Thesis Option
A minimum of 33 credits is required (27 credits of coursework and 6 credits of thesis). Of the 27 credits of coursework, 18 must be in composition studies (including courses in composition, rhetoric, and linguistics). Of the 27 credits of coursework, 15 must be at the at the 600 level.
Non-Thesis Option
A minimum of 36 credits is required, only 6 or which may be individual reading. At least 24 credits are required in composition studies (including courses in composition, rhetoric, and linguistics). Of the 36 courses of coursework, 21 must be at the 600 level.