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The School of Communication and Information (SC&I) is a professional school within the New Brunswick Campus of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. The school was created in 1982 as a result of a merger between the Graduate School of Library and Information Studies, the School of Communication Studies, and the Livingston Department of Urban Journalism. The school offers 3 undergraduate majors in (Communication ), (Information Technology and Informatics ), and (Journalism and Media Studies ), two undergraduate minors, in (Digital Communication, Information, and Media ) and, beginning January 2015, one in Gender and Media, as well as a (Master of Communication and Information Studies ), a (Master of Library and Information Science ), and an interdisciplinary (PhD program ) in Communication, Information and Library Studies. SC&I also has students pursuing nondegree certificates through its (Professional Development Studies ) program. The school has about 2,500 students at the undergraduate, masters, and doctoral levels, and about 60 full-time faculty. Part-time faculty with professional experience make an important contribution to the classroom. Among the distinguished faculty of the school are Fulbright Fellows, Woodrow Wilson Fellows, and Annenberg Scholars; Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Council of Learned Societies; recipients of the Hiet Prize in the Humanities and awards from the Academy of Management, American Society for Information Science, Association of Computing Machinery, the Journal of the American Society for Information Science, and the National Communication Association; and recipients of Rutgers University awards for teaching, research, and service, among other honors. The graduate program in library and information science has been ranked number 6 in the nation, with the specialization in school library media ranked 2nd and several other specializations in the top ten, by U.S. News & World Report.〔(US News and World Report 2009 Best Graduate School rankings )〕 ==History== Although SC&I was established in 1982, the roots of the academic programs housed at the school date back to the 1920s. 1926 Undergraduate program in Journalism established at Rutgers College 1927 Undergraduate program in librarianship established at the New Jersey College for Women, later Douglass College. This became defunct two decades later. 1953 Graduate School of Library Service (GSLS) opens its doors to its first class of master’s students. 1971 Undergraduate major in Communication established 1978 Name of the GSLS changes to Graduate School of Library and Information Studies 1982 School of Communication, Information and Library Studies is established. At the time of its inception, the school offered two undergraduate majors (Communication, Journalism and Mass Media), a master's degree in Library Service, and established an interdisciplinary doctoral program 1983 Names of the departments are denoted as Department of Communication, Department of Journalism and Mass Media, and Department of Library and Information Studies 1987 Master of Communication and Information Studies established 2001 Undergraduate major in Information Technology and Informatics begins accepting students 2005 Online Master of Library and Information Science program admits its first students 2009 Name changed from School of Communication, Information and Library Studies to School of Communication and Information. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rutgers School of Communication and Information」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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