Records and Information Management Graduate Certificate

(CRIM)

The Graduate Certificate in Records and Information Management is designed to provide an immersive experience for students who want to pursue a corporate or government career as a Records Manager, Information Manager, Information Governance Officer, or equivalence. Records and Information Management involves the administration and management of all business records throughout their life cycle. It is the systematic analysis and control of recorded information associated with an organization’s business activities. 

Students admitted into this program will be required to complete the following three core courses:

• LIS 7604 Principles of Records Management (3)  
• LIS 7612 Information Governance (3)  
• LIS 7909 Directed Independent Study (1-3)  or
• LIS 7618 E-Discovery (3) ¹ 

In addition, students must complete two courses from the following:

• LIS 7505 Introduction to Digital Curation (3)  
• LIS 7508 Management of Knowledge-Based Assets in Organizations (3)  
• LIS 7618 E-Discovery (3)    
• LIS 4511 Information Architecture (3)  

¹- Students who have had at least one year of full-time RIM work experience may choose LIS 7618  instead of LIS 7909 . See department for verification of work experience. LIS 7618  can only be used to fulfill one 3 credit-hour requirement. It may not be counted twice.

For further information, please contact the School of Information Sciences at 225-578-4581 or slis@lsu.edu.