If you received a higher diploma or graduate diploma in Information and Library Studies at UCD, or from a similar programme at an equivalent university, you now have the opportunity to apply your prior course work towards a Master’s in Information and Library Studies (MLIS) degree.
If you successfully passed your higher diploma or graduate diploma courses, you need only complete 15 credits of course work and a 30 credit capstone project to earn a MLIS. The course work may include two 7.5 credit courses in research methods, or another combination of courses. We are planning to offer one research method course each semester during late afternoons, one afternoon per week. You can do this as a part-time student over the course of 12 months.
The application process has two steps:
(1) Apply online to the MLIS part time programme through the UCD online system athttp://www.ucd.ie/apply. Please indicate in application that you wish to be a part-time MLIS student upgrading from a higher or graduate diploma to a MLIS.
(2) Complete the Accreditation of Prior Learning: Certificated Learning Application Form available at http://www.ucd.ie/registry/academicsecretariat/pol.htm
This form should be sent to the SILS school administrator at sils@ucd.ie or to the School Administrator, UCD School of Information and Library Studies, UCD, Belfield, Dublin 4.
Both steps must be completed no later than July 15 each year. The School of Information and Library Studies accepts qualified applicants until all student places are filled.
After you are offered a place in the MLIS part-time programme you will be required to pay a €500 deposit to hold your place in the programme. You will officially be granted credit for your higher or graduate diploma courses after you register as a student in the autumn semester.
This is the first time the School of Information and Library Studies has offered a mechanism by which professionals who previously earned a higher diploma or graduate diploma in information and library studies wither at UCD or elsewhere can “upgrade” their degree to a MLIS degree.
The MLIS degree is the most widely recognised professional degree in information and library science. Our MLIS degree is accredited by the Library Association Ireland with reciprocal accreditation by the American Library Association and CILIP in the UK.
