Overview
Students earning this Online Library Science degree at University of North Texas will be prepared for a wide range of careers, such as reference librarian, technical services librarian, youth and children's librarian, archivist/special collections librarian, electronic resources librarian, cataloging/metadata librarian, instructional services librarian, law/legal librarian, digital/data curation librarian, etc.
In addition to being completely online, the MS-LS program is also offered to a cohort of students residing in Virginia, West Virginia, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, and surrounding states. Learn more about our cohort programs.
In addition to a general program of study, students have the option of choosing between 5 specialized areas to create an individualized program reflecting the student’s career goals and interests.
Concentrations include:
- Archival Studies and Imaging Technology
- Information Organization
- Knowledge Management
- Law Librarianship and Legal Informatics
- Music Librarianship
- Youth Librarianship
- General Program of Study
Programme Structure
Courses:
- Information and Knowledge Professions
- Information Organization
- Information Access and Knowledge Inquiry
- Metadata and Networked Information Organization & Retrieval I
- Management of Information Agencies
- Information Resources Development
Key information
Duration
- Part-time
- 12 months
Start dates & application deadlines
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Credits
Delivered
Disciplines
Languages Liberal Arts Literature View 56 other Masters in Liberal Arts in United StatesAcademic requirements
English requirements
Other requirements
General requirements
- International students must also review the International Admissions page for additional required documents.
- You will need to meet the Graduate School minimum qualifications before you will be considered for admission to the Department of Information Science.
- Submit official transcripts from all colleges attended.
- 3.0 on the last 60 hours of a bachelor's degree,
Tuition Fee
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International
16200 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 450 USD per credit during 12 months. -
National
16200 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 450 USD per credit during 12 months.
Funding
Studyportals Tip: Students can search online for independent or external scholarships that can help fund their studies. Check the scholarships to see whether you are eligible to apply. Many scholarships are either merit-based or needs-based.