The Department of Library and Information Science and the Benjamin T. Rome School of Music, Drama, and Art offer a joint-degree program in music librarianship in which students take 30 semester hours of graduate credit in library and information science and 21 hours in the graduate program in musicology. Joint-degree programs provide students with opportunities to combine work in two disciplines in order to acquire competence in specialized areas of library and information science. In general, such programs allow students to obtain two graduate degrees sooner than they could acquire each independently. Applicants for joint degrees must submit one online application to the University, noting the student's intention to acquire both degrees. Be sure to submit all required documents for both programs because application requirements for each program may differ. Joint degrees are conferred simultaneously after all requirements for both degrees have been met.