Overview

Department of Information and Library Science / Department of Information and Library Science is located in Bloomington, IN.

Degrees & Awards

Degrees Offered

Degree	Concentration
Master of Information Science/Master of Arts (MIS/MA)
Master of Public Affairs/Master of Information Science (MPA/MIS)
Master of Liberal Studies/Master of Arts (MLS/MA)
Master of Public Administration/Master of Library Science (MPA/MLS)
Juris Doctor/Master of Library Science (JD/MLS)
Master of Information Science (MIS)	Information science
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)	Information science
Master of Library Science (MLS)	Library science
Specialist in Library and Information Science (Sp LIS)	Library and information science
(Graduate Certificate)	Information architecture

Degrees Awarded

Degree	Number Awarded
Master's Degrees	87
Doctoral Degrees	4
Other Advanced Degrees	9

Earning Your Degree

Part-time study available?
Evening/weekend programs available?	No
Distance learning programs available?	No
Terminal master's degree available?

Degree Requirements

Degree	Requirement
Master's Degrees	Entrance Exam GRE General Test (for applicants whose previous undergraduate degree GPA was below 3.0 or previous graduate degree GPA was below 3.2) Internship
Doctoral Degrees	Entrance Exam GRE General Test Comp Exam Required Thesis Required

Admissions

Acceptance Rate

943

Applied

585

Accepted

73

Enrolled

Applying

55

Application Fee - Domestic

65

Application Fee - International

Yes

Electronic
applications accepted?

Yes

Applications processed
on a rolling basis?

Application Deadlines

Type	Domestic	International	Priority date
Fall deadline	May 15th	December 1st	Yes
Spring deadline	November 1st	September 1st	Yes

Entrance Requirements

Exam	Details
Master's Degree Exam	GRE General Test (for applicants whose previous undergraduate degree GPA was below 3.0 or previous graduate degree GPA was below 3.2)
Master's Degree Requirements	3 letters of reference, resume, personal statement (500 words minimum), transcripts
Doctoral Degree Exam	GRE General Test
Doctoral Degree Requirements	Resume, personal statement (800-1000 words), writing sample, transcripts, 3 letters of reference

International Students

Exam	Details
TOEFL: Required	TOEFL Paper score: 600 TOEFL IBT score: 100
IELTS: Required

Tuition & Fees

Financial Support

Application deadlines for financial awards	January 15
Types of financial support available	Research Assistantships Health Care Benefits Scholarship and/or loans Graduate Assistantships Tuition waivers for student who do not receive fellowships or assistantships Career or field-related internships

Student Body

203

Total Graduate Students

20%

International Breakout (representing other countries)

Race/Ethnicity

Hispanic/Latino	3.94%
Black or African American	0.99%
White or Caucasian	67%
American Indian or Alaska Native	0%
Asian	2.46%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0%
Two or more races	3.94%
Unknown	0%

Gender

Male (28%)

Female (71%)

Faculty

31

Total faculty

Full-time - 12

Part-time - 19

Male (14)

Female (17)

Research

Focus of faculty research:

Scholarly communication, interface design, library and management policy, computer-mediated communication, information retrieval, documentation, web analysis, e-business, information architecture, social informatics, virtual groups and online communities, online deviant behaviors, knowledge sharing, indexing, philosophy of information, information policy, resource management, research methods digital humanities, digital libraries, semantic web, digital preservation, natural language processing.

Externally sponsored research expenditures last year:

0

Location & Contact

Address 1320 East 10th Street
Bloomington, IN  47405-3907
United States

Contact Dr. John Walsh
Interim Director of Graduate Programs
Email: jawalsh@indiana.edu
Phone: 812-856-0707

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