Program Overview for Information Studies, Master's in Canada:
The School of Information Studies, located in the Faculty of Arts, offers a graduate diploma in Information Management and a Master of Information Studies (MIS).
Both full-time and part-time students in the Master of Information Studies (MIS) degree complete six compulsory core courses in their first year of study plus a capstone experience course in their final semester.
The master's program offers three options to complete the units required for the MIS degree, a course-based option, a thesis option, and a co-op option (Full-Time only). There are a limited number of work placement spots available to SIS students each year. In all cases, a minimum of 25% of the courses must be completed in the second language.
Graduates of the MIS program are prepared to take on many exciting career opportunities as controlled vocabulary specialists, digital curators, information architects, knowledge management analysts, library directors, metadata managers, privacy analysts, records managers and web content managers and so on.
These are the international student eligibility for the Information Studies, Master's in Canada
4-year honour Bachelors Degree or the equivalent, with a B average Demonstrated competence in French and English 7r literacy. Other Documents:
- Resume (must include chronological academic history)
- Letter of intent
- Writing sample: clean copy of an essay or article (in French or English, minimum 800 words) written for an undergraduate course
- Recommendation Letter (2)
N.B: Most universities have specific international admission requirements based on different education systems.
These are the domestic student eligibility for the Information Studies, Master's
4-year honour Bachelors Degree or the equivalent, with a B average Demonstrated competence in French and English 7r literacy. Other Documents:
- Resume (must include chronological academic history)
- Letter of intent
- Writing sample: clean copy of an essay or article (in French or English, minimum 800 words) written for an undergraduate course
- Recommendation Letter (2)
These are the test eligibilities for the Information Studies, Master's to qualify.
The English Language Proficiency (ELP) requirements for Information Studies, Master's in Canada: are:
- TOEFL(ibt): 93
- IELTS(academic): 6.5
The international student tuition fees and costs for Information Studies, Master's in Canada.
| Items | Costs | ||||||
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| Application Fees | CA$110.00 | ||||||
| Tuition Fees | CA$26,204.00 /year | ||||||
| Living Cost | CA$8,400.00/year (CA$700.00/month) |
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| Student Earning | CA$17,152.00/year |
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| You will earn CA$17,152.00/year by working 20 h * 4 weeks * 8 months * CAD 13.40/h + 20 h * 4 weeks * 8 months * CAD 13.40/h at minimum wage of CA$13.40/hour. | |||||||
The domestic student tuition fees and costs for Information Studies, Master's in Canada.
| Items | Costs | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application Fees | CA$110.00 | ||||||
| Tuition Fees | CA$7,370.00 /year | ||||||
| Living Cost | CA$8,400.00/year (CA$700.00/month) |
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| Student Earning | CA$17,152.00/year | ||||||
| This is just an estimate. You don't have any work hour limit. You will earn CA$17,152.00/year by working 20 h * 4 weeks * 8 months * CAD 13.40/h + 20 h * 4 weeks * 8 months * CAD 13.40/h at minimum wage of CA$13.40/hour. | |||||||
To be eligible for the differential tuition fee exemption you must:
- be admitted to a program of studies offered only in French OR
- have a secondary or postsecondary diploma in French attesting to a minimum of two years of study, and for programs that offer compulsory courses in both official languages (English and French), enrol for the compulsory courses offered in French
The differential tuition fee exemption cannot be combined with the Education Bursary for International Master’s Students or the International Doctoral Scholarship.
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