The department's course cycle is a planning document: it allows students to plan their academic programs; it allows the department to anticipate staffing needs. To see which courses are actually being offered in any specific term, it is necessary to consult the official course schedule for that term. This can be done by visiting the Registrar's home page. While the department makes every effort to conform to the course cycle, circumstances beyond the department's control sometimes require deviations from the cycle.
Philadelphia Course Offerings Spring and Summer 2009
Philadelphia Campus Course Cycle
Courses are offered at two sites in Philadelphia: The Philadelphia Free Library (noted as Philad on the registrar's schedule) and the Cheney University Urban Education Site (noted as Cheyny on the registrar's schedule). You must check the registrar's schedule each semester to determine at which site each class will be held.
Course descriptions - Links to graduate catalog to check course descriptions and pre-requisites.
Special note regarding LS 570: Internship in Librarianship. LS570 is offered each fall, spring and summer I. LS570 is not a distance education course for determination of tuition. Please contact your advisor regarding registration for LS570 as this course requires an affliation agreement prior to enrollment.
Course cycle for each academic year starting in an odd year (2009, 2011, 2013...)
Fall - on site
LS 504: Introduction to the Information Profession
LS 550: Introduction to Research in Library Science
LS 562: Government Documents
- on the web
LS 529: Instructional Strategies for the Library & Information Professionals
LS 534: Administration and Management of Libraries
LS 578: The Rural Public Library/Urban Environment
LS 587: Indexing and Abstracting
LS 591: Business Reference Sources and Services
Winter term - on the web
The department offers special topics courses each winter term. Check the registrar's schedule for each year's offerings.
Spring - on site
LS 502: Cataloging and Classification
LS 558: Bibliography of the Humanities
LS 573: Integrated Technologies in Libraries
- on the web
LS 532: Management of School Library Media Centers
LS 534: Administration and Management of Libraries
LS 552: Advanced Cataloging and Classification
LS 556: Bibliography of the Sciences
LS 569: Management of Technical & Access Services
LS 575: Digital Libraries
LS 579: Issues in Urban Librarianship
Summer I - on site
LS 500: Information Sources and Services
- on the web
LS 537: Scholarly and Professional Publishing
LS 558: Bibliography of the Humanities
LS 577: Libraries, Literature, and the Child
LS 582: Serials
Summer II- on site
LS 501: Developing Library Collections
LS 583: Libraries, Literature, and Young Adults
- on the web
LS 534: Administration and Management of Libraries
LS 555: History of Children's Literature
LS 572: Law in Libraries
LS 589: New Technology for Educators
LS 590: Global Perspectives in Librarianship
Philadelphia Course Cycle
Special note regarding LS 570: Internship in Librarianship. LS570 is offered each fall, spring and summer I. LS570 is not a distance education course for determination of tuition. Please contact your advisor regarding registration for LS570 as this course requires an affliation agreement prior to enrollment.
Course cycle for each academic year starting in an even year (2010, 2012, 2012...)
Fall - on site
LS 504: Introduction to the Information Professions
LS 550: Introduction to Research in Library Science
LS 580: Library Marketing and the Community
- on the web
LS 529: Instructional Strategies for the Library & Information Professionals
LS 534: Administration and Management of Libraries
LS 578: The Rural Public Library/Urban Environment
LS 587: Indexing and Abstracting
LS 591: Business References Sources and Services
Winter term - on the web
The department offers special topics courses each winter term. Check the registrar's schedule for each year's offerings.
Spring - on site
LS 502: Cataloging and Classification
LS 557: Bibliography of the Social Sciences
LS 574: Online Information Retrieval
- on the web
LS 532: Management of School Library Media Centers
LS 534: Administration and Management of Libraries
LS 552: Advanced Cataloging and Classification
LS 556: Bibliography of the Sciences
LS 569: Management of Technical Access Services
LS 575: Digital Libraries
LS 579: Issues in Urban Librarianship
Summer I- on site
LS 500: Information Sources and Services
LS 540: Multicultural Library Sources & Services
- on the web
LS 537: Scholarly and Professional Publishing
LS 558: Bibliography of the Humanities
LS 577: Libraries, Literature, and the Child
LS 582: Serials
Summer II - on site
LS 501: Developing Library Collections
-on the web
LS 534: Administration and Management of Libraries
LS 568: History of Books and Printing
LS 572: Law in Libraries
LS 589: New Technology for Educators
LS 590: Global Perspectives in Librarianship
