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Last Updated: Aug 23, 2024, 02:43 PM

Credit-Bearing Courses

Morris Library teaches credit-bearing courses on information literacy topics. Below is a list of the courses we currently teach, but we are always open to new collaborations! Please contact Joshua Vossler, Head of Reference & Instruction, at jvossler@lib.siu.edu if you would be interested in developing and/or teaching a credit-bearing research course with one of our faculty librarians.

CI 199: Introduction to College Research

CI 199 is an 8 week, one credit course offered online and in-person at Morris Library. This course will prepare you to find, evaluate, and use information efficiently using library resources. All are welcome but content is more relevant to freshmen or sophomores.

Additional Information:

  • Offered Fall, Spring, and Summer
  • Face-to-face, online, and hybrid
  • See an example syllabus (PDF format) for more information on content, readings, and assignments.

CI 411: Research after College

CI 411 is an 8 week, one credit, online course. This course acquaints students with concepts related to information literacy, such as how the questions we ask can affect the answers we receive, how cognitive biases distort our interpretation of evidence, and how misinformation can be fought. Weekly course work consists of readings, quizzes, and writing assignments. This is an upper-division course and critical analysis of materials and resources will be strongly emphasized. Note to graduate students: while you are welcome to enroll, CI-411 is ONLY offered for undergraduate credit.

Additional Information:

  • Offered Fall & Spring
  • Online only.
  • See an example syllabus (PDF format) for more information on content, readings, and assignments.

MCMA 200: Media and Information Literacy

MCMA 200 is a 3 credit, online course taught by the College of Mass Communication and Media Arts and College of Library Affairs. Media and information literacy are necessary components of being able to understand, function in, contribute to, and change the world we live in - a world that is often described as both networked and media-saturated. Throughout the course, students will be actively engaged by the instructors to think and write critically about information and media in order to resist the corporate environment in which we all are hoped, assumed, and constructed to be passive consumers. This course will tip the balance in students' favor, empowering active learners who will become global producers of media and information.

Additional Information:

  • Meets the Area 2 Social Science UCC requirement
  • Offered Fall & Spring
  • Online only
  • See an example syllabus (PDF format) for more information on content, readings, and assignments.

Workshops

We offer workshops for graduate students each semester. Past workshops have included APA citation, 3D printing, and determining your scholarly impact. The topics vary each semester according to demand. Check out the current workshop schedule and reserve your spot on our workshops page.

To request a workshop, please email Jennifer Horton at jhorton@siu.edu.


College Research Preparation for High School Students

Due to health concerns related to COVID-19, this program is on hold until further notice.