It should be noted that while all but two specializations require a minimum of 34 semester hours, most resident graduate students elect over 50 hours if they spend two years in the program. Students thus have the opportunity to augment the breadth or depth of their basic program, even to the extent of completing the requirements of a second specialization or a second field. For degrees in performance, the student will follow the Plan II option. The minimum number of hours for the M.M. degree with two specializations is 37, as shown below, although the actual number of hours may be higher, depending on the individual specializations. The final project is supervised by a three-member committee.
Some students wish to concentrate in two fields.
It is a two-year program, at the end of which the student receives two Master's degrees with two fields noted on the transcript. In order to follow this course of study, the student must submit a graduate application for each field and a TDP for the dual degree before accumulating more that 24 semester hrs. The final project is supervised by a four-member committee, two from each field. It sometimes happens that a student decides on a second specialization or field late in the first master's program. The program culminates in two master's degrees with two final projects, one for each field.