Students may transfer a maximum number of six hours of graduate courses from an accredited institution. All transfer hours must be approved by the Department Chair.
Students have two options available for the culminating experience.
Option one requires completion of 30 graduate academic hours and writing a six hour master's thesis or field based research project. Option two requires candidates to complete 36 graduate academic hours and successful completion of a written and oral comprehensive examination. Course requirements are outlined below. However, at the time of admission, students may be assigned additional course work to re-mediate background deficiencies. Course work falling into this re-medial category will not count toward the Master's degree.