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MA Librarianship (INFT98)     FT

2016 - 2017

 
 

Year 1


STUDENTS SHOULD CONTACT THE SCHOOL DIRECTLY FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON WHICH UNITS ARE TAKEN IN WHICH YEAR OF STUDY.


1

The programme of study will be pursued part-time for not less than two years and will be subject to a time limit of three years.


units (30 credits)
1A
A student will take

Full academic year
INF6005  Management for Library and Information Services ACAD YR 30 credits

units (45 credits)
1B
A student will take a minimum of 45 and a maximum of 90 credits from this group.

Semester 1
INF6002  Information and Knowledge Management AUT SEM 15 credits
INF6012  Designing Usable Websites AUT SEM 15 credits
INF6060  Information Retrieval: Search Engines and Digital Libraries AUT SEM 15 credits
INF6180  Libraries, Information and Society I AUT SEM 15 credits
INF6350  Information Literacy AUT SEM 15 credits

Semester 2
INF6003  E-Business and E-Commerce SPR SEM 15 credits
INF6019  Digital Multimedia Libraries SPR SEM 15 credits
INF6024  Researching Social Media SPR SEM 15 credits
INF6025  Information Governance and Ethics SPR SEM 15 credits
INF6031  Public and Youth Library Services SPR SEM 15 credits
INF6033  Data and Society SPR SEM 15 credits
INF6034  Digital Advocacy SPR SEM 15 credits
INF6040  Business Intelligence SPR SEM 15 credits
INF6050  Database Design SPR SEM 15 credits
INF6200  Academic and Workplace Library, Information and Knowledge Services SPR SEM 15 credits
INF6840  Archives and Records Management SPR SEM 15 credits
AND

units
1C
A student will take up to 45 credits from this group.

Semester 1
INF6006  Independent Study (S1a) AUT SEM 15 credits
INF6007  Independent Study (S1b) AUT SEM 15 credits

Semester 2
INF6008  Independent Study (S2a) SPR SEM 15 credits
INF6009  Independent Study (S2b) SPR SEM 15 credits

units (60 credits)
1D
A student will take

Any Semester
INF6000  Dissertation GRAD YR 45 credits
INF6340  Research Methods and Dissertation Preparation GRAD YR 15 credits

2

A student will attend such organised visits as are prescribed by the Head of Department during the programme of study.

 

 

 


3

A student who has been awarded one hundred and twenty credits in respect of units listed at 1A, 1B and 1C shall be eligible for the award of the Postgraduate Diploma in Librarianship (Professional Enhancement).


4

A student who has been awarded sixty credits in respect of units listed at 1A, 1B and 1C shall be eligible for the award of the Postgraduate Certificate in Librarianship (Professional Enhancement).


5

A student must have been awarded one hundred and eighty credits in respect of units listed above and satisfied the requirements of the General Regulation for Higher Degrees (20), subject to the discretion of the Examiners, in order to be eligible for the award of the Masters degree with Merit or Distinction.


6

A student must have been awarded one hundred and twenty credits in respect of units listed at 1A, 1B and 1C above and satisfied the requirements of the General Regulation for Higher Degrees (21), subject to the discretion of the Examiners, in order to be eligible for the award of the Postgraduate Diploma with Merit or Distinction.

 
 
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