A very important virtual welcoming meeting will take place on 3 February 2025 at 17:30 for all first time BIS Hons Information Science students. Details and the link to the clickUP meeting is provided on page 9 of the Information Brochure. Students will have the opportunity to meet lecturers and learn a bit more about the different modules. Registration: Registration must be done before classes start for the BIS Honours degrees. The coordinator of the BIS Honours is Prof Mearns [email protected] Students who attend the online meeting who are not registered for INY711 for 2025 may be excused from the meeting after introductions and all questions have been dealt with. The meeting will be recorded and will be made available on request.
Financial difficulties? If you have been accepted into the programme, but are experiencing financial difficulties and cannot register, please visit the website: https://www.up.ac.za/student-fees/article/2735955/payment-arrangements or https://www.up.ac.za/article/2749200/fees-and-funding and follow the appropriate links. Also inform/email all your lecturers. UP Student Contract outstanding? There are FOUR contract drop-off boxes available with security at the University Road, Roper Road, Prospect Street, and Lunnon Road entrances of the Hatfield campus. Students can also post or courier the contracts to UP.
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Programme coordinator
Prof Martie Mearns
Office: IT 6-54, Hatfield Campus
Tel: +27 12 420 2833
Email: [email protected]
Curriculum
Fundamental modules
Research methodology 711 (INY 711) - Credits: 15.00
Research report 734 (INY 734) - Credits: 30.00
Core modules
Information and knowledge management (I) 713 (INY 713) - Credits: 15.00
Information behaviour, retrieval and organisation 714 (INY 714) - Credits: 15.00
Elective modules
Please note: Select electives in consultation with the Programme coordinator as not all modules are presented each year.
Information ethics 715 (INY 715) - Credits: 15.00
Information and knowledge management (II) 716 (INY 716) - Credits: 15.00
Data management 717 (INY 717) - Credits: 15.00
Fourth industrial revolution 722 (INY 722) - Credits: 15.00
Competitive intelligence (I) 726 (INY 726) - Credits: 15.00
Competitive intelligence (II) 727 (INY 727) - Credits: 15.00
Information communication 730 (INY 730) - Credits: 15.00 (the same as INY 700 and INY 430 for other programmes)
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