Learning Outcomes

Outcomes for Library and Information Science Students

Apply professional standards, tools, and best practices in the information field and across specialized areas.
Communicate effectively across different audiences.
Demonstrate the technological skills required to help information professionals and organizations achieve their goals.
Critically analyze and apply research.
Select, implement, or create services, programs, and resources/systems that respond to the needs of diverse communities and stakeholders.
Develop individual and collaborative leadership potential.
Be guided by professional ethics and values.

Program Learning Outcomes voted in by the faculty on February 27, 2019.

A graduate of the Simmons SLIS PhD program:

Demonstrates in-depth familiarity with scholarship in the field of library, archival, and information science;
Articulates prominent theories in the field of library, archival, and information science;
Identifies researchable problems and applies relevant research studies, research designs, and methodologies to tasks requiring problem solving and critical thinking;
Analyzes and presents information, including research proposals and findings, clearly and accurately in a variety of formats;
Conducts qualitative, quantitative or mixed method research studies by engaging in reflective inquiry, performing data collection and analysis, composing research reports, and producing publications and a dissertation;
Engages in teaching activities, develops appropriate unit- or course-level student learning outcomes, and plans and implements learning experiences that assist students to achieve those outcomes; and
Leads service activities for local, national, or international professional associations and communities.

Revised October 2017