A dual program for the M.A. in History and the Master of Library Science (M.L.S.) is available to students interested in careers in libraries, archives, historical societies, museum collections, and other related fields. Study for these two degrees can be combined for a total of 56 credit hours rather than the 66 credit hours required for the two degrees taken separately. Students take 26 credit hours in history and 30 credit hours of library science. For the history credit hours, at least 20 must be in the Department of History; the remaining 6 are electives that may be fulfilled with further history courses or with library science courses, including those counting for requirements in that program. Students are required to complete H601 and at least one seminar and two colloquia. Graduate students will be allowed to receive credit for undergraduate courses only in special cases (such as in the study of fields not commonly available at the undergraduate level, or in small fields). For specific library science requirements, see the entry for the Department of Information and Library Science in the Indiana University Graduate Bulletin.

To pursue this degree, students must apply and be admitted to both the History Department for the M.A. and the Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering for the M.L.S. Sometimes students who have already begun in either the History program or the Library Science program wish to move into the dual degree program. To do this, application to the second unit must be made and admission must be granted before the completion of the first program.

IU’s interdisciplinary M.A. in Curatorship offers valuable skills for students who are ready to research, interpret, and share the objects and images of human culture—and to apply those skills to the cultural, environmental, and social challenges of the future.

Rooted in IU Bloomington’s rich holdings, including the renowned Lilly Library, Eskenazi Museum of Art, the IU Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, and more than 50 other unique campus collections, the Curatorship M.A. grounds motivated graduate students in an IU discipline of their choice—from Librarianship, Informatics, and Arts Administration to Art History, Anthropology, History, and Folklore—alongside real work experience, carried out under the supervision of IUB’s expert curators and archivists.

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