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Undergraduate Minor

SIRLS accepts a limited number of undergraduates in selected SIRLS courses, and the undergraduate minor takes 18 credit hours to complete. Students interested in a minor at SIRLS are strongly encouraged to identify themselves to SIRLS Assistant Director, Leslie Kent Kunkel, lkunkel@email.arizona.edu, as early as possible.

SIRLS undergraduates who are contemplating applying to the SIRLS Master's program after graduation should choose the SIRLS courses they take as an undergraduate carefully in order to avoid repetition once admitted to graduate status. Close coordination with SIRLS is strongly advised. Please note that the number of undergraduates in SIRLS courses is limited.

SIRLS Courses Available to Undergraduates

Tips for Choosing Undergraduate Courses

[Numbers after the slash are effective spring 2006]

IRLS 404: Foundations of Library and Information Services
This course is the introduction to library and information science disciplines and professions. It is an excellent course for undergraduate minors; however, it is also the first required course for the master's degree. Students who enter the master's program having completed IRLS 404 will need to complete a supplementary course to fulfill the core requirement for IRLS 504.

Core Courses (506, 501/515, 520)
Courses in the core for the master's degree are not available to undergraduates.

Distributed Electives
It is recommended that undergraduate students choose their courses from the list of distributed electives required for the master's degree.

See SIRLS course descriptions for more information on courses.

If you intend to be a SIRLS minor, declare early so we can help you with course selection. Contact SIRLS Academic Advising Coordinator, Leslie Kent Kunkel, lkunkel@email.arizona.edu.