[Libs-Or] Libs-Or - Fast-track MLIS Program Designed for Library Leaders

[Miriam Rigby]

I don't think my "2 year" (20 months, or 63 credit hours on the quarter 
system) MLIS (Univ. of Washington iSchool) from 3 years ago is too out 
of date to compare with this current program...  and there are still 1 
year programs in existence ...  I guess my question is, other than 
people who take 6 years to get their MLISes because they only take one 
class at a time, is there a program that one could say this 
"accelerated" one, is more "accelerated" than?

- Miriam


On 11/10/2011 11:12 AM, Bob Jones wrote:
> It depends on when and where you went to library school.  When I went, back in the '70s, it was a one-year MSLS program for full-time students (32 semester hours).  I went back and got a 6th year Certificate of Advanced Study (CAS), which was another 24 hours, for a total of 56 hours.
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> Today most MLS programs are 48-64 semester hours.
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> -Bob in Milton-Freewater
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> Subject: Re: [Libs-Or] Libs-Or - Fast-track MLIS Program Designed for Library Leaders
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> I don't know about all y'all, but I earned my library degree in a
> non-accelerated program in 20 months... 22 if you count the summer when
> I wasn't taking any classes. Granted, I was only working about 20 hours
> a week - not full time. But if I spread the courses out over an extra 3
> summer terms, I could have managed... So how is this an "accelerated"
> program?
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