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The Doctor of Philosophy in Information Studies - the sole program of its type in the New York City region - trains professionals for leadership roles in research, academia, and practical applications. Program graduates advance both theoretical and applied research in established and emerging disciplines, meeting the growing demand for information specialists, researchers, and educators in this interdisciplinary domain.
This 51-credit curriculum employs an interdisciplinary methodology, addressing both the academic foundations of this evolving field and cultivating practical problem-solving abilities for professionals handling information organization, storage, retrieval, and distribution at scale. The program integrates perspectives from information and data scientists, management experts, educators, psychologists, librarians, museum professionals, healthcare providers, and other fields involved in large-scale data initiatives.