Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communications Major, MS

Requirements

Thesis Option

A candidate for the master’s degree who elects the thesis option must successfully complete the following requirements.

• A minimum of 30 credit hours of graduate credit in courses approved by the student’s advisory committee. Six credit hours of thesis may be counted toward this requirement. 
• A minimum of 20 credit hours of graduate credit in courses numbered at or above the 500 level.
• A minimum of 18 credit hours of graduate credit in courses appropriate to the area of concentration taught in the department and a minimum of 6 credit hours taught from outside the department. 
• A minimum of 3 credit hours of graduate credit in course work in either research methodology or statistics. 
• A final oral examination.

Non-Thesis Option

A candidate for the master’s degree who elects the non-thesis option must successfully complete the following requirements.

• A minimum of 36 credit hours of graduate credit in courses approved by the student’s advisory committee. 
• A minimum of 24 credit hours of graduate credit in courses numbered at or above the 500 level. 
• A minimum of 18 credit hours of graduate credit in courses appropriate to the area of concentration taught in the department and a minimum of 6 credit hours taught from outside the department. 
• A minimum of 3 credit hours of graduate credit in course work in either research methodology or statistics. 
• A creative component designed by the student and approved by the student’s advisory committee for 3 credit hours of graduate credit. 
• A written and oral comprehensive examination.