INFO 110 - Information Literacy and Research Skills

Credits: 2
Examines the nature of information and the research process. Topics include locating, retrieving, evaluating, and using information print and electronic resources effectively and ethically. This is a pass/no credit course.

Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

Identify an information need and formulate research question(s), scope, and intended audience through an iterative process.
Construct, implement, and modify a search strategy appropriate to the information need and context.
Critically evaluate both the retrieved information and its source(s).
Effectively and ethically use the selected information in one’s own work.

Program Outcomes

Identify the scope of their information need.
Access information effectively.
Evaluate the quality of the information.
Use, synthesize, or produce the needed information ethically.

College-wide Outcomes

Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.