Required courses:

• LIS 646: Special Collections and Archives (3 credits)
• LIS 647: Introduction to Archival Organization (3 credits)
• LIS 648: Archival Practicum (3 credits)
• LIS 675: Seminar in the Organization of Material: Introduction to Digital Libraries (3 credits)
• LIS 675: Seminar in the Organization of Material: Metadata (3 credits)

Elective

(Choose One)

• LIS 506: Advanced Cataloging and Classification (3 credits)
• LIS 558: Internet Resources and Applications (3 credits)
• LIS 631: History of Libraries (3 credits)
• LIS 634: History of Children's Literature (3 credits)
• LIS 533: The Evolution of the Book

Certificate Assessment

After completing the required coursework, students are required to write a 2500-word paper on an approved topic related to archives, special collections, or digitization that is approved by faculty teaching archival-related courses.

Recommended but not required:

• British Studies Program in London and Edinburgh.
• LIS 580 / LIS 587: British Libraries and Information Centers (6 credits)