Archives Management Certificate
The Archives Management Certificate program prepares students for careers in both digital and physical archives. This degree is specifically designed for students who have already earned a Master's degree from an ALA-accredited library school.
We offer three ways for students to earn the Archives Management Certificate: Face-to-face in Boston; Face-to-face in South Hadley; and Online.
All SLIS Alumni admitted to the post-master's program receive a 50% discount off current Simmons tuition.
The program consists of 5 courses (15 credits). Students will take four core courses and one elective. Individual programs will be determined between the certificate student and the program director depending on student course work already completed during the earned Master's degree. Students who have already taken a core course are not required to repeat it. They would substitute it with an elective.
Certificate Requirements
Core Courses
| LIS 438 | Introduction to Archival Theory and Practice | 3.00 |
| LIS 440 | Archival Access and Use | 3.00 |
One of the following courses
One of the following courses
| LIS 433 | Oral History | 3.00 |
| LIS 441 | Appraisal of Archives and Manuscripts | 3.00 |
| LIS 443 | Archives, History and Collective Memory | 3.00 |
| LIS 456 | Records Management Environments | 3.00 |
| LIS 471 | Photographic Archives | 3.00 |
| LIS 472 | Moving Image Archives | 3.00 |
| LIS 476 | Archives & Cultural Heritage Outreach | 3.00 |
| LIS 505M | Government Archives | 3.00 |
One Elective from the SLIS Curriculum
Some relevant electives include:
| LIS 442 | Establishing Archives and Manuscript Programs | 3.00 |
| LIS 445 | Metadata | 3.00 |
| LIS 449 | Rare Book and Special Collections Librarianship | 3.00 |
| LIS 462 | Digital Libraries | 3.00 |
| LIS 512 | Advanced Field Experience in Library and Information Science | 3 |