Curriculum
Each cohort will complete the following courses (all courses are 3 credit hours). View course descriptions.
Students take two courses from this list each semester (fall, spring, summer):
- IM 940 Advanced Seminar: Data Management Theory
- LIS 901 Advanced Seminar: Professional Issues
- LIS 928 Teaching in the Academy
- LIS 950 Advanced Seminar: Information Behavior
- LIS 955 Advanced Seminar: Information Policy
- LIS 962 Advanced Seminar: Literacy and Learning
- LIS 964 Advanced Seminar: Writing in the Academy
- LIS 965 Advanced Seminar: Information Systems Research Theory and Practice
- LIS/IM 967 Quantitative Research Methods
- LIS 968 Advanced Seminar: Global Perspectives on the Library and Information Science Profession
- LIS 969 Advanced Research Methods
- LIS 970 Dissertation Preparation
- LIS 971 Qualitative Research Methods
- LIS 990 Advanced Independent Study in Library and Information Science
Upon completion of coursework, passing a qualifying field examination, and approval of a dissertation proposal, PhD students proceed to dissertation work:
- LIS 999 Dissertation (6 hours each semester during the third year: fall, spring, and summer)