MSIS Degree Requirements

INF 380E - Perspectives on Information

All students must take this foundational core course during their first year of study.

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Select from a range of courses offered by the School of Information or at The University of Texas at Austin.

• Courses at UT: Students may take a maximum of twelve (12) semester credit hours outside of the iSchool. Of the twelve credit hours allowed, students may take no more than nine (9) upper-division undergraduate credit hours at UT Austin outside the iSchool. No more than six (6) upper-division undergraduate credits may be from any one department.
• Individual Studies: A student may also complete up to six (6) semester credit hours of Individual Studies without special permission from the Graduate Study Committee.
• Undergraduate iSchool Courses: Students may not count any iSchool undergraduate courses toward their iSchool graduate degrees.

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For inclusion on the Program of Work, outside electives must have faculty advisor approval. The faculty have pre-approved a set of outside electives (see table below) that iSchool students frequently take. If the outside elective is on this list, you do not need to obtain faculty advisor approval. If your desired outside elective is NOT on this list, you must obtain approval from your faculty advisor. Approval must be submitted to the graduate program administrator.

Pre-Approved Outside Elective Courses

Department/Program	Course Number	Course Title
Electrical and Computer Engineering	EE380L	10-Data Mining - WB
Curriculum and Instruction Curriculum and Instruction	EDC 390T EDC N385	21-Instructional Systems Design Writing for Publication - WB
Educational Psychology	EDP 371	Introduction to Statistics - WB
Center for Integrated Design Center for Integrated Design Center for Integrated Design	ITD 350 ITD 380 ITD 390	Designing with Data – WB Design Thinking Design for Health
LBJ School of Public Affairs	PA 397C	Qualitative Methods for Social Science
Department of Psychology	PSY 394U	Data Analytics with Python
Department of Statistics and Data Science	SDS 392	Introduction to Scientific Programming

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Master's Thesis Capstone Option

Students pursuing the master's thesis take 27 semester credit hours in electives.

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Students must select one of four Capstone Experience options:

• Professional Experience Project (PEP)
• Master's Report
• Master's Thesis
• School Library Practicum

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Master's Thesis Capstone Option

Students pursuing the master's thesis take 6 semester credit hours split between two semesters.

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