INF STD 246

Information-Seeking Behavior

Information Studies · 4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)

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Study of factors and influences, both individual and social, associated with human beings needing, using, and acting on information. Topics include information theory, human information processing, information flow among social and occupational groups, and research on information needs and uses.

Letter grading.

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Not on the schedule for any of Fall 2025 through Spring 2027. UCLA publishes only that window, so this does not mean the course is gone — check the official listing.

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INF STD 246

INF STD 279User Experience Design

1 course lists this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 1 course over 1 level. Every course here opens its own tree.