The Master of Science degree in Information Architecture and Knowledge Management is an interdisciplinary degree that provides opportunities for students interested in graduate studies and research in the broad range of information-related disciplines and professions. The program rests on a set of core courses that provide a broad and solid foundation for specialized work in three concentrations.

Master of Science (42 credit hours)

To complete the Master of Science, students must take a core program and select a concentration. All three concentrations share a 5-course, 15-credit hour core and require a thesis (3-6 credit hours) or project (3 credit hours) for completion of the degree. The program's core courses provide a cross-section of the information-related disciplines.

Three program concentrations offer flexibility for students to tailor-make a course of study to suit their interests or career objectives. This flexibility is essential to the nature of the program because of the transdisciplinary character of information, the emerging and evolving roles for information professionals, and the rapid and dynamic growth of information technologies, products, systems, services and networks.

Information Architecture
Information Use
Knowledge Management

Students will be expected to take four (4) core courses (12 credit hours) in their major concentration, plus four (4) electives (12 credit hours) from within that same concentration. Students may replace one of those electives with one from the other concentrations.

Knowledge Management is available online now.

Multiple Degree Option (57-62 credit hours)
Students have the opportunity to earn two master's degrees by sharing up to 27 credit hours between the degrees. The option available is the Master of Library and Information Science in addition to the Master of Science in IAKM.

The multiple degree option helps to expand the options of the graduates in the job market by allowing them to pursue employment in non-traditional areas, but also greatly enhances the skills those graduates bring to the traditional work settings for the degree programs involved.

See the Multiple Degree Option page for more information and the curriculum involved.

Online Certificate in Knowledge Management (18 credit hours)
In Fall 2007, IAKM began online offerings with an online certificate in Knowledge Management. This targeted program allows current professionals to cultivate the knowledge management skills they need to advance their careers.

For more information on this course of study, see the Online KM Certificate Program page.