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Core Requirements in Business (33 credit hours)

Course #

Course Name

Category

Semester Hours

Accounting

B AD 63037

Financial Accounting for Managerial Action


3

B AD 63038

Accounting for Managerial Action and Evaluation

B AD 63037

3

Economics

ECON 62021

Business Conditions Analysis and Public Policy

B AD 64005 (may be taken concurrently)

3

ECON 62022

Managerial Economics

B AD 64005

3

Finance

B AD 66061

Financial Management

B AD 63037, 63038

3

Marketing

B AD 65051

Marketing Management

B AD 63037

3

Operations

B AD 64041

Operations Management

B AD 64005

3

Executive Modules

B AD 64158

Leadership and Managerial Assessment


3

B AD 66050

The Legal and Ethical Environments of Management Decisions


3

B AD 65184

International Business

B AD 65051, 66061

3

B AD 64185

Business Strategy

M.B.A. Core

3



Required Courses in Library and Information Science (21 credit hours)

Course #

Course Name

Prerequisite

Semester Hours

LIS 60001

Access to Information (Core Class)

None

3

LIS 60002

Organization of Information (Core Class)

None

3

LIS 60003

Information Technology for Library and Information Professionals (Core Class)

None

3

LIS 60600

Foundations of Library and Information Science (Core Class)

None

3

LIS 60610

Management of Libraries and Information Centers (Core Class)

None

3

LIS 60670

Culminating Experience

(a Research Paper or a Research Project)

Completion of all core courses:

LIS 60001, LIS 60002, LIS 60003, LIS 60600, LIS 60610 and special approval.

3

LIS 60692

Practicum in Libraries and Information Centers

Special approval

3





Choice of Courses from B AD or LIS (one must be LIS) (12 credit hours)

Course #

Course Name

Prerequisite

Semester Hours

Computers (choose one)

B AD 64042

Management Information Systems


3

LIS 60641

Information Storage and Retrieval System

LIS 60002 or permission 

3

LIS 60645

Database Systems

Special approval

3

Statistics/Methods (choose one)

B AD 64005

Statistics for Management

M.B.A. Admission

3

LIS 60604

Research Methods for Libraries and Information Centers

6 hours of LIS coursework

3

Human Resources Management (choose one)

B AD 64271

Human Resources Management

M.B.A. Admission

3

LIS 60691

Seminar in Human Resource Management in Libraries


Varies

3

International Elective

B AD 65184

International Business  or other international course from either unit with approval  

B AD 65051, 66061

3



Three Library and Information Science Electives (9 credit hours)*

Recommended Courses (other LIS courses can be substituted if they are in accord with student's career goals):

Course Number

Course Name

Prerequisite

Semester

Hours

LIS 60604

Research Methods for Libraries and Information Centers

6 LIS credit hours

3

LIS 60608

The Public Library

LIS 60600

3

LIS 60614

Selection and Acquisition of Library Materials

None

3

LIS 60615

The Academic Library

LIS 60600

3

LIS 60616

The Special Library

LIS 60600

3

LIS 60623

Business/Finance Information Sources & Services

LIS 60001

3

LIS 60643

Online Information Systems

LIS 60001 or permission 

3

LIS 60644

Information Science

None

3

LIS 60647

Network and Software Resources for Information Systems

None

3

LIS 60652

Foundation and Administration of Archives

LIS 60001

3

LIS 60654

Preservation Management

None

3

LIS 60691

Seminar in Human Resource Management in Libraries (if not used above)


Varies

3

LIS 61095

Health Librarianship

None

3


LIS Secondary Cores (Access to Information, Organization and Representation of Knowledge, and Administration and Management Electives) are waived; substantive knowledge about organization of information is given in the Computer options; substantive knowledge about administration and management is given in the many management courses; while access to information courses are few, some are included in the recommended list above, and the general emphasis of the dual degree is on management and information technologies.