M.L.S. with Certificate in Public Management
Designed for the student seeking courses that address management skills relevant to those who may direct academic, public or corporate libraries. Academic exercises will acquaint students with issues in human resource management, public finance, and dealing with governance bodies such as a board of directors. Courses from the School of Public and Environmental Administration (SPEA) are available either on campus or online. For more information, visit www.spea.iupui.edu
This is a 42 credit hour program.
Course Requirements:
From LIS, 30 graduate credits including:
- S501 Reference
- S502 Collection Development and Management
- S503 Organization and Representation of Knowledge and Information or S504 Cataloging
- S505 Evaluation of Library Sources and Services or S506 Introduction to Research
- S551 Library Management to meet the foundation area requirements, and including
- 15 SLIS elective credits that should include
- S526 Business Information or S535
- S533 Online Searching
- S541 Information Policy or S640 Seminar in Intellectual Freedom
- S552 Academic Library Management or S553 Public Library Management, and
- S605 Internship in Library and Information Science as an administrative assistant.
From SPEA, for the Public Management Certificate, 12 graduate credits that include:
- V502 Public Management,
- V560 Public Finance and Budgeting,
- V561 Public Personnel Management, and
Last updated: 02/13/2014