German, M.A.

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Minimum Total Hours (Thesis): 30

Minimum Total Hours (Non-Thesis): 32

Program Code: M490

Required Courses

Thesis Option

Required Courses
MLLL 5073Contemporary Literary Criticism3
GERM 5980Research for Master's Thesis6
Electives
Choose 21 additional hours, selected in consultation with the student's advisor and committee21
Total Credit Hours30

Non-Thesis Option

Required Courses
MLLL 5073Contemporary Literary Criticism3
Electives
Choose 29 additional hours, selected in consultation with the student's advisor and committee29
Total Credit Hours32

Notes

  • No more than one-half of the credits for the degree (OU, or OU and transfer combined), excluding research for the thesis (GERM 5980), may be S/U graded coursework.

General Requirements for all Master's Degrees

The master’s degree requires the equivalent of at least two semesters of satisfactory graduate work and additional work as may be prescribed for the degree.

All coursework applied to the master’s degree must carry graduate credit.

Master’s degree programs which require a thesis consist of at least 30 credit hours. All non-thesis master’s degree programs require at least 30 credit hours.

Credit transferred from other institutions must meet specific criteria and is subject to certain limitations.

Courses completed through correspondence study may not be applied to the master’s degree.

To qualify for a graduate degree, students must achieve an overall grade point average of 3.0 or higher in the degree program coursework and in all resident graduate coursework attempted. A student must also have at least a 3.0 in all coursework (including undergraduate coursework if any).

Additional information for master's degree students may be found in the Graduate College Bulletin.