Degree Requirements

MLIS Requirements

The main computer lab at SLIS is located on the fifth floor of Gorgas Library.

Credit Hours Required

The MLIS degree program requires a minimum of 36 semester hours of credit. Students must complete all work with a grade average of "B" or better. There is a thesis and a non-thesis option for the degree.

Required Courses

All MLIS students must complete, as part of the minimum 36 hours, the following 18 hours of required courses:

LS 500 Organization of Information

LS 501 Introduction to Library and Information Studies

LS 502 Research Methods

LS 507 Information Sources and Services

LS 560 Information Technologies

All MLIS students also must take one of the following courses to fulfill the required management component. Those courses include:

LS 508 Administration and Management

LS 530 Public Libraries

LS 531 Academic Libraries

LS 532 School Media Centers

LS 533 Special Libraries and Information Centers

Other Credits

Graduate credit may be transferred from another university or may be elected from the offerings of other departments. No more than 9 hours of credit can be applied toward the MLIS for graduate courses taken outside SLIS, directed research courses, and internships. These hours may be combined as follows:

Six hours of approved credit for graduate work taken outside SLIS and 3 hours of credit for a directed research course or internship; or:

Six hours of credit for any combination of directed research courses and internships and 3 hours of approved credit for graduate work taken outside SLIS.