Acquaints students with the process of acquiring, evaluating, and assimilating information from available resources. Focuses on information literacy skills and the understanding that those skills are a tool for life long learning.

With the expansive volume of information available at one's fingertips, information literacy is an essential skill in our academic, professional, and personal lives. This cross-disciplinary course will explore information in a variety of contexts: from "fake news" to Facebook and from Google to Gutenberg. Topics covered will include: the process of information creation and consumption; strategic information seeking behaviors; critically evaluating information; the ethical us of information. issues pertaining to the protection of our own personal information.