Joint-degree programs allow students to earn two degrees with fewer credits than if the degrees are earned separately. Students who enroll in the joint program will earn both the M.L.I.S. and M.A. in History degree. Graduates will increase their job market potential and be prepared to enter a new workforce that is capable of appraising and describing historical records, creating websites, and preserving electronic documents. Candidates must complete the required courses as outlined for both programs in order to graduate. Core courses in one program may not be used as elective courses in the other; fourteen credits of electives may be double-counted.

Requirements: Library and Information Science

Students will complete twenty-nine credits in core and elective Information Science courses and seven credits in History elective courses.

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
Required INF Courses
INF 6010	Foundations of the Information Professions	3
INF 6080	Fundamentals of Information Technology	3
INF 6120	Access to Information	3
INF 6210	Organization of Information	3
INF 7040	Management and Leadership	3
INF 7996	Research for the Information Professions	3
Elective Courses
INF Elective Courses		11
HIS Elective Courses		7
Total Credits		36

Requirements: History

Students will complete twenty-three credits of History courses and seven credits of Information Science elective courses.

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
HIS 7830	Methods and Research in History	3
HIS 7999	Master's Essay Direction	3
HIS electives (17 cr.), including:		17
At least one 8000-level History seminar
No more than two (2) courses may be taken at the 5000- or 6000-level without permission of the advisor and DGS (granted by their signatures on the Plan of Work); 5000- and 6000-level courses must be offered for graduate credit to count toward the MA degree
INF courses (7 cr.)		7
Total Credits		30

Total for both degrees: fifty-three credits (no more than thirteen credits may be double-counted).