52 credit hours required for MSIS and CAS in Preservation Administration

Required School of Information Courses (13 hours):

• Introduction to Information Studies (INF 180J)
• Organizing and Providing Access to Information (INF 384C)
• Understanding and Serving Users (INF 382C)
• Intro to Research in Library and Information Science (INF 397C)
• Managing Information Services and Organizations (INF 387C)

Required Certificate of Advanced Study Courses (21 hours):

• Management of Preservation Programs (INF 392G)
• Technology and Structure of Records Materials (INF 392E)
• Protection and Care of Records Materials (INF 392F)
• Survey of Digitization (INF 385R)
• Problems of Permanent Retention of Electronic Records (INF 392K)
• Introduction to Audio Preservation and Reformatting (INF 392L)
• Practicum in Preservation Planning (INF 388S)

Suggested Electives (select 6 for 18 hours):

• Book Lab I (INF 393C.1)
• Book Lab II (INF 393C.2)
• History of Printing (INF 386.8)
• Historical Museums: Context in Practice (INF 388E)
• Advanced Audio Preservation (INF 392M)
• Cultural Representations of the Past (INF 389C)
• Introduction to Archival Enterprise (INF 389D)
• Introduction to Issues in Records Information (INF 389C)
• Lifecycle Metadata for Digital Objects (INF 389K)
• History of Library and Information Studies: Library History in the Modern Era (INF 386)
• Bibliography and Methods in Historical Research (INF 397.1)
• Seminar in Forged Historical Documents (INF 389C)
• Independent Studies (INF 181, INF 281, INF 381)