Master of Science in Information Studies and Master of Arts in Women's and Gender Studies

The School of Information (iSchool) and the Center for Women’s and Gender Studies (WGS) offer a dual degree program leading to the Master of Science in Information Studies (MSInfoStds) and the Master of Arts in Women’s and Gender Studies (MA). The program includes 30 credits in WGS and 30 in the iSchool.Graduates are qualified to work as information specialists in important cultural repositories such as archives, museums, governmental and non-profit organizations, preservation and conservation laboratories, and academic, public and school libraries. They possess specialized research competencies and a deeper awareness of the interrelatedness of technologies and cultural products of all kinds including knowledge and are qualified to pursue a doctoral degree or to work in a professional library or research setting. Collaboration between the two academic units is evident in the Gender and Technology research cluster sponsored by the Center for Women’s and Gender Studies; in the class Gender, Technology and Information co-taught by faculty members from the College of Engineering and the School of Information in this cluster; and the status of several iSchool faculty members as faculty affiliates of the Center for Women’s and Gender Studies. The dual degree program encourages students to develop working relationships with the professional librarians and archivists at some of the outstanding collections on campus and beyond, e.g., the Harry Ransom Center, the Benson Latin American Collection, the Center for American History, the UT Law Library, the Texas State Archives and Library Commission, and the Austin History Center.