The master's degree at the Information School (iSchool) prepares graduates to develop, provide, and assess information services that create, collect, organize, store, analyze, find, distribute, and use information in a diverse, technological, and global society. The program prepares information professionals to work in five broad, overlapping areas of the information professions. <br><br>Full-time students generally complete the master's program in two academic years with summer work, part-time students complete it in three to four years. Students gain hands-on experience as part of their degree through the school's required field practicum. Students may choose practicum settings based on their career goals.<br><br>Librarianship: Graduates obtain employment in college and university librarianship, public librarianship, youth and young adult librarianship, electronic collections management, science and health librarianship, research data management, and school library media centers.