Introduces students to the set of integrated abilities encompassing the reflective discovery of information, the understanding of how information is produced and valued, and the use of information in creating new knowledge and participating ethically in communities of learning, with special focus on critical self-reflection, as crucial to becoming more self-directed in that rapidly changing ecosystem (ACRL).

First year seminar for students in the Data Science program, this course introduces students to college success and readiness, data and information literacy, ethical use of information, discovery, acquisition and preservation of data, and metadata.