Graduate
Degree Programs
Dual Degree Programs
Interest in public history, genealogy, historic preservation, and archives and museum administration creates a demand for professionals with expertise in both historical research and information management. The dual M.L.S.–M.A. in history program requires completion of a minimum of 53 credit hours of graduate course work.
Students must apply for admission to the master’s programs of both the School of Library and Information Science and the Department of History and meet the admission criteria established for each. The two degrees must be awarded simultaneously.
This is a 53 credit hour program.
30 SLIS credit hours
Course Requirements:
Prerequisite:
- S401 Computer Based Information Tools (3 credit Pass/Fail)
Foundations (15 credits):
- S501 Reference
- S502 Collection Development and Management
- S503 Organization and Representation or S504 Cataloging
- S505 Evaluation of Library Sources and Services or S506 Introduction to Research
- S551 Library Management or S552 Academic Library Management
Library History and Literature (6 credits): SLIS in library history and literature from the following:
- S521 Humanities Information
- S522 Social Sciences Information
- S525 Government Information
- S582 Preservation
- S623 Genealogy and Local History
- S652 Digital Libraries
- S680 The Book to 1450
- S681 The Book 1450 to Present
Information Technologies (9 credits):
- S532 Information Architecture for the Web
- S533 Online Searching
- S541 Information Policy
- S554 Library Systems
- S556 Systems Analysis and Design
- S605 Internship
A minimum of 23 credit hours is required in the Department of History for the Master of Arts degree, including H547.
SLIS Advisor: Dr. Rachel Applegate, rapplega [at] iupui [dot] edu