Research Methods for the Information Sciences and Technology

Catalog description

Seminar course focused on approaches to studying information and communication technologies and writing theses and other research reports. IST 489 Research Methods for the Information Sciences and Technology (3) IST 489 provides students the opportunity to learn and experience: 1) Conceptualizing what are information and communications technologies. 2) Approaches to conducting research on, and reporting results of studies, of ICT. 3) The research process and its academic context. The course is designed around a series of ill-structured, contemporary, problems that require students to develop responses by applying research approaches to ICT. At the end of the course, students will be able to: 1) Apply different conceptualizations of ICT to common problems. 2) Select and initiate research on ICT. 3) Begin writing research-oriented work such as theses and papers.