Library & Information Science, M.L.I.S.

(MLIS)

Students may complete the degree online or in a combination of online and face-to-face classes. All courses and degree requirements are the same regardless of the delivery format. Students do not have to specify that they will be online students when they apply.

All students take a common core of courses:

• LIS 7000 Information and Society (3)  
• LIS 7002 Information Services (3)  
• LIS 7004 Management of Information Organizations (3)
    
• LIS 7008 Information Technologies and Systems (3)
    
• LIS 7010 Organization of Information (3)  
• LIS 7011 Information Needs and Information Seeking (3)
    
• LIS 7809 Understanding Research (3)  

In consultation with their advisors, students will select additional elective courses to complete their degree requirements.

All MLIS students must meet the following degree requirements:

• satisfactory completion of a minimum of 36 semester hours (21 hours of core courses, and 15 hours of elective courses);
• completion of the degree program in five years. Credit for individual courses taken more than five years before the completion of the program may, in some cases, be validated. Requirements for so doing are set in SLIS PS14.) The school will not validate courses taught by another faculty, either within or outside of the LSU System.

The MLIS is a non-thesis degree. Students must complete all core courses with a “B” or better and maintain a minimum GPA of 3.0 in all of their coursework in the program to qualify for graduation. Although not required, a thesis may be submitted in partial fulfillment of requirements for the MLIS degree. Maximum credit allowed for the thesis is nine credit hours.

The departmental-level academic course plan for each student will be developed in consultation with and approved by the student’s graduate advisory committee. The committee will include the student’s major advisor and two additional members of the graduate faculty such that the LSU Graduate School’s requirements for graduate committees are satisfied.