Bachelor of Information Science

First level

Group A. Compulsory
Module Completed Pre-requisite / Co-requisite / Recommendation
AIS1501 - Introducing Applied Information Science
AIS1503 - Introducing Information Records and Sources
AIS1601 - Using the Internet as a Reference Tool
AIS1602 - Introducing Management in Libraries and Information Centres
COM1501 - Fundamentals of Communication
EUP1501 - Ethical Information and Communication Technologies for
Development Solutions
INS1501 - Introduction to Information Science
INS1502 - Developing Information Skills for Lifelong Learning
RSC2601 - Research in Social Sciences

Second level

Group A. Compulsory
Module Pre-requisite / Co-requisite / Recommendation
AIS2601 - Bibliographic Control, Basic Descriptive Cataloguing and Classification Pre-requisite: AIS1503 or AIS103F
AIS2602 - Learning How to Provide Reference Services Pre-requisite: AIS1503 or AIS103F
Pre-requisite: AIS1503 or AIS103F
AIS2604 - Utilising Electronic Library Systems and Services
Co-requisite: AIS1601 or AIS104G
Pre-requisite: INS1501 & INS1502
INS2701 - Information and Communication Technology for Information Science
Co-requisite: EUP1501
ENN103F - English for Academic Purposes

ENN1504 - Practising Workplace English

AIS2603 - Describing Library user Group and Meeting their Needs Pre-requisite: AIS1503 or AIS103F
AIS2605 - Developing and Managing Information Collections Pre-requisite: AIS1501 & AIS1503 or AIS101D & AIS103F
INS2601 - Exploring Information user Studies Pre-requisite: INS1501 or INS101U
INS2602 - Investigating Information Ethics in the Information Era
INS2603 - Introducing Information Management

Third level

Group A. Compulsory
Module Pre-requisite / Co-requisite / Recommendation
AIS3701 - Descriptive Cataloguing Pre-requisite: AIS2601 or AIS202H
AIS3702 - Subject Organisation Pre-requisite: AIS2601 or AIS202H
AIS3703 - Serving the user in Library and Information Practice
AIS3704 - Applying Research Methodology in Information Science
Pre-requisite: AIS2601, AIS2602, AIS2603, AIS2604, AIS2605, INS2601, INS2602
AIS3705 - Practical Portfolio
& INS2603 Co-requisite: INS2701 or INS2089
AIS3706 - Information Science Entrepreneurship
INS3702 - The Political Economy of Information
INS3703 - Using Information: the Role of Information Behaviour
INS3705 - Information and Knowledge Management
INS3707 - Information Organisation and Retrieval