THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA-Missoula and UM-Western

Online Library Media Program

K-12 Library Media Endorsement

and Library Media Minor

 

 

Name:                                                   ID:                                                                                                                         

 

Email: ___

 

Applying for:          K-12 library media         non-teaching library media           5th year or Master’s program

 

 Courses:

(Equivalencies)

Semester

Credits

Semester

online

ED 391 Survey of Children’s & YA literature   

4

Every summer       

LIB 464 Reference resources

3

 Every Fall

C&I 480 Collection Development and the Curriculum

3

Every Fall

C&I 483 Library Media Technical Processes

3

Every Spring

C&I 484: Administration & Assessment of LM Program

3

 Sp 11, Sum 12

LIB  461  Information Literacy – (Now integrated with LIB 553, Info Search and Retrieval )

3

 Sp 12, Sum 13

 C&I 596 Library Media Internship (with instructor’s approval)

Note:  A Library Media Internship is separate from student teaching. It includes 90 hours of fieldwork in a school library media center or public library and 10 hours of seminar online.

 3

  Sp 12, Sum 12

LIB 491  Libraries and Technology

3

  Sp 12, Sum 13

TOTAL Required credits

25-27

Semester credits

  Graduate credits

18

 

 

Note:  C&I courses can be taken for Undergraduate or Graduate credit. These courses are in Bold type.

 

All library courses are offered online and each course includes both online chats and K-12 library interaction.  In addition, LIBM 469, Library Media Internship includes 90 hours of mentored field work and 10 hours of seminar. C&I 480 includes 9 hours of mentored field work with a school library media specialist.

 

Transfer Credits:  Courses five years or older are considered senile and will not be accepted in the program unless the student is currently teaching in the field and can demonstrate to the professor of record for the course how the credits have been kept current.

 

Need More Information: If you have any questions regarding the Library Endorsement/Minor, contact Mike Schulz at 406-683-7492 or m_schulz@umwestern.edu at UMW

 

or Gloria Curdy  at 406.728.0981 , gloria.curdy@umontana.edu  at UMM