A minimum of 30 semester credit hours is required for all Master's degrees; however, many programs require more than thirty. Also, many students, in order to gain the breadth desired in their programs or to make up deficits in their undergraduate degrees, will actually take more credit hours than the minimum required by their programs.
No more than two credit hours of departmental seminar (S/U graded) may be included in the minimum 30-credit program.
No more than three credit hours of Master's supervised teaching (685) may be included in the minimum 30-credit program.
Programs that require a thesis may include no more than six hours of Thesis Research credit (695) in the minimum 30-credit-hour program. Thesis Research credit is not appropriate in non-thesis programs.
Non-thesis programs may include no more than six hours of independent study credits in the minimum 30-credit program.
No more than ten hours of 400-level courses may be counted toward the minimal 30-hour requirement, and they may not come from the major field.
Non-Thesis Master's Continuous Registration - Half-Time Registration (688) credits may not be used to satisfy the 30-credit hour requirement.
Non-Thesis Master's Continuous Registration - Full-Time Registration (689) credits may not be used to satisfy the 30-credit hour requirement.
Non-thesis Master's Examination (690) credits may not be used to satisfy the 30-credit hour requirement.
Master's Thesis Preparation (699) credits may not be used to satisfy the 30-credit hour requirement.
At least 18 hours of the minimum 30 hours required for the Master's degree must be graduate credits earned while the student is enrolled in a graduate classification at NC State.
At least 18 hours of the 30 hour requirement may not have been, and may not be, used to satisfy degree requirements for another Master's degree at NC State.
Also, at least 18 of the 30 hour requirement may not have been taken while the student was enrolled in another Master's degree program, unless the student did not complete the other program. In addition, students pursuing a Master's degree after having completed a doctoral degree at NC State must complete at least 18 graduate credit hours at NC State after enrollment in the Master's program.
The remaining 12 credit hours, or more depending on the requirements of the specific program, may be transferred from any of the following sources or any combination thereof.