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Program Information: Curriculum
All students are required to complete a minimum of 33 credit hours of graduate level coursework.
In addition:
- At least 24 credit hours must be Communication & Rhetoric courses
- At least 15 credit hours must be 600 level or above
- A maximum of 6 credit hours of “Independent Studies” are allowed
- All students are required to complete the following 6 credit hours of core coursework:
- CRS 601 Language, Interaction & Culture
- CRS 603 Contemporary Theories of Rhetoric
Students may take a maximum of 9 credit hours from other graduate programs within the University. These “other” courses should be clearly related to the student’s individual emphasis and cannot be taken as substitutes for communication and rhetorical studies courses.
Academic Resources
- Graduate Student Manual
- General Information for CRS Graduate Student
- Exit Option Declaration Form
- Form for declaring your program exit option (Thesis, Comps), and listing potential thesis committee members.
- Program of Study Form
- Form for organizing and delivering details of study program
- Request for Examination Form
- Form for requesting examination in preparation for exiting the program
- “What You Need to Graduate” Information from SU Graduate School
- Helpful information from the Graduate School
- CRS Graduation Checklist
- Complete list of all forms and tasks to be completed for graduation
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