Planning and Assessment for Information Professionals Graduate Certificate

Campus Code

Distance Education

Graduate Certificate Type

• Add-On
• Stand-Alone

Admissions Standards/Procedures

A completed online application must be received by the Graduate School, and the applicant must meet the School of Information Sciences graduate program standards, including: 

• An undergraduate GPA of 3.25 or higher; 

• A 400-700 word written statement of your career objectives 

• Letters of recommendation from 3 persons qualified to judge academic and/or professional qualities 

• Resume
  

Applicants with a master’s degree from another college or university may request a transcript evaluation to ascertain exactly what courses need to be completed.  

Academic Standards

A minimum 3.0 GPA must be earned in all certificate courses.  

Credit Hours Required

12 graduate credit hours

Required Courses (6 credit hours)

• INSC 504 - Research Methods in Information Sciences
• INSC 558 - Planning and Assessment

Additional Course Requirements

Planning and Assessment for Information Professionals certificate students must complete 6 credit hours in addition to INSC 504 and INSC 558.  

At least one of these courses must come from category I. and category II., below:

• Category I. Choose one of the following courses for a total of 3 credit hours: 

• INSC 547 - Health Sciences Information Centers
• INSC 548 - Federal Libraries and Information Centers
• INSC 549 - Museum Studies
• INSC 552 - Academic Libraries
• INSC 553 - Special Libraries and Information Centers
• INSC 554 - Public Libraries
• INSC 564 - Archives and Records Management

• Category II. Choose one of the following courses for a total of 3 graduate credit hours: 

• INSC 543 - Spatial Data Management
• INSC 563 - Data Management
• INSC 584 - Database Management Systems
• INSC 586 - Usability Testing and Evaluation
• INSC 588 - Human-Computer Interaction

• Note: Students may take more of these courses as they work towards the MSIS degree. The requirements above are only the minimum number to complete the Planning and Assessment Graduate Certificate (12 credit hours). 

• INSC 592 - Introduction to Data Analytics

Non-Course Requirements

To receive the certificate, students must:

• complete the Graduate Certificate Course Verification Form and
• through MyUTK, apply to graduate from the certificate program.