Individuals not interested in a formal degree or certificate program may enroll in courses as a non-degree student; however, no more than six credits of work completed as a non-degree student may later be transferred to a degree or certificate program. Students must have a baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited institution to apply.
Clarion location information - Provides a face-to-face environment for those individuals who wish to complete their programs on either a full-time or part-time basis. If you wish to be a full-time student, you should begin your studies in the fall semester. If you wish to attend part-time, you may begin in any semester.
- Complete your degree in as little as one year
- Competitive tuition rates
- Graduate assistantships available
- New campus housing available
- Link to Clarion University's web page with location information, driving directions, maps, etc.
- Link to department's course cycle for the Clarion program. A course cycle is a projection of the courses that will be offered in upcoming years.
- Link to Clarion University's Division of Graduate Studies and Research graduate student orientation page which is an overall orientation to graduate studies at Clarion University.
Harrisburg location information - Classes are offered at the Dixon University Center and provides a face-to-face environment for those individuals who wish to complete their programs on a part-time basis. All classes in the program are available to Dixon Center students in either a classroom setting or online. You may begin taking classes during any semester.
- Convenient class location on Front Street in Harrisburg at the beautiful Dixon University Center. Link to a virtual tour of the campus.
- Competitive tuition rates
- Dixon University Center student scholarship opportunties
- Link to Dixon University Center's web page location information, driving directions, maps, etc.
- Link to department's course cycle for the Dixon program. A course cycle is a projection of the courses that will be offered in upcoming years.
- Link to Clarion University's Division of Graduate Studies and Research graduate student orientation page which is an overall orientation to graduate studies at Clarion University.
Philadelphia location information - Classes are offered at both the Philadelphia Free Library and at the Cheney University Urban Education Site and provides a face-to-face environment for those individuals who wish to complete their programs on a part-time basis. All classes in the program are available to Philadelphia students in either a classroom setting or online. You may begin taking classes during any semester.
- Classes conveniently located at the Philadelphia Free Library Central Library that has over 7 million items and many special collections and at Cheney University of Pennsylvania's, America's oldest historically black institution of higher learning, Urban Education site.
- Cheney University Urban Education site is located at The Mellon Independent Center at 701 Market Street #333, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Link to Google Maps.
- Link to department's course cycle for the Philadelphia program. A course cycle is a projection of the courses that will be offered in upcoming years.
- Link to Clarion University's Division of Graduate Studies and Research graduate student orientation page which is an overall orientation to graduate studies at Clarion University.
Regardless of your library science career track or your preferred mode of learning, we invite you to join at Clarion University!
Admissions requirements - links to graduate catalog MSLS admission requirements
Course descriptions - Links to graduate catalog MSLS course descriptions
Course schedules - Links to course schedules on the registrar's page
Degree requirements - Links to graduate catalog MSLS degree requirements
Tuition and fees - Links to financial aid information on tuition and fees


