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This guidesheet was created to assist you in course selection; however, it is not a replacement for the school's "Program Statement" form. Note: some courses/workshops on this guidesheet are NOT offered every year. New courses developed as Special Topics may also be added.
You are encouraged to take at least one course from each of the following course elective areas:
- Access to Information (Category A)
- Organization and Representation of Knowledge (Category O/R)
- Administration and Management (Category M)
Other course areas:
- Core Class (Category C)
- General Elective (Category G)
* = Key Elective
REQUIRED COURSES (18 credit hours)
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Course Number
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Course Name
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Category
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Prerequisite(s)
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60001
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Access to Information
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C
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None
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60002
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Organization of Information
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C
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None
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60003
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Information Technology For Library And Information Professionals
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C
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None
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60600
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Foundations of Library and Information Science
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C
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None
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60610
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Management Of Libraries And Information Centers
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C
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None
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60670
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Culminating Experience: A Research Paper, A Research Project, OR a Practicum
NOTE: In addition to the prerequisites listed, LIS 60604 (Research Methods for Libraries and Information Centers) is also highly recommended for those students who plan to complete a Culminating Experience Research Paper or Culminating Experience Project.
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C
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60001, 60002, 60003, 60600, 60610, and a Proposal
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SUGGESTED ELECTIVE COURSES and WORKSHOPS (18 credit hours needed)
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Course Name |
Category |
Prerequisite(s)
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| * 60637 |
Metadata Architectures and Implementations
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O / R
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60002
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* 60638
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Digital Libraries
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M
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None
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| * 60639 |
Implementation of Digital Libraries
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O / R
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60003
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| * 60651 |
Digital Image Processing and Collection Management |
O / R
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60002
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| * 61095 |
Introduction to Digital Preservation |
O / R
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60002
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| 60613 |
Information Uses and Services
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M
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60001
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| 60641 |
Information Storage and Retrieval Systems |
O / R
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60002
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| 60642 |
Implementation of Information Storage and Retrieval Systems |
O / R
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60002
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| 60645 |
Database Systems |
O / R
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None
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| 60646 |
User Interfaces For Information Retrieval Systems |
O / R
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None |
| 60648 |
Electronic Publishing on the Web |
O / R
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None |
| 61095 |
Technologies for Digital Preservation and Web Archiving |
O / R |
61095: Digital Preservation or 60638 |
| 61096 |
Individual Investigation |
G |
Special Approval
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60691
ORIAKM 60002 |
Knowledge Organization Systems: Thesauri, Taxonomies & Ontologies Information Architecture and Knowledge Management II |
O / R
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60002 |
| IAKM 60101 |
Information Architecture I |
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LIS 50693: WORKSHOPS in LIBRARY & INFORMATION SCIENCE
- A maximum of four workshop credits can be applied to your M.L.I.S. degree with your faculty advisor's approval.
- You must complete the "Request for SLIS Workshop Approval" form to receive credit for a workshop.
- You cannot receive credit for both a workshop and a class with similar content. Please refer to the "Workshop / Course Overlap" list.
- Workshop forms are online: http://www.slis.kent.edu/
Suggested Workshops: (Workshops are worth 1 credit, unless otherwise indicated)
- Archival Description: DACS, EAD and MARC
- Database Design and Applications I: Introduction to Database Systems
- Database Design and Applications II: Issues, Principles and Intermediate Skills
- Database-Driven Web Sites
- Designing Successful Grant Projects
- Digital Imaging I: Image Processing
- Electronic Reference Start-Up
- Introduction to Audiovisual Archiving
- JavaScript for Web Page Development (2 cr.)
- Open Source Software for Libraries
- PHP and MySQL for Web Database Creation and Implementation
- Separating Content and Presentation: Designing Web Sites with XHTML and CSS (2 cr.)
- UNIX and Linux Operating Systems
- Using JavaScript to Jazz up Web Pages
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Programs 
