Many colleges and universities across the U.S. offer a bachelor's degree in educational sciences to become a school librarian or information technology officer. You can apply to several prominent colleges and universities across the country, such as University of Kentucky and University of South Carolina. Also, You can find a listing of all the schools at Resources for School Librarians. This site links through to the school of your choice to find out more information about its particular library media specialist program.
A media specialist bachelor's degree can be accomplished in four years. You can add another two to three years for completing a master's program in this field. In order to apply for the bachelor's degree, you need to submit a high school transcript and standardized test scores. Each college or university may require additional information such as immunization records, financial support and recommendation letters. A master's degree program requires undergraduate grades and scores on graduate standardized tests.
In the media specialist degree programs, you will focus mainly on liberal arts and humanities. However, you will also be subject to passing other broader undergraduate courses, such as English, math and science. Some other core courses you will be required to take are library administration, database management, literature for adolescents, electronic information management and fundamentals of information systems.
The most common jobs to apply for with this type of degree is a librarian position at a school, college or university. Additionally, your degree can be used to pursue a job as an information technology officer, corporate multimedia consultant and electronic resource manager. The only type of job that requires a master's degree is a librarian. The other corporate type positions request a bachelor's degree.