PRATT-SILS Dual Master's Degree with History of Art

SCHOOL OF INFORMATION AND LIBRARY SCIENCE - MS LIS	DUAL-DEGREE	DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY OF ART AND DESIGN - MS / HAD
Enter the world of art, museum & academic librarianship - Study at Pratt-SILS in Manhattan, world cultural capital - Carry-out art historical research - Create digital libraries, archives & exhibitions as part of our cultural informatics program
Art books and journals, print and digital, are essential tools for art historians and librarians alike. Courses are taught at NYPL Research Library, 42nd St including: Art Collections, Map Collections, Special Collections and the Art World, Business & Information.	At the intersection of art, information, digital technology and information science This 60-credit dual-degree program prepares students for careers in academic librarianship as they graduate with two masters degrees. With studies in the real and virtual world of art and information, and art and museum librarianship, students find challenging positions in museum, academic and libraries, historical societies, information industry and new media Discover the Program's Curriculum	Christine de Pisan (Epistle of Othea c. 1460) the first female writer to earn a living from her peN and to argue for women's rights.
IMAGINE Information Museums Art Global Interactive Networked Environments Through the dual-degree, students become art historians and librarians and are able to carry out art history research. They learn to design information systems and networks, use digital technology, apply the theories, research and practice of information science and use the Internet and Web to convey meaning and communicate content effectively and creatively in the arts across diverse cultures and societies of today's global digital landscape. Graduates of the dual-degree program have achieved positions with leading educational and cultural institutions such as: New York Public Library, Bard College Library Cooper-Hewitt Library Art Institute of Chicago, Princeton University and East Asian Library, Columbia University. THE PRATT ADVANTAGE Among LIS schools, Pratt offers the most in-depth course offerings and programs in art and museum librarianship. Collaborating with New York's great cultural institutions such as NYPL research Libraries and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, students learn on location at the finest art and museum libraries, special collections and archives for authentic learning.
CURRICULUM
Course requirements - Master of Science in Library & Information Science	The MSLIS and MS/ HA require 30 credits each for a total of 60 credits. All courses are 3-credits.	Course requirements - Master of Science History of Art &Design
Core Required Courses - 12 Credits LIS-651 Information Professions LIS-652 Information Services and Sources LIS-653 Knowledge Organization LIS-654 Information Technologies	See the Pratt Institute Bulletin (Catalog) for more program information, faculty biographies and full listing of courses and course descriptions. Click here for the Bulletin For History of Art, see pp. 60-63 and pp.169-176; For SILS see, pp. 72-75 and pp. 188-200	Core Required Courses - 9 credits HA-602 Art Historical Methodology HA-650 Material Techniques and Conservation (usually held at Brooklyn Museum Conservation lab) HA 605 Thesis (Foreign language requirements must be completed before registering for thesis)
Recommended Electives from three categories- 18 credits (six 3-credit courses) Art & Information Art Librarianship Museum Librarianship Performing Arts Librarianship at Lincoln Center Library Art Collections at NYPL, HSSL The Art World Business & Information at NYPL, HSSL Museum & Library Research at the Watson Library Special Collections at NYPL, HSSL Florentine Art & Culture: Resources & Documentation (summer program in Florence Italy) Knowledge Organization Advanced Cataloging Meta Data, Design & Access Abstracting & Indexing Thesaurus Construction & Design Digital Technology - Information Design and Interaction Information Architecture Projects in Digital Archives People-centered Design and Interaction Usability Information Systems and Networks XML & Applications	Scholarships and Fellowships for Art and Museum Librarianship: Students pursuing the dual-degree or students entering SILS with a master's in art or a related field are eligible to apply for speical tuition and stipend awards for their second year of study (note - merit scholarships are avaiable for the first year of study). These include: Courtauld Institute, London - Internship and two art research fellows. Metropolitan Museum of Art - Internships and one research fellow. NYPL Research Libraries - Internships.	Other Courses must fulfill distribution requirements in: Film/ Design/ Photography Non Western design art and history Architecture Ancient/ Medieval World Renaissance / Baroque 19th / 20th / 21st centuries Note: a course may fulfill more than one requirement. Students in the dual MS/ MS degree program in the generally take one or two classes in each program, each semester (3-4 classes a semester) to complete the program.
Dean Giannini at Giverny, France - home of Claude Monet - garden lily pond.