Table III-8

Summary of Credit Hour Requirements for Degrees

 

School

Undergraduate

Master’s

Post-Master

PHD

 

Major

Minor

 

 

 

Alabama

 

21

36 MLIS

60 MFA

30

48 + 24 diss.

Albany

43

18

42 MLS

42 MSIS

59 MA/MLS

30

60

Alberta

 

 

48

 

 

Arizona

 

18

36

 

48

British Columbia

 

 

30 MA

48 MLIS

48 MAS

 

24+ and diss.

Buffalo

 

 

36/39

30

60

Calif. Los Angeles (qt)

 

 

72

36

72+

Catholic

 

 

36

24

 

Clarion

30

 

36-39

24

 

Clark Atlanta

 

 

36

30

 

Dalhousie

 

 

48

 

 

Dominican

 

 

36

15

 

Drexel (qt)

54

24

56 MSSE

60 MSLIS

60 MSIS

         32

60

Emporia

30

 

42

 

51

Florida State

30

12

42

30

24+

Hawaii

 

 

42

15

13+

Illinois

 

18

40

40

80+

Indiana

 

 

36 MLS

42 MIS

30

90

Iowa

 

 

36

 

 

Kent

 

 

36

 

 

Kentucky

 

 

36

 

42

Long Island

45

30

36

 

48 +  diss.

Louisiana

 

 

40

24

 

Maryland

 

 

36

 

60

McGill

 

 

48

30

No set requirement

Michigan

 

 

48

 

36+

Missouri

 

 

42

30

72-100

Montréal

 

30

56

 

90

NC Central

 

 

36

 

 

NC Chapel Hill

27

15

48

30

36 +  diss.

NC Greensboro

 

 

36

 

 

North Texas

24

18

36

24

60

Oklahoma

30

 

36

30

 

Pittsburgh

30

15

36 MLIS, MSIS

48 MST

24

54

Pratt

 

 

36

 

 

Puerto Rico

 

 

38

 

 

Queens

 

 

36

30

 

Rhode Island

 

 

42

 

 

Rutgers

39

 

36

24

84

St. John's

 

 

36

24

 

San Jose

 

 

42

 

 

Simmons

 

 

36

 

60

South Carolina

 

 

36

30

 

South Florida

 

 

39

 

 

Southern Connecticut

30

18

36

30

 

Southern Mississippi

25

18

 39 

33

 

Syracuse

36

18

36 MLS

42 TNM

 42 IRM

 

78

Tennessee

 

 

42

 

 

Texas

 

 

40

30 (cert.)

Varies, 36+

Texas Woman's

 

 

36 MLS

39 MA

 

36

Toronto

 

 

48

 

 27

Washington (qt.)

68-73

 

47 MSIM,

63 MLIS

 

63 + 27 diss.

Wayne State

 

 

36

30

 

Western Ontario

 

 

45

 

18

Wisconsin, Madison

 

 

42

24

Not a credit program

Wisconsin, Milwaukee

36.

21

36

 

Varies

 

 


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