Wayne State University's School of Library and Information Science offers many different programs within the MLIS umbrella. First, there is the regular 36 credit hour Master of Library and Information Science. There are also 6 additional certifications students can obtain along with their MLIS:
Graduate Certificate in Archival Administration (15 credit hours)
Graduate Certificate in Information Management (18 credit hours)
Graduate Certificate in Records and Information Management (15 credit hours) Specialist Certificate in Library and Information Science (30 credit hours), and the School Library Media Specialist Endorsement (credit hours vary due to different credentials across the U.S.).
Students also have the option to earn a Joint MLIS and MA in History, which is a 57 credit hour program.
As of 2010, the total tuition for the 36 hour MLIS degree for a Michigan resident is calculated at $20,480.85, not including textbooks and necessary class materials. Wayne State's faculty consists of may professors who currently work in the profession they are teaching, and are thus real-life examples of what students can amount to once they graduate with their Master's degree.
The University of Michigan's School of Information has one integral Library and Information Services (LSI) Specialization under the Master of Science in Information (MSI) program. There are also some additional - although related - areas to further enhance your MLIS degree with:
Archives and Records Management (15 credit hours),
Community Informatics (12 credit hours),
Human-Computer Interaction Specialization (credit hours vary),
Incentive-Centered Design (10.5 credit hours)
Information Analysis and Retrieval (12 credit hours)
Information Policy (9 credit hours)
School Library Media (credit hours vary)
Preservation of Information (10.5 credit hours)
Social Computing (12 credit hours) and
Economics Information, Management and Policy Specialization (credit hours vary).
The University of Michigan also offers a Tailor Your Own MSI program, which allows students - while working closely with a faculty adviser - to pick and choose classes they believe will best benefit them in their current or future career choices.
As of 2010, the average tuition/term for a Michigan resident LIS grad student at the University of Michigan is approximately $8,738. Graduates of the UM LIS program hold jobs ranging from Information Scientist to Post-Doctoral Researcher to Database Librarian to Teen Services Librarian.
Both the University of Michigan and Wayne State University offer alternate arrangements for students who are unable to live on campus or commute to class. Seeing as students in both programs range from their early 20's to their 60's, many students are working adults looking for a way to squeeze a Master's degree into their hectic lives.
Wayne State University's LIS program offers many online courses, and even offers an entirely online-only Masters in Library Science. Both WSU and UofM offer distance courses at their satellite campuses: Wayne State has campuses in Farmington Hills, Clinton Township and the capital of Michigan, Lansing. The University of Michigan has satellite campuses in both Dearborn and Flint.