School Media Services Major (Emphasis in Information Technology) and the M.L.S.
Completion of this 36 credit hour major for school media information technology services to be added to the provisional teaching license also meets the requirements for the M.L.S. degree. Completion of this major enables the student to hold a position as a professional library media specialist with additional responsibilities in information technology and audiovisual services.
Required course work:
L520, L524, L526, L528, L533, L553, L596
plus three courses from:
L503, L505, L509, L527
and two courses from:
L551, L552, L554, L557, L570, L571, L578
The student who holds a life license for teaching in Indiana must professionalize this major before it can be added to the license. Professionalization requires completion of 12 additional graduate credit hours beyond the 36 described above, and these additional credits should be in educational technology, instructional theory, selection and use of instructional resources, and information technology. Any of these additional 12 credit hours may come from graduate programs outside SLIS.
The student should consult with the director for library media education in order to determine approval of these additional courses.
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Courses Open to Undergraduates
The following courses may, with permission, be taken in the junior or senior year with a view toward school library certification: L533, L551.
If such course work is taken as an undergraduate, the credit may count as an elective in the student's undergraduate work. Since all course work for either the minor in library services or the major in media services must be taken as a graduate student, an undergraduate who has completed either or both courses listed with a grade of B or better may, in consultation with the graduate advisor, substitute other graduate-level course work from SLIS in meeting the certification and/or M.L.S. degree requirements.
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