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Responding to marketplace needs for high-tech managers with well-rounded,
leading-edge business skills, the Kenan-Flagler Business School and the School
of Information and Library Science have developed a joint master's degree
program.
Joanne Gard Marshall, dean of the School of Information and Library Science,
said she is pleased to partner with Kenan-Flagler in this venture.
"Increasingly, business today involves information products and services, and a
joint degree from our two programs will create an incredible opportunity for
the information entrepreneurs of the future," she said. "Knowledge and skills
in both information technology and business are required to fully exploit the
potential of the knowledge economy and students at UNC-Chapel Hill now have
this opportunity."
After being admitted to both schools, students will spend one year in the core
of each program and then a third year finishing elective requirements from both
programs. Students will finish both programs in three years due to some overlap
in content.
The partnership between the two schools also will present new opportunities for
co-teaching, collaborative faculty research and community and professional
service. The joint degree will allow Carolina to meet expanded educational
demands with fixed resources.
Dual degree programs between schools of information and library science and
business exist in only a few programs nationwide, including the University of
California at Los Angeles, the University of Iowa, the University of Michigan
and Dominican University.
The Kenan-Flagler Business School's MBA program is consistently ranked among
the best in the world. The school was ranked No. 15 by Business Week magazine
in its 2000 survey of the nation's top business schools. The Financial Times
ranked Kenan-Flagler No. 21 in its 2000 survey of international business
schools.
The School of Information and Library Science, ranked number one in a U.S. News
& World Report survey of library science programs. The program prepares
students to work with computer information systems and networks or for careers
in library administration, acquisitions and collections management.
The school offers master's degrees in information science and library science,
a certificate of advanced study, a doctor of philosophy in information and
library science and an undergraduate minor in information systems.
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