The Graduate College Handbook - 2009
A. Credit Hour Requirements
The Graduate College requires a minimum of 32 semester hours of graduate credit for the master's degree, although a number of programs require more. The Graduate College requires that at least 12 hours be at the 500-level (including thesis, research or independent study credit), and that 8 of these 12 hours be in the major. Half or more of the hours applied to a master's degree must be earned in courses counted for residence credit, (see chapter IV.A.4 and chapter III.C for more details and to see when transfer credit may count as residence credit). See chapter IV.A.4 if enrolling for thesis research credit.