Registration and Degree Requirements
AMP students may take a maximum of 12 units (four courses) of graduate classes whole an undergraduate and will register using the Undergraduate Registration in Graduate Classes form. Students are advised not to take more than two graduate classes per semester while an undergraduate.
Please use the sample 5.5-year plan as a general guide.
Sample 5.5-Year Plan
Year 1 | Fall
| ENGL 101: First-Year Composition | 3 units |
| MATH (based on placement) | 3 units |
| UNIV 101: Introduction to the General Education Experience | 1 unit |
| General Education: Exploring Perspectives | 3 units |
| First-Semester Language | 4 units |
| TOTAL | 14 units |
Year 1 | Spring
| ENGL 102: First-Year Composition | 3 units |
| ISTA 100: Great Ideas of the Information Age | 3 units |
| General Education: Exploring Perspectives | 3 units |
| General Education: Building Connections | 3 units |
| Second-Semester Language | 4 units |
| TOTAL | 16 units |
Year 2 | Fall
| Major Introductory Course | 3 units |
| Major Introductory Course | 3 units |
| General Education: Exploring Perspectives | 3 units |
| General Education: Exploring Perspectives | 3 units |
| Third-Semester Language | 4 units |
| TOTAL | 16 units |
Year 2 | Spring
| Major Introductory Course | 3 units |
| Major Core Course | 3 units |
| General Education: Building Connections | 3 units |
| Minor Course | 3 units |
| Fourth-Semester Language | 3 units |
| TOTAL | 16 units |
Year 3 | Fall
| UNIV 301: General Education Portfolio | 1 unit |
| General Education: Building Connections | 3 units |
| Major Core Course | 3 units |
| Major Core Course | 3 units |
| Minor Course | 3 units |
| Minor Course | 3 units |
| TOTAL | 16 units |
Year 3 | Spring
| Major Core Course | 3 units |
| Major Core Course | 3 units |
| Research Methods and Data Analysis Course | 3 units |
| Minor Course | 3 units |
| Minor Course | 3 units |
| TOTAL | 15 units |
APPLY TO ACCELERATED MASTER'S PROGRAM
Year 4 | Fall
| LIS 504: Foundations of Library & Information Services (fulfills Research Methods 2 Requirement)* | 3 units |
| LIS 506: Research Methods for Library & Information Professionals (fulfills Additional Elective Requirement)* | 3 units |
| Minor Course | 3 units |
| Upper-Division Elective | 3 units |
| Upper-Division Course | 3 units |
| TOTAL | 15 units |
Year 4 | Spring
| ESOC 480: Digital Engagement | 3 units |
| LIS 515: Organization of Information (fulfills Additional Elective Requirement)* | 3 units |
| LIS 500-level Elective Course* | 3 units |
| Additional Elective Course | 3 units |
| TOTAL | 12 units |
| TOTAL DEGREE CREDITS | 120 units |
GRADUATE FROM BA IS&ES PROGRAM
Year 5 | Fall
| Distributed Elective Course | 3 units |
| Distributed Elective Course | 3 units |
| Distributed Elective Course/LIS Elective Course | 3 units |
| TOTAL | 9 units |
Year 5 | Spring
| Distributed Elective/LIS Elective Course | 3 units |
| Free Elective Course | 3 units |
| Free Elective Course | 3 units |
| TOTAL | 9 units |
Year 6 | Fall
| LIS Elective Course | 3 units |
| LIS 698: Capstone Internship | 3 units |
| LIS 909: ePortfolio | 3 units |
| TOTAL | 9 units |
| TOTAL DEGREE CREDITS | 37 units |
GRADUATE FROM MLIS PROGRAM
Graduate Courses
AMP students should begin with LIS 504, which is part of the MA core, but are advised not to take the additional core classes (LIS 506 and LIS 515) until full admission to the graduate program.
AMP students may take LIS 532: Information Intermediation if available and use it towards an undergraduate research methods requirement (instead of LIS 432), but this is not required if LIS 532 is not available or it otherwise does not work with a student’s plan of study.
Other than LIS 504, AMP students are encouraged to draw from 500-level LIS electives for their 12 units of graduate coursework. AMP students are advised not to take 600-level classes while an undergraduate.
Students may use the MLIS 3-year rotation as a guide to course availability.
Students should also consider if they also want to complete a graduate certificate along with their MLIS.
Students should also consider if they also want to complete a graduate certificate along with their MLIS.
Course Use in Information Science & eSociety Undergraduate Major
Graduate classes may be used in an undergraduate Information Science and eSociety major in consultation with their academic advisor, as it most benefits the student. AMP students are still required to complete ESOC 480, the capstone eSociety course.
It may be most beneficial for a student to use their MLIS graduate coursework towards a thematic minor in consultation with their undergraduate academic advisor. Understand that all students must typically plan to take five courses a semester as an undergraduate student.
Total Units for Undergraduate Graduation
Please note that all undergraduate students must earn 120 total units, 42 Upper Division units (coursework 300 level or above) in order to graduate.
Transfer students in particular must carefully confer with their undergraduate academic advisor regarding their progress towards 120/42, (56 units at a university not community college). Current students may use their advisement report in UAccess to track their degree requirements and units.
Completing the MLIS
The MLIS program is 37 units, and students may only take a maximum of 12 units as an undergraduate AMP student. This leaves 25 units remaining for completion in the MA program.
Unlike undergraduate students, graduate students typically take 3 courses a semester (9 units), meaning 18 in a standard academic year. This leaves 7 additional units remaining for an AMP student, above and beyond a typical year for an MLIS student.
Please consult your undergraduate advisor and your MLIS advisor regarding the best plan to finish your MLIS in an abbreviated period of time.