Table III-41
Curriculum Changes Under Consideration
Type of Changes Under
Consideration |
Number of Schools Reporting
Possible Changes |
Changes
in Core/Required Courses |
16 |
Adding
6th Year or Post-Master's Program |
2 |
Adding
Doctoral Program |
3 |
Changing
Length of Master's Program |
4 |
Adding
Joint Master's Program |
11 |
Other
Changes |
26 |
|
|
·
Alberta
— Considering making changes in core courses and adding a new class and
seminar. ·
Arizona
— Considering changing the research
methods requirements, removing a class, adding a requirement, and working on certification programs with
other departments. Plans on adding additional courses to the core
requirements. ·
British
Columbia — Considering adding a diploma in Archival Studies and a joint
Masters program in Teacher-Librarianship. ·
Buffalo
— Considering adding a masters program in Information and Communication. ·
Clark
Atlanta — Faculty and the University Curriculum Committee have approved a
concentration in health sciences
librarianship. ·
Dalhousie
— Considering adding a joint program with the School of Business
Administration and with the School
of Public Administration. ·
Dominican
– Developing the Archives Concentration and a Certificate or Masters in
Knowledge Management. ·
Drexel
– Made changes to the BSIS and Ph.D. programs. An online MS program has been deployed. ·
Emporia
— Considering implementing a specific track for children’s work, and is
reviewing the following areas of
the curriculum; records management, theory core, cataloging, information transfer in disciplines, history of
information, current issues core, archives as a new core, and instruction as a new core. ·
Florida
State – Submitting a proposal to explore an MS degree in Information Sciences
and Systems, and a joint MS in
Library and Information Studies and JD (Law School). ·
Illinois
— Conducting an ongoing review of the Ph.D. program. ·
Indiana
— Making changes in the MIS core/required courses. ·
Iowa
— Considering adding an MS in Information Science. ·
Kent
State — Planning to continue the investigation into the Masters research
paper requirement, and the role
of distributed education. ·
Kentucky
– Completely reworking the core/required courses and plans on extending the
hour requirements of the Masters
program. ·
Long
Island – Considering making changes in the school media curriculum. ·
Louisiana
State – Considering adding a joint Masters program with Spanish and also
offering undergraduate courses. ·
Maryland
— Considering adding a post masters program, adding another masters program,
and undergraduate courses. ·
McGill
— Considering adding a doctoral program. ·
Michigan
– Considering adding an E-Commerce joint degree with Business and
Engineering, and a dual degree
with Nursing. ·
Missouri
— Considering adding a 6th
year or post-master’s program. ·
Montréal
— Considering adding an undergraduate certificate program in Electronic
Information Management as of
September 2001. ·
North
Carolina - Greensboro — Reviewing the core courses for inclusion of
technology competencies and
research skills, and is also reviewing the elective courses on a cyclical
basis for relevance to
professional positions. ·
Oklahoma
— Considering adding the addition of an undergraduate program (B.S. in
Information Studies). ·
Pittsburgh
— Considering changing the MST credit requirements from 48 to 36, and is
developing the online MLIS
program. ·
Puerto
Rico — Made changes in the core
program increasing it from 24 to 31 credit hours. They also approved
3 post-master degree programs, and three post bachelor certificates. ·
Queens
— Planning on adding an undergraduate minor in Information Studies and a
doctoral program. ·
Rhode
Island — Developing a new Information Resources Management degree. ·
Rutgers
— Plans an ongoing review of the core courses. ·
San
Jose – Considering an undergraduate minor in Information Studies. ·
Simmons
— Considering making changes in the required courses. ·
South
Carolina – Considering an undergraduate minor or major. An interdisciplinary proposal is underway. ·
South
Florida – Considering adding additional courses and a post-masters
certificate program. ·
Southern
Connecticut — Plans for a joint masters with Women’s Studies, and an MS in Communication, Information &
Culture, which will be an interdisciplinary degree with Communications, Computer Science, and
Library Science. ·
Southern
Mississippi — Evaluating the coverage of the required courses. A faculty member has also initiated a discussion regarding
lengthening the master’s program. ·
Syracuse
— Planning to add the course, Information Creation and Acquisition Processes
to the core curriculum. ·
Tennessee
— Plans to add an undergraduate minor. |
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·
Texas
— Plans on changing the core courses from tracks to functional areas, and
changing the length of the
master’s program from 36 to 40 hours. ·
Texas
Women’s — Planning on add a master’s program in Children’s Literature and is
considering the delivery of a
hybrid/Internet curriculum. ·
Washington
— Plans to add a distance learning MLIS program. ·
Wayne
State — Plans to add a doctoral program, a joint masters with the College of
Urban, Labor, and Metropolitan
Affairs, and a revision of elective courses to complete the entire curriculum
evaluation a redesign of the
MLIS. ·
Western
Ontario – Considering adding a Master’s of Arts in Media Studies Degrees. ·
Wisconsin-Madison — Plans to complete the redefinition
of core areas this year, possibly reducing the
number of core courses, and is moving to cross-list additional courses. ·
Wisconsin-Milwaukee — Planning to add a Masters of Archival Studies Program. |
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