Postgraduate Program in Information Management

PHD PROGRAM – COURSES AND SYLLABI

REQUIRED COURSES

Historical and Epistemological Studies in Information Science
Credits: 4
Workload: 60 hours
Syllabus: Historical and epistemological trajectory of Information Science. Foundations and scientific nature of the field. History of Science, Philosophy of Science, and Social Studies of Science. Social and historical epistemology and theory of knowledge. Discussions on interdisciplinarity, multidisciplinarity, and transdisciplinarity in Information Science. Current trends and future directions of the field.

Information Management
Credits: 4
Workload: 60 hours
Syllabus: Foundations and processes of information management. Historical background. Foundations of Information Science. Interfaces between information management, management, technology, and innovation. Interfaces between information management, information, memory, and society. Multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, and transdisciplinary approaches in information management.

Management, Technologies, and Innovation in Information Environments
Credits: 4
Workload: 60 hours
Syllabus: Principles and foundations of management. Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). ICT for management. Technological innovation and innovation management. ICT, innovation, techniques, and management tools for informational environments.

Information, Memory, and Society
Credits: 4
Workload: 60 hours
Syllabus: Theoretical and practical perspectives on the interconnections between information, memory, and society. Social, cultural, and heritage memory. Political, technological, economic, and cultural aspects of information and memory. Technologies for production, appropriation, and circulation of information, memory, and cultural heritage in informational environments.

Thesis Seminars
Credits: 4
Workload: 60 hours
Syllabus: Presentation and collective discussion of PhD thesis projects based on the main theoretical and methodological approaches in Information Science.

ELECTIVE COURSES

School Library: Guidelines, Contexts, and Practices
Credits: 4 | Workload: 60 hours
Syllabus: School libraries. Historical development. International guidelines, legal frameworks, educational policies, and national parameters. Connections between local, national, and Latin American contexts. School library networks. Ideal vs. real school libraries from a phenomenological perspective.

Media Libraries: Information, Knowledge, and Memory
Credits: 4 | Workload: 60 hours
Syllabus: Media libraries from the perspective of Cultural History. Books and reading as cultural practices. Media libraries as spaces of sociability, information, knowledge, and memory.

Science, Technology, and Society
Credits: 4 | Workload: 60 hours
Syllabus: Technological dynamics in social contexts. Contemporary studies on scientific and technological change. Relationships between scientific production, market research, and society. Principles of citizen science for economic and social development.

Data Collection, Processing, and Analysis
Credits: 4 | Workload: 60 hours
Syllabus: Conducting research to obtain data. Processing primary data. Searching, cleaning, and processing secondary data. Statistical analysis for decision-making.

Information Literacy in Information Management
Credits: 4 | Workload: 60 hours
Syllabus: Historical and conceptual aspects of information literacy. Standards and dimensions. Programs and projects. Information literacy in informational environments. Social vulnerability and informational democracy. Trends and future scenarios.

Studies on Scientific Production and Communication
Credits: 4 | Workload: 60 hours
Syllabus: Knowledge as a sociocultural process. Sociology of science. Scientific production, productivity, and communication. Evaluation of research activities. Principles of Open Science.

Anticolonial, Postcolonial, and Decolonial Studies in Information Professions
Credits: 4 | Workload: 60 hours
Syllabus: Concepts and theories of anticolonial, postcolonial, and decolonial studies. Coloniality and epistemic dependence. Epistemologies of the Global South. Social and epistemic movements in information professions.

Advanced Studies in Cataloging
Credits: 4 | Workload: 60 hours
Syllabus: Epistemological and theoretical foundations of cataloging. Teaching and learning processes. Critical analysis of technologies. Future directions of cataloging.

Critical Whiteness Studies in Information Professions
Credits: 4 | Workload: 60 hours
Syllabus: Historical and practical studies of whiteness in information professions. Racial power structures. Academic whiteness. Privileges and inequalities in informational environments.

Studies on Misinformation Prevention and Combat
Credits: 4 | Workload: 60 hours
Syllabus: Characterization of misinformation. Types: fake news, post-truth, denialism. Fact-checking strategies. Information literacy and critical reading. Role of information professionals in combating misinformation.

Project Management and Entrepreneurship in Information Management
Credits: 4 | Workload: 60 hours
Syllabus: Project concepts and types. Entrepreneurship. Tools, methodologies, and trends. Resource acquisition.

Strategic Information Management
Credits: 4 | Workload: 60 hours
Syllabus: Strategy concepts and applications. Strategic information and decision-making. Planning and information systems.

Data Governance
Credits: 4 | Workload: 60 hours
Syllabus: Governance concepts applied to scientific data, Open Science, and Data Management Plans.

Information and Decision-Making
Credits: 4 | Workload: 60 hours
Syllabus: Decision-making processes, cognitive biases, and decision-support tools.

Information in Technology-Based Ecosystems
Credits: 4 | Workload: 60 hours
Syllabus: Innovation ecosystems. Triple, quadruple, and quintuple helix models. Technology transfer and open innovation.

Information, Memory, and Heritage
Credits: 4 | Workload: 60 hours
Syllabus: Information, memory, and cultural heritage. Preservation, dissemination, and post-custodial approaches.

Innovation in Informational Environments
Credits: 4 | Workload: 60 hours
Syllabus: Technological innovation using ICT. Innovation methods and projects.

Marketing in Information Science
Credits: 4 | Workload: 60 hours
Syllabus: Information economy and marketing. Strategies and planning for information units.

Quantitative Methods Applied to Research
Credits: 4 | Workload: 60 hours
Syllabus: Quantitative methods, tools, and data analysis techniques.

Lean Thinking Applied to Information Management
Credits: 4 | Workload: 60 hours
Syllabus: Lean principles, value stream mapping, and applications in informational environments.

Information Regime: Relations between Information, Politics, and Power
Credits: 4 | Workload: 60 hours
Syllabus: Information regimes, actors, and sociopolitical implications.

Information Justice Theory
Credits: 4 | Workload: 60 hours
Syllabus: Epistemic injustices, coloniality, diversity, and social justice in informational environments.

Advanced Topics in Information Management
Credits: 4 | Workload: 60 hours
Syllabus: Current topics defined by the instructor.

Ethics in Intelligent Information Systems
Credits: 4 | Workload: 60 hours
Syllabus: Ethical issues in AI and data science. Autonomous systems and predictive models.

Ethics in Information Management
Credits: 4 | Workload: 60 hours
Syllabus: Ethical responsibility, research ethics, and information practices.