Master of Business Administration / Master of Library and Information Studies Combined Program (Library and Information Studies)

The School of Library and Information Studies and the Faculty of Business offer a program of combined study which enables students to earn both the MBA and MLIS degrees after three calendar years of full-time study or six years of part-time study. Students in the online offering of the MLIS program are not eligible for the combined MBA/MLIS program. . Refer to Master of Business Administration / Master of Library and Information Studies Combined Program (Business) for additional information.

Program Requirements

Students are required to complete a minimum of 81 units in coursework, including a 3-unit capping exercise.

First Year (24 units)

LIS 501 - Foundations of Library and Information Studies - normally a prerequisite for the rest of the program
LIS 502 - Organization of Information
LIS 503 - Reference and Information Services
LIS 505 - Introduction to Research in Library and Information Studies
Up to two 3-unit courses from the approved Information Technology courses (see SLIS website for current offerings)
Two or three 3-unit elective courses.

Second year (30 units)

MBA required courses

Third year (27 units)

Four 3-unit MBA elective courses
Four 3-unit LIS courses (LIS elective courses and up to one Information Technology course)

SEM 641 - Business Strategy (Capping exercise)

Ethics Requirement

Students in the Master of Library and Information Studies programs must meet the GPS Ethics and Academic Citizenship Training Requirement through the completion of INT D 710 by the end of the first term of registration in their degree program.

Professional Development Requirement

Students in the combined MBA/MLIS program must satisfy the GPS Professional Development Requirement .

Length of Program

A full-time student who is registered for the combined MBA/MLIS program normally will be able to complete the degree requirements in three years. Students may undertake the combined program on a part-time basis.

The maximum time to complete the course-based combined MBA/MLIS program as set by the Faculty of Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies is six years.