Dual Degrees

Master of Public Affairs and Master of Information Science

This dual degree is designed to prepare students for professional positions in libraries and information centers. The dual degree requires a minimum of 69 hours of graduate course work including a comprehensive set of required courses and overlapping electives in each of the degree programs. Students must apply for admission to the master's programs of both the School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) and the School of Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA) and meet the admissions criteria established for each. The two degrees must be awarded simultaneously.

Students in this dual degree program will complete the listed requirements in SLIS that will total 33 credits.

1. 1. Prerequisite and Requirements

   MIS Foundation:
   (Each course is 3 credit hours, for a total of 21 hours)

   • S510 - Introduction to Information Science (3 cr.)
   • S515 - Information Architecture (3 cr.)
   • S511 - Database Design (3 cr.)

   • S516 - Human Computer Interaction (3 cr.)
   • S513 - Organizational Informatics (3 cr.)
   • Programming Requirement (3 cr.)

   • S556 - Systems Analysis and Design (3 cr.)

2. 3. Electives
   SLIS courses (12 credit hours)
3. 4. SPEA Requirements
   A minimum of 36 credit hours is required in SPEA. For specific requirements see the entry for the dual MIS-MPA program in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs Graduate Programs Bulletin.

Note on tuition costs:
Students in SLIS dual-degree programs may find variance in their tuition charges. There is not a standardized method of coding students in dual-degree programs. SLIS, the University Graduate School, the Law School, the School of Music, the School of Public and Environmental Affairs, the School of Journalism, and other academic units each charge different graduate tuition rates per credit hour. You will be coded in one school. If, as you near the half-way point in your dual degree program, you will contact either school (SLIS or your other unit), we can arrange to change your coding so that they second half of your degree will be charged at the other unit's tuition rate. Check with the Recorder of either school if you have questions.