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The Master's Degree in
Archives and Records Administration (MARA)

Program Structure

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Program Coordination

MARA Coordinator — Dr. Pat Franks

Dr. Franks will be glad to answer questions about the MARA program. Email

MARA Academic Adviser — Lori Lindberg

Required Courses

Before commencing the program all incoming students are required to take an online course in online social networking. SLIS will add them to the course. They do not register for this course on my.sjsu.edu

• MARA 200 – The Record and the Recordkeeping Professions
• MARA 202 – Information Technology, Records, and the Information Age
• MARA 204 – Management of Records and Archival Institutions
• MARA 210 – Records Creation, Appraisal and Retention
• MARA 211 – Records Access, Storage and Retrieval
• MARA 243 – Recordkeeping Program Analysis, Design and Evaluation
• MARA 248 – Standards and Structures for Records and Recordkeeping
• MARA 249 – Electronic Recordkeeping Systems and Issues in Electronic Recordkeeping
• MARA 256 – 21st Century Archival Methods
• MARA 259 – Records and Information Preservation and Security
• MARA 285 – Research Methods in Records Management and Archival Science
• MARA 289 – Advanced Topics in Archives and Records Administration (ePortfolio)
• MARA 292 – Professional Certification
• MARA 294 – Professional Experience: Internships

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Course Rotation

Fall 2008	Spring 2009	Summer 2009	Fall 2009	Spring 2010	Summer 2010	Fall 2010	Spring 2011
200	204	211	248	243	256	285	294
202	210		259	249	211	292	289
			200	204		248	243
			202	210		259	249
						200	204
						202	210

	cohort 1 – enters Fall 2008
	cohort 2 – enters Fall 2009
	cohort 3 – enters Fall 2010

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