Program Contact:  Janna Korzenko

Email: jkorzenk@kent.edu

Program Contact Phone:  (330) 672.5840

Program Department:  Information Architect and Knowledge Management

Address: 

314 Library
P.O. Box 5190
Kent, OH 44242-0001

More Information about the Program

Degree Level or Certificate Type: Master of Science Degree

Program Description:

Knowledge management is a discipline that takes a comprehensive, systematic approach to the information assets of an organization by identifying, capturing, collecting, organizing, indexing, storing, integrating, retrieving and sharing them. Such assets include intellectual capital, employee expertise, business and competitive intelligence, and organizational memory. It strives to make the collective knowledge, information and experiences of the organization available to individual employees or organizational groups for their use and to motivate them to contribute their knowledge to the collective assets. It seeks to create or identify communities of practice or interest, especially to identify lesson learned and best practices.

The Master of Science in Knowledge Management requires 42 - 45 credit hours:

• Two (2) courses in IAKM core courses. (6 credit hours)
• Five (5) courses in Knowledge Management required courses. (15 credit hours)
• Six (6) courses of electives. KM students are encouraged to take courses within their concentration, but are allowed to take electives from any of the concentrations. (18 credit hours)
• At least 3 credit hours in a Master's Project, 3 credit hours of Capstone Experience, or 6 credit hours on a Thesis. (3-6 credit hours)

Delivered by:  World Wide Web

Admission/Prerequisite Requirements:

• University Application
• Bachelor's Degree and experience in the information or knowledge fields
• Minimum 3.0 undergraduate GPA (out of 4.0) for unconditional admission
• Resume
• Three letters of recommendation
• Statement of Purpose

You can find all application materials on the application page.

Percent of program offered at a distance:  100%

Face-to-Face Learning Requirements: None