Bachelor of Arts degree in Information Science

College

College of Arts

Campus

Dammam

Track

Arts and Education

Level

Undergraduate

Degree

BA

Gender

Female

Years of study

4

Credit hours

134

Track                                               College of Arts

Mission

Providing professional education in field of information science which contributes to building knowledge and developing scientific research as well as building knowledge community

Objectives

• To prepare professionally qualified cadres to work at information institutions.
• To make students acquire skills of preparing, processing and making available information electronically.
• To enable students to manage information resources and services within the electronic environment.  
• To enrich scientific research in field of information and knowledge in light of community needs and its prospective aspirations.
• To contribute to community service through spreading information awareness among all society individuals.

Program Graduates’ Attributes

• To abide by Islamic and community values and bear responsibility in work place and in public life. 
• To master knowledge and skills necessary for work in different IT institutions.
• To have self- and continuing learning skill lifetime and effectively develop skills of thinking and interaction with professional institutional community.
• To interact with scientific developments emerge in profession.
• To have specialization-related knowledge and skills.
• To have a good command of life skills (respect of counter argument, cooperation, leadership and management of time)
• To be able to find out creative solutions for those problems they may face in work place and daily life.   

Career Opportunities

Information Science Program graduate may have job opportunities in the following fields:

• Information specialist in the various public and private institutions.
• Information & knowledge management specialist.
• Information specialists in museums and exhibitions. 
• Archive manager
• Website content administrator for all institutions.
• Information specialist in libraries, centers of research and information centers.
• Teaching-assistant in departments of information (for excellent students)
• Teaching in general secondary schools and at learning resources center
• Information systems manager/databases manager
• Archivist 
• Information systems analyst
• Network administrator

First: Admission to the College of Arts General Requirements

• The applicant must pass all the first year (College of Arts Track) courses.
• The applicant must obtain a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of at least 3 out of 5. 

Second: Controls of specialization in the College of Arts:

• Admission is by differentiation based on grade point average and the availability of seats.
• English Language Department requirements: (Earning C rating and above in English Language Course 1 and English language Course 2)

First year

During this first year the students will study a broad range of subjects that will introduce them to various disciplines in the realm of the arts and humanities.  This exposure will help them make an informed decision on what academic path they wish to pursue in the following years.  They will earn 36 credits during this first year.

Second Year

The second year courses include the following topics: fundamentals of information organization, information sources, information services and principles of database information retrieval.

Third year

The curriculum for this year will cover the following subjects: education technologies, principles of education and management of learning resource centers.

Fourth Year

In this final year of the degree program the students will take advanced courses on a variety of subjects including: website management as it relates to libraries, production and use of teaching aids, internet information facilities as well as an opportunity to get experience in this discipline.