Table III-16

Required Course Work Hours

 

School

Number of Hours

Master's

Post-Masters

Ph.D.

Alabama

18 (MLIS)

 

48 + 24 diss.

Albany

21

6

30

Alberta

18

 

 

Arizona

15

 

18

British Columbia

21 (LIS)

 24 (MAS)

39-45 (Jt. MAS/MLIS)

 

 

Buffalo

15

6

15

Catholic

30

 

 

Clarion

18 (MSLS)

 

 

Clark Atlanta

27

6

 

Dalhousie

16 courses

 

 

Dominican

36

15

 

Drexel (qt.)

24 (MSLIS)

32 MIS

32

44

Emporia

12

 

51

Florida State

42

30

24

Hawaii

12

0

9+

Illinois

6

8

48

Indiana

15

0

12

Iowa

17

 

 

Kent

14

0

 

Kentucky

15

 

42

Long Island

18

 

12 core + 12 diss.

Louisiana

22

9

 

Maryland

9

 

15

McGill

24

Individualized

Individualized

Michigan

12

 

9

Missouri

18 MALS

6

21

Montreal

30

 

18

NC Central

18

 

 

NC Chapel Hill

24

 

18

NC Greensboro

16

 

 

North Texas

9

 

12

Oklahoma

21

0

 

Pittsburgh

12 MLIS

6 MSIS

 

15  DLIS

0 DIST

Pratt

12-18

 

 

Puerto Rico

38

 

 

Queens

15

0

 

Rhode Island

18

 

 

Rutgers

15

6

12

St. John's

15

0

 

San Jose

9

 

 

Simmons

12

 

24

S. Carolina

18

0

 

S. Florida

39

 

 

Southern Conn.

15

6

 

Southern Miss.

24

0

 

Syracuse

19 MLS

37 IM

28 TNM

 

18

Tennessee

15

 

varies

Texas

10

0

15

Texas Woman's

36 MLS

6

18

Toronto

3 core courses

 

1 yr. Adv. Research Methods

UCLA (qt.)

24

0

32

Washington (qt.)

34 MLIS

44 MSIM

 

57

Wayne State

18

0

 

Western Ontario

18

 

6

Wisconsin, Madison

18

 

6

Wisconsin, Milwaukee

15

 

 

           Total

56

19

29

           Average

16.7

5.1

20.6

 

·          Hawaii requires 9 hours plus 1 credit seminar each semester student is enrolled and 1 credit dissertation research until complete.

·          Pratt requires 12 hours for students entering Fall 2002 and 18 hours for those entering prior to Fall 2002.

·          Rutgers reports that master’s students are required to take 9 credits in Lead Courses and a minimum of 15 credits in a combination of Lead Courses and Central Courses.  Educational Media students have 33 required credits.

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