ID 201 College Research Fundamentals

This course is an examination of the complex information landscape in which we live and learn, as well as an exploration of the skills and habits of mind necessary to navigate that landscape. The course introduces students to methods for finding, evaluating, and using information in an academic setting, as well as to ethical questions related to the production and dissemination of information. Through group research on a topic we select as a class, students will practice search strategies and techniques in library and freely available search tools, critically evaluate and analyze different types of information, and practice the ethical use of information. 

Credits

1

Offered

Fall, Spring

Outcomes

1. Students value intellectual curiosity and are prepared to engage with information within their academic communities.
2. Students differentiate between a variety of types of information and articulate the basic characteristics of those types.
3. Students search library and freely available resources strategically and intentionally, based on information need.
4. Students utilize strategies for reading and critically evaluating information resources.
5. Students appropriately and ethically credit the words and ideas of others within their own work.
6. Students understand socioeconomic barriers to information access.