Full-time students can earn their Masterâs degree in Library and Information Science in as quickly as 4 semesters. MLIS courses are offered in the fall and spring semesters and over the summer break. Here are a few examples of how full-time students can fast-track the fully online MLIS program at the SJSU iSchool. Assuming a fall semester start. Scenarios would need to be reconfigured for a spring semester start.