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SI Students and Their Skills
Our Master of Science in Information (MSI) students are an eclectic, entrepreneurial lot.
MSI Student Profile (Fall 2007)
- Approximately 316 MSI students
- 70-plus undergraduate majors and specialization areas represented
- Average undergraduate GPA of 3.5 on 4.0 scale
- Average GRE score of MSI applicants admitted for fall 2007: V=586, Q=669, A=5.0/6.0
- 53 percent from outside of Michigan (more than 25 states represented from Massachusetts to California)
- 14 percent U.S. minority students
- 17 percent international students from 12 countries
- Age range from 20 to 56 (average in mid to upper 20s)
- Most have two to four years full-time experience, many have five to 10-plus years of experience
Sampling of Skill Areas of MSI Students and Graduates
- Complex Web design and development
- Electronic records management
- User-interface design
- Cataloging and indexing
- Information policy analysis
- Usability engineering
- Information retrieval
- E-commerce strategy and development
- Human factors research
- Software architecture modeling
- Information architecture
- Multimedia design
- Collaborative/distance technology development and deployment
- Technology training
- Competitive intelligence research
- Knowledge management
- Collection development
- Project management
- Database application design
- Reference services
- Access systems for archival materials
- Natural language processing
- Information visualization and graphic design
- Systems analysis
- Management consulting
- Pricing information goods and services
If you would like to learn more about our graduates, or discuss your overall recruitment strategy, contact Joanna Kroll, associate director of career services, at jckroll@umich.edu or at (734) 647-7650.
Last updated: Jan 28, 2008
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Jonas Kong (MSI '05) graduated from the University of California at Berkeley with a bachelor's degree in nutritional sciences. At SI, his interest was in interface design and usability research for software and hardware products. Before graduating, he picked up valuable experience designing interfaces for software and Web sites through both class projects and by working professionally for clients. He was a usability intern at Microsoft in Redmond, Washington, and worked on projects for the School of Medicine and the School of Social Work at U-M.
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