Applications for Fall 2013 are closed. We will accept applications for Spring 2014 for both regular and special session starting in August 2013.

Regular session is state-supported and state-subsidized and is for students who live within the catchment area of San José (zip codes: 936xx - 96xxx). The cap on the number accepted is related to the amount of money received from the State. Information on regular session fees.

Special session is totally funded from student fees and is for students who live outside the catchment area of San José (i.e., Southern California and the rest of the United States and the world.). Information on special session fees.

Both regular session and special session classes have the same instructors, the same assignments, the same content, the same timelines, and are delivered totally online. SLIS no longer offers any face-to-face classes.

To actually apply, see Application Deadlines and Application Procedures.

If you are a CSU employee, or dependent/spouse of a CSU employee and interested in a fee waiver, please follow the four steps below:

• Step 1: Contact your campus fee waiver coordinator to determine if you are eligible for a CSU tuition fee waiver and to coordinate paperwork.
• Step 2: Apply as a regular session student [see application deadlines].
• Step 3: When you complete the online application state that you will pay the application fee by check/money order [do not pay by credit card]. If CSU tuition fee waiver eligible, you may receive an application fee waiver once verified.
• Step 4: Email Christie Wright in Graduate Admissions & Program Evaluations to inform their office that you have applied as a regular session MLIS student, and you are CSU tuition fee waiver eligible. In the email, please include your name, CSU campus, and SJSU id number/application number.  

**Please note this email is only to inform Graduate Admission & Program Evaluations that you are going through the tuition fee waiver process to appropriately code your application.   Their office is not responsible in any manner for the CSU tuition fee waiver process or paperwork.