Students pursuing a Thesis-Type Master’s must complete the following University and College Requirements. Please see your departmental advisor for additional departmental requirements.
Total Hours: Minimum 30, of which at least 18 must be taken on a letter graded basis.
Time Limit: Master’s students must complete all requirements for the degree within seven years of beginning coursework. ( A student starting Fall 98 would have until the end of Summer 05 to complete the Master’s degree.)
G.P.A.: A Graduate Student must have a minimum 3.0 Cumulative Graduate GPA in order to be eligible for the degree.
Thesis Hours/ Final Term Registration: Student must successfully complete a minimum of 6 hours of thesis credit. In addition, students writing a thesis must be registered for at least Two hours of thesis credit the term they wish to graduate (even if they have completed the minimum of six hours already). The only exception to this rule is made when the student has had the thesis cleared by the Office of Graduate Studies prior to the first day of classes of the term they wish to graduate.
Thesis Defense: Students writing a thesis must register for Thesis Defense and have a grade of “P” posted. Students should only register for Defense once. If defense is not completed the term of registration the grade will remain “I” (Incomplete) until successfully defended.
Special Master of Arts (M.A.) Requirements: In addition to the requirements listed above, candidates for the Master of Arts degree must meet the following requirements:
Proficiency in a foreign language demonstrated by satisfactory performance on the Graduate Reading Knowledge exam, or certification by the appropriate language department as proficient, or completion of twelve semester hours in a foreign language with an average grade of “B”, or four years of a single language in high school.
Six or more semester hours of graduate credit in the following fields: art; classical language, literature, and civilization; English; history; humanities; modern languages and linguistics; music; philosophy; religion; and theatre.
Required Forms: There are a number of forms required by the Office of Graduate Studies prior to being cleared by the manuscript advisor. For a complete listing of these forms, please look at the ETD section at the following Office of Graduate Studies link:
You should have the following forms with you at the time of your thesis/dissertation defense in order to get the signatures that are required:
Final Term Degree Clearance Form
FSU ETD Access Agreement Form
Manuscript Signature Page (The College of Arts and Sciences does not require that the Dean's Signature be included on this page)
Any other departmental forms that may require signatures from your committee members
