MLIS Degree Overview

The Master’s degree program prepares information professionals for work in a variety of roles and application settings, including various information agencies and all types of libraries. The program requires that all students complete 36 hours of coursework including nine hours of core courses. A program of courses will be offered for the LEAP Cohort students until the summer 2012 semester. After that semester, students will complete their remaining 18 hours of electives in courses that they will select in consultation with the student advisor.

Quick Links Programs of Study Schedule of Courses Graduate Academic Certificates

Curriculum for LEAP II Scholarship Students

Each LEAP II Scholarship recipient will complete a program curriculum focusing on the courses on digital libraries and digital curation.  Each student will also earn the Graduate Academic Certificate in Digital Content Management.

LIS CORE COURSES (9 hours)	INFO 5000. Information and Knowledge Professions INFO 5200. Information Organization INFO 5600. Information Access & Knowledge Inquiry
GRADUATE ACADEMIC CERTIFICATE in DIGITAL CONTENT MANAGEMENT Courses to earn the Certificate (12 hours)	INFO 5223. Metadata and Networked Information Organization INFO 5740. Introduction to Digital Libraries INFO 5745. Information  Architecture INFO 5841. Digital Curation & Data Management Fundamentals
LEAP REQUIRED COURSES (9 hours)	INFO 5814. Website Development INFO 5670. Disaster Management for Information Professionals INFO 5842. Digital Curation Tools and Applications
GUIDED ELECTIVE COURSES (6 hours)	INFO  53xx. Management, Administration and Specialized Information Services INFO 5xxx. Elective (Select one elective course)

Programs Of Study

Programs of study serve as advising guides for students. Each student will work with a faculty advisor to create an individualized program reflecting the student’s career goals. Information describing the types of careers in the information professions and the recommended courses for each program are available on the LIS website and are linked below:

• General Program of Study
• Archival Studies & Imaging Technology
• Information Organization
• Youth Librarianship
• Health Informatics
• Information Systems
• Law Librarian & Legal Informatics Specialist
• Distributed Learning Librarian

Schedule Of Courses For The LEAP Cohort

Web Institute: in Person May 12^th- 21^st on the BYU-Hawaii campus in Laie, Hawaii.

Summer 2016

• INFO 5000 – Introduction to the Information Professions
• INFO 5600 – Introduction to the Information Access and Retrieval Services

Fall 2016

• INFO 5200 – Introduction to Information Organization
• INFO 5740 – Introduction to Digital Libraries

Spring 2017

• INFO 5841 – Digital Curation and Data Management
• INFO 5842 – Digital Curation Tools and Application

Summer 2017

• INFO 5814 – Web Content Development and Maintenance
• INFO 5670 – Disaster Management for Information Professionals

Fall 2017

• INFO 53xx – Select a Management, Administration or Specialized Information Services Course
• INFO 5223 – Metadata and Networked Information Organization and Retrieval

Spring 2018

• INFO 5745 – Information Architecture
• Elective –  Select one course

Online courses offered by UNT's Department of Library and Information Sciences

• INFO 5080 - Research Methods
• INFO 5205 - Indexing, Abstracting & Retrieval
• INFO 5206 - Information Retrieval Design
• INFO 5210 - Organization & Control of Information Resources
• INFO 5240 – Archival Arrangement and Description
• INFO 5295 - Preservation
• INFO 5305 - Systems Analysis & Design
• INFO 5306 - Project Management for Information Professionals
• INFO 5371 – Archives and Manuscripts
• INFO 5400 - Information Resources Development
• INFO 5410 - Adult Materials & Reading Interests
• INFO 5420 - Literature for Youth
• INFO 5440 - Story telling for Information Professionals
• INFO 5615 - Electronic Databases & Information Services
• INFO 5660 – Government Information
• INFO 5680 - Graphic Novels & Comics for Youth & Adults
• INFO 5685 - Information Resources & Services in Culturally Diverse Communities
• INFO 5711 - Internet Applications
• INFO 5715 - Digital Imaging for Information Professionals
• INFO 5717 - Dynamic WWW Control Structure
• INFO 5842 – Preservation Planning and Implementation for Digital Curation

Graduate Academic Certificates

The University of North Texas offers Graduate Academic Certificate (GAC) programs that enhance existing bachelor’s or graduate degrees in ways that will make the University a life-long center of graduate education.  Information about the GAC programs at UNT is available on the Toulouse Graduate School website at: http://www.tsgs.unt.edu/admissions/certificates.  The Department of Library and Information Sciences offers four concurrent GAC’s with the master’s degree program.  Concurrent programs are defined as programs (degrees, graduate academic certificates or teacher certification) that a student is pursuing simultaneously.  With these programs, the courses required for the GAC are taken while pursuing the master’s degree.  Students receive credit for these classes toward their master’s.  For more information about the GACs offered by the DLIS follow the links below: 

• Graduate Academic Certificate in Advanced Management in Libraries and Information Agencies 
• Graduate Academic Certificate in Digital Content Management
• Graduate Academic Certificate in Storytelling 
• Graduate Academic Certificate in Youth Services in Libraries and Information Settings

For more information or questions about the master's degree program at UNT and the LEAP II Scholarship Program, feel free to contact either: