Curriculum Overview

School of Information and Library Science

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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The School’s curricula

BSIS Juniors & seniors; 10 courses in SILS

MSLS & MSIS 16 courses; 6 required, plus master’s paper

CAS 10 courses

PhD 10 courses plus dissertation

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Courses at UNC-CH

Numbered below 100 Undergraduate credit only

100-199 Advanced undergraduates and beginning

graduate students 200-299

Graduate students only (except with POI) 300+

Advanced graduate students, including doctoral seminars

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Required courses: MSLS

INLS 102, Information Tools (often waived) INLS 111, Information Resources & Services INLS 131, Management for Information Professionals INLS 151, Organization of Materials I INLS 153, Resources Selection & Evaluation (or INLS

242, Curriculum Issues and the School Librarian INLS 180, Human Information Interactions INLS 201, Research Methods INLS 392, Master’s Paper

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One example of MSLS

CoreRequirements

*151, Org ofMaterials I

*131, Manage-ment

*111, Info Res& Services

*180, Human InfoInteractions

Electives

225, HealthSciences Info

CapstoneRequirements

*201, Res.Methods

*392, MSPaper

157, DBSys I

216, HealthSci Environ

156, Intro toDB Concepts

*153, ResSel & Eval

235, DigitalLibraries

211, IR SrchStrategies

162, SysAnalysis

237, Marketingof Info Serv

252, Metadata Arch & Appl

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Required courses: MSIS

INLS 102, Information Tools (often waived) INLS 131, Management for Information Professionals INLS 150, Organization of

Information INLS 162, Systems Analysis INLS 172, Information Retrieval INLS 180, Human Information

Interactions INLS 201, Research Methods INLS 392, Master’s Paper

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One example of MSIS

CoreRequirements

*172, InfoRetrieval

*150, Orgof Info

*131, Manage-ment

*162, SystemsAnalysis

*180, Human InfoInteractions

Electives

257, UserInterfaceDesign

357, HCISeminar

CapstoneRequirements

*201, Res.Methods

*392, MSPaper

157, DBSys I 258, DB

Sys II

259, WebDatabases

110, Appl ofData Mining181, Internet

Applications

187, InfoSecurity

235, DigitalLibraries

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Being exempted from a requirement

Why: You have completed an equivalent course

elsewhere You have significant experience in the content

covered by the required course How: fill out a requirement waiver form

It will be reviewed by the instructor of the course

Does not shorten the degree program Most common example: INLS 102, Info Tools

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Special topics courses

Register for INLS 110, 210, 310 Different topics offered each semester Many will never be offered again Some will become part of the curriculum Offerings in Fall 2005:

110, Visual Communication and Design 210, Evidence-Based Medicine 210, Evidence-Based Information Practice 210, Access, Outreach and Public Service in Cultural

Heritage Repositories 210, Practical Metadata

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Independent studies

If what you want to learn is not covered in a course offered in the curriculum

Register as INLS 300 Examples:

User interfaces of GIS in city planning departments

Music retrieval Archives of churches and religious institutions

Proposed by student, guided by faculty (with permission of instructor)

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Supervised Field Experience

If you want to gain some work experience in your future career

Register as INLS 299 Work with field experience

coordinator (Marshall) Identify site and site supervisor Develop objectives Work at site, attend seminars,

write paper

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Courses from other departments

Must be relevant to your program Select in consultation with advisor Examples:

Computer science “Resources” courses offered by departments Research methods

Formal minor allowed, but requires 9 additional credits

Inter-institutional registration is also possible

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Study abroad opportunities Summer programs

Oxford: “Libraries and Librarianship: Past, Present and Future”

Prague: “Libraries and Librarianship in the Czech Republic”

Ljubljana, Slovenia: Summer seminar

“Sister” universities Royal School of Library

and Information Studies, Copenhagen

Charles University, Prague University of Ljubljana,

Slovenia

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Comprehensive exam

During final semester (spring or fall, not summer)

Information sessions early in semester Must sign up to take it

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Master’s paper

A mechanism for conducting some original research

Proposal can be developed in the Research Methods class

Completed with the guidance of an individual faculty member

Completed papers available via SILS Library or Master’s Paper Index on the SILS Library Web pages

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Commencement

And at the end, you commence!

Additional questions?

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