Course variations

Course summary

This program provides a core of theoretical and research material around which students, in collaboration with their Advisory Committees, develop a program to meet their professional and academic needs. The doctoral program emphasizes the scholarly perspective as a means for expanding knowledge and as an approach to understanding and improving knowledge and information services.

Program modules

The program modules include LS 6003 Theory of Communication; LS 6013 Education for Librarianship LS 6043 The Scholarly Career; LS 6373 Research and Issues in Library and Information Systems; LS 6383 Research and Issues in Management; LS 6393 Research and Issues in Libraries and Information with a Cultural Context; LS 6403 Professional Presentations and Publishing; LS 6623 History of Children’s Literature; LS 6633 Materials and Services for Very Young Children; LS 6643 Nonfiction for Children and Young Adults; LS 6723 Critical Inquiry in Information Analysis; LS 6733 Action Research in Information Issues; LS 6903 Special Topics; LS 6911 Individual Study; LS 6913 Individual Study; LS 6983 Dissertation; LS 6993 Dissertation.

Entry requirement for international students

Students should have earned a masters degree from an accredited college or university with a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or better on a 4.0 scale. International students, whose native language is not English, must demonstrate English language proficiency by obtaining minimum TOEFL score of 550 (paper - based) or 213 (computer - based) or 79 (internet - based) or on the International English Language Test Service (IELTS) an overall band score of 6.5; or on the Michigan English Language Assessment Battery (MELAB) an overall score of 80 as evidence of English language proficiency is required. GRE is preferred.

Qualification

Doctoral

Awarding body

TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY

Department name

College of Professional Education, School of Library and Information Studies