Master of Science in Information Sciences

The program leading to the Master of Science degree requires 36 semester hours of graduate courses, including 3 courses (9 hours) required of all students. Students must take at least 27 hours of courses in the School of Information Sciences curriculum. Students may take up to 9 hours of graduate courses outside of the School, including a maximum of 6 hours outside the college. No more than 6 hours may be taken from another university. Students may choose either the thesis or non-thesis option as the culminating experience for their studies. There are 6 hours available for thesis credit. To graduate, students who elect the non-thesis option will take written comprehensive examination or create an online ePortfolio. For students who elect the thesis option, the examination will be an oral defense of the thesis.