Joint Agreement between School of Information Sciences (SIS) and Molde and Hedmark Colleges

The School of Information Sciences (SIS) has entered into a joint agreement with Molde College and Hedmark College in Norway. The program allows for undergraduate students completing the candidatus magisterii to admitted directly into the MSIS or MST program. Students wishing to enter this program need to submit the regular application form, along with two recommendation letters, an official transcript (vitnemal) and a recent TOEFL score. Students are expected have completed the prerequisite courses in

• mathematics,
• statistics (or comparable coursework),
• structured programming language (C or C++ recommended)
• data structures

The course of study for the Master of Science in Information Science (MSIS) degree under the joint agreement consists of a minimum of 36 credits. The 36 credits are to be distributed as follows:

• 6 credits in the Mathematical and Formal Foundations area, INFSCI 2000: Introduction to Information Science and INFSCI 2020: Mathematical Foundations are recommended as the two Foundations courses.
• 6 credits in the Cognitive Science area or Cognitive Systems area.
• 18 credits in the Systems and Technology area or , Cognitive Systems area
• 6 credits as Electives, from any remaining course in the Information Science program .

Any changes to the distribution above must be requested, in advance, through petition to the faculty.