The American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) defines information literacy as "The ability to know when there is a need for information, to be able to identify, locate, evaluate, and effectively and responsibly use and share that information for the problem at hand" as adopted from the National Forum on Information Literacy.
Association of American Colleges and Universities. (2013). Information Literacy VALUE Rubric. Washington: Association of American Colleges and Universities.
Information Literacy (CILT) is one of the Competencies of the undergraduate Core Curriculum at USD.
Learn more about the CILT flag, including the Student Learning Outcomes, on this page of the Core website.
Propose a course
Faculty who wish to propose a course for the CILT flag should see this page on the Core Curriculum Committee website.
Click here for guidance on proposing a CILT-flagged course.