MA / MLS双重课程要求至少完成58个学分的研究生课程工作。（如果分别完成学位，则需要68个学时。）学生必须申请入读非裔美国人和非洲裔散居研究以及信息和图书馆科学系的硕士课程，并符合为每个课程建立的入学标准。必须同时授予两个学位。
The dual M.A.M.L.S. degree requires completion of a minimum of 58 credit hours of graduate course work. (The degrees if completed separately would require 68 credit hours.) You must apply for admission to the master's programs of both African American and African Diaspora Studies and the School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering, meeting the admissions criteria established for each. The two degrees must be awarded at the same time.