Master’s Programme in Information Science: Digital Environments
Borås, Sweden
DURATION
2 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
15 Jan 2025
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2025
TUITION FEES
SEK 197,000
STUDY FORMAT
Distance Learning
Introduction
Master’s Programme in Information Science: Digital Environments
The master’s programme in information science: digital environments offers both a theoretical and a practical approach to information, providing a unique, holistic approach to information in digital environments. This programme is suitable for students with a Bachelor’s degree in library and information science, information studies, information architecture, archival science, digital humanities, media studies, informatics, systems science or related fields.
As a student you get to reflect critically on how search engines, platforms and algorithms impact society and individuals, and consider aspects related to ethics, democracy, and sustainability relevant to information in digital environments. You also learn how to handle different data types and media formats, design algorithms and work with the digitalisation of information. The programme will include courses in for instance, datalogical thinking, research methods, multimodality, open data as an arena for information creation, data strategies for organisations, information practices in digital environments and critical perspectives on a society steeped in data.
Career opportunities
The degree prepares you for professional roles where you work with information in a changing time, for instance in jobs where you mediate and curate information feeds, as well as collect, manage, analyse, and make data accessible.
The skills gained from the programme also enable you to act as a translator between different actors and stakeholders at, for example, companies, governmental agencies, or cultural heritage institutions. In the role of mediator, you can bridge communication gaps between different professions and enable collaboration. You translate technical jargon and complex ideas into language accessible/understandable to everyone involved.
The programme also prepares you for a future career in academia, for instance if you wish to pursue a doctorate in library and information science or related fields or become a university lecturer.
Full-time at a distance
This programme is given full-time during Swedish business hours, predominantly through distance teaching online. Teaching combines workshops and seminars live in Zoom, and recorded lectures and other teaching materials published on our virtual learning platform. You will also read course literature, including the newest research, and work on individual written assignments and group projects with your fellow students. A few sessions on campus in Borås will be offered throughout the programme, however these are not compulsory. The programme is taught entirely in English, and you will study together with students from all over the world, though predominantly from Europe.
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
Scholarship options are available, please visit the university website for more information.
Curriculum
In our programme, you develop your knowledge of the theories and methods of information science. By learning how to handle digital data, from image to text, and to evaluate data structures that transform data into information, theories translate into practice. During your final year, you will have the opportunity to apply your knowledge in a larger context, from a focus on individual users to the significance of digitalisation for organisations and for a democratic society.
The programme will include courses in datalogical thinking, research methods, multimodality, open data as an arena for information creation, data strategies for organisations, and critical perspectives on a society steeped in data.
Program Outcome
After completing the education corresponding to the requirements in this education plan, the student can, upon application to the university, receive the following degree: Master of Science with a major in Information Science
The diploma is bilingual (Swedish/English). The Diploma Supplement (English) accompanies the diploma. Degree certificates are issued upon application on a special form.
Program Tuition Fee
Program delivery
This programme is given full-time, predominantly remotely through online teaching (with only a few meetings in Borås, which are not compulsory) and is given in English. You will study with students from all over the world.