TL Required Courses

The Teacher Librarian program course work meets the requirements for the California Teacher Librarian Services Credential. If you live in a state other than California, please check to see if the course work is approved by your home state before undertaking this program.

Required Course Work for the California Teacher Librarian Services Credential

Core Courses:

• INFO 200 Information and Society
• INFO 202 Information Retrieval System Design
• INFO 203 Online Learning
• INFO 204 Information Professions

Program Curriculum and Technology:

• INFO 233 School Library Media Centers
• INFO 250 Design and Implementation of Instructional Strategies for Informational Professionals
• INFO 285 Research Methods in Library and Information Science

Information Services and Materials:

• INFO 237 School Library Media Materials
• INFO 266 Collection Management
• INFO 248 Beginning Cataloging and Classification

Capstone Course:

• INFO 295 School Library Fieldwork (required for ALL Teacher Librarian program students) Permission number from the instructor is required to enroll.

Additional Course Work for the MLIS Degree

To complete the required 43 units of course work for the MLIS degree, students add four more courses to the 31 units of required course work for the Teacher Librarian Services Credential, nine more elective units and INFO 289 Advanced Topics in Library and Information Science (e-Portfolio) or INFO 299 Thesis.

Recommended Elective Courses for the MLIS in support of School Librarianship:

• INFO 210 Reference and Information Services
• INFO 240 Information Technology Tools and Applications (Web Site Programming and Design)
• INFO 241 Automated Library Systems
• INFO 246 Information Technology Tools and Applications – Advanced (Topic: Web 2.0 and Social Media)
• INFO 260A. Programming and Services for Children
• INFO 261A. Programming and Services for Young Adults
• INFO 267 Seminar in Services to Youth – (Topic:Intellectual Freedom)
• INFO 275 Library Services for Racially and Ethnically Diverse Communities
• INFO 281 Seminar in Contemporary Issues – (Topics: Graphic Novels; Indigenous Librarianship)
• INFO 282 Seminar in Library Management – (Topic: Grant Writing)
• INFO 283 Marketing of Information Products and Services
• INFO 286 Interpersonal Communication Skills for Librarians
• INFO 287 Seminar in Information Science – (Topics: STEM in Libraries; Innovation and Participatory Practice in Libraries (to include Maker Spaces)