CCT Master of Arts Degree Requirements

Message to current students / students who enrolled prior to Summer 2010:
The following curriculum is not for you.  Refer to the curriculum in place when you started CCT for planning your studies.
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This curriculum is effective for students matriculating as CCT degree students Summer 2010 and afterwards.

CCT students must successfully complete core courses and one of two degree sequences, thesis or coursework, totalling 39 credits, with a cumulative GPA of no less than 3.0 to be eligible for the Master of Arts degree in Communication, Culture & Technology.

Students may enroll on a full-time or part-time basis, but full-time enrollment is strongly encouraged. Full-time students graduate in two years. Part-time students typically graduate in two and a half years. 



• Full-time Thesis Curriculum
• Full-time Coursework Curriculum
• IBD Certificiate and Thesis Curriculum
• IBD Certificiate and Coursework Curriculum
• Part-time Thesis Curriculum
• Part-time Coursework Curriculum

Degree Sequence 1 - Thesis (39 credits) 



• CCTP 505 Introduction to CCT (three credits-taken in the first fall semester of the program)
• CCTP 506 Fundamentals of Technology course (three credits-taken in the first spring semester of the program)
• Core Method Course (three credits - choose from one of multiple offered)
• Eight elective credits (usually three credits each)
• CCTP-996 Thesis Colloquium (six credits - which can be split into two consecutive semesters) and a thesis project

Students must meet the following qualifications to pursue the thesis option. If they do not, they must pursue the coursework option: 



• Earn an A- or better in a core method course
• Receive the thesis committee's approval via the Thesis Proposal Form by October 25 for spring semester thesis writers or by March 25 for fall semester thsesis writers.

Students are highly encouraged to take a core method course in the first year of studies. There is no guarantee that students will be able to do a thesis if they wait until the third semester to take the core method course. 



Degree Sequence 2 - Coursework (39 credits) 



• CCTP 505 Introduction to CCT (three credits-taught in the fall semester)
• CCTP 506 Fundamentals of Technology course (three credits-taught in the spring)
• Core Method Course (three credits - choose from one of multiple offered)
• Ten Elective Courses (usually three credits each)
   

Suggested Curriculum for Full-Time Students

(based on full-time enrollment beginning in the fall or spring semester).

 Thesis Sequence- 39 credits

(*Note that you could also take one or two summer classes or do the Geneva Program.  It's ideal to leave the last semester to work on your thesis).

Semester 1

• 505 (if fall semester) or 506 (or spring semester)- 3 credits
• elective- 3 credits
• elective- 3 credits

Semester 2 

•  505 (if fall semester) or 506 (or spring semester)- 3 credits
• Method- 3 credits
• elective- 3 credits  
• elective- 3 credits

Semester 3    

• elective- 3 credits  
• elective- 3 credits   
• elective/method- 3 credits

Semester 4  

• thesis- 6 credits
• elective- 3 credits

 

Coursework Sequence- 39 credits

(*Note that you could also take one or two summer classes or do the Geneva Program).

Semester 1     

•  505 (if fall semester) or 506 (if spring semester)- 3 credits
• elective- 3 credits    
• elective-3 credits

Semester 2    

• 505 (if fall semester) or 506 (if spring semester)- 3 credits    
• method- 3 credits
• elective- 3 credits
• elective- 3 credits         

Semester 3    

• elective- 3 credits  
• elective- 3 credits
• method or elective- 3 credits         

Semester 4    

• elective- 3 credits 
• elective- 3 credits
• elective- 3 credits

 

IBD Certificiate and Thesis Sequence

(*Note that you could take one or two classes or do the Geneva Program in the summer and then move one or two course from during the academic year to summer term. If you do the Geneva Summer Program, which counts for six IBD credits, you need to take all other IBD courses outside of CCT).

Semester 1       

•  505 (if fall semester) or 506 (if spring semester)- 3 credits  
• CCT elective that also counts for IBD credit- 3 credits
• elective of ACCT 390- 3 credits

Semester 2 

• 505 (if fall semester) or 506 (if spring semester)- 3 credits
• method- 3 credits
• IBD gateway- 3 credits

Semester 3 

•  IBD or CCT elective that counts for IBD credit-- 3 credits
• ACCT 390 or IBD elective- 3 credits 
• method or elective- 3 credits

Semester 4

• IBD elective- 3 credits 
• thesis- 6 credits

 

IBD Certificate and Coursework Sequence

(*Note that you could take one or two summer classes or do the Geneva Program. If you do the Geneva Summer Program, which counts for six IBD credits, you need to take all other IBD courses outside of CCT).

Semester 1

• 505 (if fall semester) or 506 (if spring semester)- 3 credits 
• CCT elective that also counts for IBD credit- 3 credits
• elective or ACCT 390- 3 credits                  

Semester 2

• 505 (if fall semester) or 506 (if spring semester)- 3 credits
• method- 3 credits
• IBD gateway- 3 credits
• IBD elective or ACCT 390- 3 credits

Semester 3

• IBD elective or CCT elective that counts for CCT credit- 3 credits 
• IBD elective- 3 credits 
• method or elective- 3 credits

Semester 4

• IBD elective- 3 credits
•  elective-3 credits
• elective-3 credits

 

Suggested Curriculum for Part-Time Students

(*Ideally part-time students should take advantage of summer courses to move through the program more quickly).

 Thesis Sequence- 39 credits

Semester 1

• 505 (if fall semester) or 506 (if spring semester)- 3 credits 
• elective- 3 credits

Semester 2

• 505 (if fall semester) or 506 (if spring semester)- 3 credits
• method- 3 credits

Summer Term 

•  elective- 3 credits

Semester 3  

• elective- 3 credits
• method or elective- 3 credits

Semester 4

• elective-3 credits
• elective- 4 credits

Semester 5 

• elective- 3 credits
• elective- 3 credits

Semester 6 

• thesis- 6 credits 

 

Coursework Sequence- 39 credits                                                   

Semester 1

• 505 (if fall semester) or 506 (if spring semester)
• elective- 3 credits                                                                            

Semester 2 

• 505 (if fall semester) or 506 (if spring semester)                                  
• method- 3 credits

Summer Term  

• elective- 3 credits                                                                        

Semester 3  

• elective- 3 credits   
• method or elective- 3 credits

Semester 4 

• elective- 3 credits
• elective- 3 credits        

Semester 5             

• elective- 3 credits      
• elective- 3 credits

Semester 6

• elective- 3 credits
• elective- 3 credits

  

 Summer 2005-Spring 2010 Curriculum