Library & Information Science Accelerated 4+1 Program

Earn a B.A. from Wartburg and a M.A. from the University of Iowa in Five Years

The Master of Arts in Library and Information Science degree program at the University of Iowa is the only professionally credentialed and internationally accredited program in information organizations and services available in the state. Library information science is an interdisciplinary field that centers on the documentation that records our stories, memory, history, and knowledge. Program graduates work in a variety of information science-related sectors, including higher education, K-12 education, government, galleries, archives, museums, corporations, hospitals, law firms, data analytics, and anywhere there is a need to collect, organize, and access documents and information resources.

Wartburg students in this accelerated program earn graduate credit at the University of Iowa during their senior year. Additional credentials that can be earned during the graduate-only year of study are: special collections librarianship and archives graduate certificate and book arts graduate certificate. Students from any major may pursue this program.

Faculty contacts: Dr. Daniel Walther or Dr. Sonja Lynch