PIA 2000
(five-week intensive)
 
 

If you're a database professional, it's the collection of attributes that can be defined for, and applied to, information in a database. 

If you're a web professional, it's the art of planning, positioning, "productizing," and crafting web sites that are easy to navigate and use. 

If you're a print documentation pro, it's the model you establish so that readers can tell where to look for different types of product information.

Principles of Information Architecture (PIA) is designed to familiarize technical communicators with issues surrounding information architecture in all media, and give them the tools they need to set documentation objectives, determine documentation content, and develop a model for knowledge management that makes information easier to develop and maintain. 

PIA is part of UC Berkeley Extension's Professional Sequence in Technical Communication. This section was developed by Rich Julius and Freda Salatino.

For further information about the course, contact Freda.