Program Overview

Information Science Combined Degrees

Program Overview

The Information Science Combined Degrees program is designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills needed to function as information professionals in a variety of information agencies, including internet service providers, web search portals, information processing services, or electronic publishing.

Program Details

• Program Type: Bachelor of Science (B.S.) and Master of Science (M.S.)
• Major: Information Science
• Grad Track: Yes
• Format: On Campus, Hybrid
• Estimated Time to Complete: 5-6 years
• Credit Hours: 156

Program Description

The Information Science grad track program is designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills needed to function as information professionals in a variety of information agencies. With the grad track program, students can begin taking master's level coursework as part of their undergraduate degree, allowing them to save money on tuition and fees and finish their education sooner.

Requirements

• Why UNT Online?: The program is offered completely online, in Denton (with a mix of online and face-to-face courses), in an off-campus format in Houston, and in the form of cohorts in some states.
• Tuition & Aid: Information on tuition and aid is available.
• How to Apply: Information on how to apply is available.

Benefits of Grad Track and Graduate Study

• Shortens the time and expense to complete the Master of Science programs from 36 credit hours to 27 credit hours.
• Prepares the student for the rigors of graduate-level coursework while still an undergraduate.
• Provides uninterrupted continuity of the knowledge gained as an undergraduate to graduate-level courses.
• Provides an accelerated path to employment as an Information Science or Library Science professional.

Marketable Skills

• Information analysis
• Project management
• Database design and application development
• Information architecture and website design
• Oral and written communication
• Information resource management
• Information access and services
• Information organization, cataloging, and classification
• Curation and preservation
• Information behavior and systems

Program Highlights

• Special lectures hosted by the college and the department feature renowned scholars who provide different perspectives and insights into the information science field.
• Our students and faculty are active members of different professional associations and learned societies, such as the iSchools consortium, the American Library Association, the Association for Information Science and Technology, and the Knowledge & Information Professional Association.
• The Department of Information Science provides limited travel support to select students who are in good academic standing.
• The Master of Science in Information Science Health Informatics program is ranked sixth in the nation.
• Instruction is offered in a variety of formats, including face-to-face, online and blended, that allows you to balance classes with full-time or part-time employment.

Career Opportunities

• The master's program prepares information professionals for work in a variety of roles and application settings, including various information agencies and all types of libraries.
• In addition, the program prepares at a master's level, individuals who wish to pursue study in the theoretical development of information science.

Courses

• Information Retrieval Systems (3 hrs)
• Introduction to Metadata for Information Organization (3 hrs)
• Information and Knowledge Professions (3 hrs)
• Information Access and Knowledge Inquiry (3 hrs)
• Electronic Information Services (3 hrs)
• Information Indexing and Organizing (3 hrs)