SIRLS Doctoral Program PhD Minor
3/26/08
A PhD Minor in Library and Information Resources consists of an approved 12 units of SIRLS home department courses (passed with Grade B or better), and a written and oral examination (which forms part of the PhD Comprehensive Exam). The form of the Ph.D. minor written exam would typically be a 2 hour paper with questions requiring 30 minutes to answer.
Applications for admission to the Minor should be made to the PhD Studies Committee. Successful admission will be contingent, in part, on there being a member of SIRLS faculty willing to serve as a member of the candidate's PhD committee. Students intending to apply for admission should consult with the Chair of the PhD Studies Committee.
Request for course approval for the four courses that make up the Minor, or for variations in the form of the written exam, should be addressed to the PhD Studies Committee.
Courses in SIRLS typically have IRLS504 as a pre-requisite (or approval from the relevant course instructor to waive this pre-requisite). PhD Minor students are not required to do IRLS504; but if they do not, they will have to obtain waivers, from the IRLS504 pre-requisite, from the instructors of the courses that constitute their Minor.
