Library and Information Science, Ph.D.

Degree Requirements (54 Post-Masters Hours)

Core Courses (15 Hours)

Course Title Credits
ISCI 801Theoretical Issues in Library and Information Science3
ISCI 802Research Methods and Design in Information Science3
ISCI 803Information and Society3
ISCI 804Preparation for Academic Careers in Library and Information Science3
ISCI 805Information Policy and Ethics3
Total Credit Hours15

Research Methods (6 Hours)

Qualitative Methods (3 hours)

Chosen from advisor-approved options such as the following:

Course Title Credits
EDFI 731Qualitative Inquiry3
ANTH 719Field Problems in Ethnology3

Quantitative Methods (3 Hours)

Chosen from advisor-approved options such as the following:

Course Title Credits
STAT 700Applied Statistics I3
STAT 701Applied Statistics II3

ISCI Electives (12 Hours)

Chosen from advisor-approved 800-level seminars or 700-level courses appropriate to research interests and the production of work designed for scholarly publication or presentation.

Cognate Courses (9 Hours)

Chosen from advisor-approved courses from another discipline related to the student’s research interests (i.e., mass communication, sociology, education, anthropology, computer science, English, geography, history, marketing, philosophy, political science, psychology, public administration).

Comprehensive Written and Oral Examinations

Dissertation Preparation (12 Hours)

Course Title Credits
ISCI 899Dissertation Preparation1-12
Total Credit Hours1-12