Degree Requirements

 Students can complete in one year if they take 2 courses each semester (fall, spring, summer) or complete in two years if they take 1 course each semester.

• The SLMA program is eighteen (18) semester credit hours.
• A minimum of fifteen (15) of the eighteen (18) total credit hours must be taken through USU to count as the minor or for USU to recommend endorsement through the USBE.
• All coursework must be completed within six (6) years of the date of acceptance. To work toward the USBE library media endorsement, applicant must have, or be working toward, a current and valid Utah Educator License with an Elementary or Secondary area of concentration.
• Completion of the course work does not automatically guarantee a recommendation by the ITLS department for the USBE endorsement in library media K-12. A recommendation for endorsement will be made when the student has:
• successfully completed all coursework. (ITLS 5090 or ITLS 6090)
• completed a minimum of 15 credits through USU
• demonstrated competency in course work
• demonstrated potential to work effectively with both students and teachers
• maintained a grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 or higher
• the approval of the practicum advisor and course instructors
• a current and valid Utah teaching license
• completed the appropriate forms and submitted the required fees