Records and Information Management Fundamentals

Course Code: RIMC 100

Academic Year: 2024-2025

The efficiency of any organization is linked to its ability to control the ever increasing amount of information and records that it generates and receives. Designed for newcomers to the field, students will develop the job skills essential to the practice of records management and will develop the framework necessary for more advanced study. Topics covered will include basic concepts of records management, inventorying records and setting retention schedules, inactive records management, vital records protection, contingency planning and disaster recovery. This course incorporates techniques for managing records in electronic form.Please note that students who choose to take an online section of this course must write the final exam in person, at either the Humber North or Lakeshore campus, or, if located more than 100km from the campus, through an approved proctoring facility. Any costs associated with this are the sole responsibility of the student.