Table III-40

Curriculum Changes under Consideration

Type of Change Under Consideration	Number of Programs Reporting Possible Change
Changes in Core/Required Courses	13
Adding 6^th Year or Post-Master's Program	1
Adding Doctoral Program	3
Changing Length of Master's Program	3
Adding Master’s Program	4
Adding Joint Master's Program	5
Other Changes	27

• Albany- Revision of undergraduate program
• Arizona- Add joint master’s degree with Area Studies; creating and refining the Knowledge River Program curriculum.
• Buffalo- Add JD/MLS with Law Library; review of School Library Media Program
• Calif.-Los Angeles- Add an undergraduate major in IS
• Catholic- Comprehensive review of areas of specialization
• Clarion- Web-based delivery system
• Clark- Course numbering system; comprehensive curriculum review in Fall semester
• Dalhousie- Information Systems and Technology
• Dominican- Curriculum review in Fall 2002
• Drexel- Expand course listings for on-line Master’s programs; proposing a BS in Information Science
• Emporia- Add Master of Knowledge Management; Archival Program; Health Sciences Program.
• Florida State- Revise core course set for master’s and bachelor’s degrees
• Hawaii- Deletion and addition of courses; cross listing 3 new courses with ICS.
• Illinois- Core courses were revised; consideration of professional development sequences.
• Indiana- Add Joint Masters with English
• Iowa- add MS in Information Science; review of the curriculum has been initiated.
• Kent State- Continue to examine the role of technology in the curriculum; examine role of distributed education, especially in providing education for School Library Media certification.
• Kentucky- Change in technology requirements; lengthening of MA program to 42 hrs.
• Long Island- Complex change of core requirements, but not yet fully determined; addition of rare books program.
• Maryland- Add Master’s in Information Studies; consideration of adding undergraduate degree or certificate.
• McGill- Adoption of streams of concentration.
• Michigan- Add joint E-Commerce degree with Business and Engineering; add dual degree with School of Social Work
• Missouri- Add 6^th year or post-master’s program; Add Foundations as 1.0 cr. hr.
• NC Chapel Hill- Articulation of courses between new undergraduate major and graduate level courses
• NC Greensboro- Reconfiguring the requirements of type-of-library and materials courses
• North Texas- Evaluations and revision of several programs of study within the Master’s Degree.
• Oklahoma- Expect full approval of Master of Science in Knowledge Management
• Pratt- Review of Advanced Certificate Program; add electives or experimental courses
• Puerto Rico- Adding doctoral program
• Queens- Revising GLIS 700; accepting of oversight of undergraduate minor
• Rhode Island- Add post-baccalaureate certificate in Information Resources Management
• St. John’s- Undergraduate minor under development; expand Law Librarianship program
• South Carolina- Adding doctoral program; development of undergraduate program
• Southern Conn.- Increase number of technology courses in core.
• Syracuse- Plans changes in School Media Curriculum and changing length of a masters program.
• Texas- Changes in course inventory structure; doctoral seminars
• Texas Woman’s- Adding management to core courses; development of additional courses with dual enrollment SLIS & MCOM
• Toronto- Add joint JD/MISt and joint MBA/MISt; adding generalist stream
• Washington- Add joint Master’s program with the Evans School of Public Policy and International Relations
• Wayne State- Add PH.D program; change length of master’s from 36 to 39 hours; considering adding new certificate areas.
• Wisconsin- Madison- Add undergrad courses; advertising double degree programs that already exist.
• Wisconsin- Milwaukee- Add a thesis option for the MLIS program; replace the cataloging class with a course on organization of knowledge.

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