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Information studies in two cultures: A review of iSchool curricula in China and US

Kowalczyk, Stacy T.; Gao, Yijun

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https://hdl.handle.net/2142/96769

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Title
Information studies in two cultures: A review of iSchool curricula in China and US
Author(s)
  • Kowalczyk, Stacy T.
  • Gao, Yijun
Issue Date
2017
Keyword(s)
  • iSchools
  • Master’s degree
  • Curricula
  • China
  • United States
Abstract
This study compares the master’s degree curricula of 10 iSchools in the US and 10 iSchools in China by categorizing and analyzing the text of 667 course titles harvested from publicly available websites. The results show that the US offers more courses per school and a wider range of courses. While the schools share a number of similar topics, there are significant differences between the curricula in US and Chinese iSchools in the areas of technology, management, human factors, analytics, and general information studies.
Publisher
iSchools
Series/Report Name or Number
iConference 2017 Proceedings
Type of Resource
text
Language
en
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Copyright 2017 Stacy T. Kowalczyk and Yijun Gao

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