MS Information at University of Wisconsin-Madison

Programme overview

The master's degree at the Information School (iSchool) prepares graduates to develop, provide, and assess information and data services that create, collect, organize, store, analyze, find, distribute, and use information and data in a diverse, technological, and global society. The program prepares information professionals to work in three broad, overlapping areas of the information professions.

Department: Information | Duration: 30 credits | Study mode: full-time | Location: Madison, WI, United States

What you will study

The degree requires a minimum of 30 credits. Learning outcomes: Integrate concepts from information/data management, digital technologies and human behavior and cultural practices to help address organizational, community or social challenges Use legal or ethical principles to critique data, artificial intelligence, and information management systems or practices

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Application information

Entry requirements

Students apply to the Master of Science in Information through one of the named options: Campus Program Online Program (suspended, will be discontinued) Admission to the named option in Research is only available to students currently enrolled in the PhD in Information .

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Entry terms (spring, summer or fall) vary by programme and are listed on each programme's Graduate Guide admissions tab. An applicant may have active applications in only one entry term at a time.

Application deadlines vary by programme and are listed on the programme's Graduate Guide admissions tab. Applications are submitted through the Graduate School application portal. The application fee is $75 US, non-refundable, payable by credit card (MasterCard or Visa) or debit/ATM; international applicants pay an extra $6 processing fee. Up to three programmes in the same entry term can be applied to for one application fee.

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