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Admissions Requirements

 

Minimum AMP Admission Requirements:

• Completion of a minimum of 75 undergraduate credit hours will be required at the time of application; a minimum of 90 undergraduate credit hours will be required at the time of entry into the AMP. If the student’s GPA falls below 3.3 at the time they have completed 90 units, the student will not be admitted into the program. Courses taken for audit may not be included in the total number of units counted for eligibility or admission.
• A minimum cumulative GPA of 3.3 on a minimum of 12 units of undergraduate UA.
• Completion of at least 12 earned undergraduate credits in their major at the University of Arizona’s main campus. Units still graded Incomplete, units graded Pass/Fail or units taken as audit will not count toward the requirement of the 12 undergraduate units.
• Completion or near completion of general education requirements.
• Submission of a graduate application and payment of a graduate application fee.
• Demonstration of the maturity necessary for success in an accelerated, highly competitive program.
• Expectation to complete the undergraduate degree within four years. The undergraduate degree requirements must be completed before the student is eligible to have the Master’s degree awarded. 

Additional AMP Admission Requirements:

• Completed and approved Undergraduate Enrollment in Graduate classes form, https://grad.arizona.edu/gcforms/sites/gcforms/files/page/undergradenrollment.pdf

Please complete this online application for admission to the Graduate College with a $90 application fee.  As part of the online application, you are required to submit the following materials.  Please do not email or mail these materials to the School of Information or Graduate College.  These materials are inputted into your online application:

• Upload unofficial transcripts from ALL higher education institutions attended in ‘Supplemental Questions’ section
• Upload a current resumé or curriculum vitae (CV) in the ‘Supplemental Questions’ section
• Write a 750-1000 word Statement of Purpose
• Provide email addresses and contact information for two (2) recommenders in the ‘Letters of Recommendation’ section - leetters much be received prior to application review

Please email official e-Transcripts to si-transcripts@email.arizona.edu directly from the institution or mail one (1) official transcript to the following address (do not send to the Graduate College).  Official transcripts from ALL higher education institutions attended are required.

School of Information
The University of Arizona
Harvill 409
1103 E 2nd Street
Tucson, AZ 85721

 

Standardized Tests

N/A

 

 

Funding Opportunities

 

 

 

Admissions Deadlines

Admission Deadlines:

See your Academic Advisor for deadline information

 

International Admission Deadlines:

See you Academic Advisor for deadline information

 

International Conditional Admission

International applicants will not be considered for conditional admission by this program.

Other Information

The GRE Institution Code for The University of Arizona is 4832

Completion Requirements

Minimum Credit Units

37 

Core Coursework Requirements

Core Courses

•  9 units in the MLIS degree program

LIS 504: Foundations of Library and Information Services (3 Units) - to take in the AMP

LIS 506: Research Methods for Library and Information Professionals (3 Units) - to take as a part of the MLIS degree program

LIS 515: Organization of Information (3 Units) - to take as a part of the MLIS degree program

Minimum GPA in core coursework is 3.0

 

Elective Coursework

Distributed Electives - AMP students should discuss course schedule with their advisor

• 12 units
• Choose one course in each category

Cultural Perspective on Libraries & Information

LIS 550: Information Environments from Non-Dominant Perspectives (3 Units)

LIS 557: Documenting Diverse Cultures and Communities (3 Units)

LIS 558: Social Justice in Information Services (3 Units)

Information Services & Evaluation

LIS 518: Information Quality (3 Units)

LIS 530: Cataloging and Metadata Management (3 Units)

LIS 532: Information Intermediation (3 Units)

LIS 540: Introduction to Archives (3 Units)

LIS 560: Collection Management (3 Units)

LIS 572: Government Information: Policy & Resources (3 Units)

LIS 671: Digital Curation and Digital Preservation (3 Units)

Management of Information Services

LIS 567: Leadership and the Information Organization (3 Units)

LIS 608: Managing the Information Organization (3 Units)

LIS 673: Managing the Digital Information Environment (3 Units)

LIS 681E: Law Library Practice and Administration (3 Units)

Information Technology & Networked Digital Information

LIS 570: Data Base Development and Management (3 Units)

LIS 571: Introduction to Information Technology (3 Units)

LIS 575: User Interface and Website Design (3 Units)

LIS 580: Data Standards for the Semantic Web (3 Units)

LIS 672: Introduction to Applied Technology (3 Units)

LIS 675: Advanced Digital Collections (3 Units)

LIS Electives

• 6 units of LIS coursework

See LIS courses by concentration area

Free Electives

• 6 units of any related coursework
• Free electives can include individual studies, transfer units or other courses

 

Additional Requirements

Capstone Internship

• 3 units

LIS 698: Capstone Exit Requirement (3 Units)

ePortfolio

• 1 unit 

LIS 909: e-Portfolio (Electronic Portfolio) (1-9 credits)

 

Student Handbook

Please refer to the Graduate Student Handbook for students who are pursuing this program of study.

 

Additional Information

This is an Accelerated Master's Program (AMP).

The Graduate College offers exceptional undergraduate students in selected majors the opportunity to earn both a bachelor's degree and master's degree in as few as 5 years. The Accelerated Master's Program is for the top undergraduates in participating majors who plan to continue in a graduate program in the same, or closely related, UA discipline.

Programs will select from among a qualified pool, based on the following criteria. Individual programs may have more stringent or additional requirements:

• Completion of a minimum of 75 undergraduate credit hours will be required at the time of application; a minimum of 90 undergraduate credit hours will be required at the time of entry into the AMP. If the student's GPA falls below 3.30 at the time s/he has completed 90 units, the student will not be admitted into the program. Courses taken for audit may not be included in the total number of units counted for eligibility or admission.
• Completion of at least 12 earned units of undergraduate course work in the major at the UA.
• Units still graded Incomplete, units graded Pass/Fail or units taken as audit will not count toward the requirement of the 12 undergraduate units in the major.
• Completion or near completion of general education requirements.
• Submission of a graduate application and payment of a graduate application fee.
• Demonstration of the maturity necessary for success in an accelerated, highly competitive program.
• Expectation to complete the undergraduate degree within four years. The undergraduate degree requirements must be completed before the student is eligible to have the Master's degree awarded.
• Interested students should verify departmental requirements as they may have additional or more stringent requirements than the Graduate College minimum requirements.

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