Jan-2000Starting Month
Programme overview
Main Subject
Library and Information Management
Degree
MDiv
Study Level
PHD
The doctoral program enables students to conduct research that will contribute to society’s understanding of the creation, diffusion, and utilization of information. The program also places special emphasis on developing effective teachers. The program draws upon the strengths of SLIM’s academically diverse faculty, a unique curriculum designed for today’s working scholar, and an environment of faculty-student interaction. The SLIM doctorate does not require a traditional residency on campus; instead, students meet residency requirements by attending weekend-intensive classes that meet two times per course for a total of 10 hours each weekend. The classes are held at Emporia State University-Kansas City in Overland Park (Kansas City area), Kansas. Scholarships to cover travel expenses are available. The doctoral curriculum is a five-tier process. Coursework in the first tier introduces students to library and information science research and theory. In the second and third tier courses, students examine fields related to their research interests in greater depth. Student may take courses from the three tiers simultaneously. Fourth tier courses prepare students for the qualifying to create research proposals and dissertations, and teaching. Upon successful completion of the qualifying exam and selection of the dissertation chair, students will advance to the fifth tier. The fifth tier is dedicated to proposing and writing the dissertation. After approval of the research proposal, students advance to Ph.D. candidacy status.
Programme overview
Main Subject
Library and Information Management
Degree
MDiv
Study Level
PHD
The doctoral program enables students to conduct research that will contribute to society’s understanding of the creation, diffusion, and utilization of information. The program also places special emphasis on developing effective teachers. The program draws upon the strengths of SLIM’s academically diverse faculty, a unique curriculum designed for today’s working scholar, and an environment of faculty-student interaction. The SLIM doctorate does not require a traditional residency on campus; instead, students meet residency requirements by attending weekend-intensive classes that meet two times per course for a total of 10 hours each weekend. The classes are held at Emporia State University-Kansas City in Overland Park (Kansas City area), Kansas. Scholarships to cover travel expenses are available. The doctoral curriculum is a five-tier process. Coursework in the first tier introduces students to library and information science research and theory. In the second and third tier courses, students examine fields related to their research interests in greater depth. Student may take courses from the three tiers simultaneously. Fourth tier courses prepare students for the qualifying to create research proposals and dissertations, and teaching. Upon successful completion of the qualifying exam and selection of the dissertation chair, students will advance to the fifth tier. The fifth tier is dedicated to proposing and writing the dissertation. After approval of the research proposal, students advance to Ph.D. candidacy status.
Admission Requirements
6.5+
Applicants must have already completed a master's degree (in any related discipline) of at least 34 credit hours to meet ESU's requirement of 90 graduate credits for the degree; show evidence of the capacity to do graduate work demonstrated by an overall graduate school cumulative grade point average of 3.25 on a 4.0 scale and a GRE score of at least 304 (total verbal reasoning and quantitative scores). International students should demonstrate English proficiency by achieving a score of 530 or higher in the paper-based TOEFL with no individual subscores below 50 each in reading, writing and listening sections; a score of 72 or higher in the Internet-based (iBT) TOEFL with no individual subscores below 15 each in the reading, writing, and listening sections; an IELTS score of 6.0 or higher (overall band score) with no individual subscore below 5.5; PTE Academic score of 49 (overall) with no subscore below 40. Graduate students with TOEFL score between 550 and 574 (iBT 79-89), IELTS score between 6.0 - 6.5 and PTE Academic between 49 and 52 must take the graduate level IEP course IE 075, communication skills for international students; a graduate student with an IELTS score of 6.5 or above in all bands is exempted from taking OIE 75 and a PTE Academic score of 53 or higher will exempt a student from all IEP courses.
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