library Media. |
|
Syracuse |
2 graduate courses:
Introduction to the Profession for all new graduate students;
Integrated Management core course for graduate students in all 3 degree
programs; 3 undergraduate courses. |
|
Texas |
2 undergraduate service courses (Children’s Literature); 1 graduate
course in which all new students must enroll (Introduction to Information
Studies). |
|
Texas Woman’s |
LS 3013 Literature for Children, undergraduate service course |
|
Wisconsin – Madison |
A core course (LIS 450) which is open to undergraduates and University
special students to see if they wish to apply for the Graduate program. This course mist be taken by all incoming
students their first semester and is only offered in the Fall semester. |
|
Wisconsin – Milwaukee |
The two sections are undergraduate courses. |