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This program is 100 percent online: no campus visits are required.
This program consists of 36 total credit hours. 30 hours are from the required courses below, three credits from electives and three credits from the capstone project (H_D_FS 8090).
Courses are offered by multiple public universities in the IDEA consortium, and some may have varying start and finish dates. Once you’re a Mizzou student in the program, you will register each semester through Mizzou regardless of the institution offering the course.
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The chart below shows when the courses are traditionally offered. Courses are 3 credit hours each, unless stated otherwise. The University reserves the right to change or cancel courses as needed.
Culmination
This program culminates with a project that has professional relevance to your current or future career goals. The project will include an independently produced paper and an oral examination by your MA committee.
State authorization
States require that the University of Missouri be authorized to deliver university-level distance/online education to their residents. Each state handles this process differently.
Please see our state authorization page for more information.