The Study Plan shall be filed with the departmental graduate coordinator prior to the completion of 12 semester hours of graduate credit which count toward the graduate degree. A study plan must be developed in consultation with a Speech Communication advisor. Each student must present a formal paper before a colloquium of faculty and students. The paper must demonstrate the student's ability to research, analyze, organize and write on the Master's level. This paper must be submitted for departmental approval prior to the presentation.
Thesis is optional.
The number of hours required for the Master's, both Thesis and Non-Thesis, is 35 semester hours. The program is subject to approval of the Speech Communication Department.