Impossible! Especially a non-thesis masters.
Muleteam1
I agree, but figured that a full time student could overlead the classes and be doing the prep for a thesis or oral exam at the same time. I wanted to give the benefit of te doubt to anyone that has done it. I, personally, am taking the full 2 1/2 years to complete mine. I guess I'm a slacker. LOL
Impossible! Especially a non-thesis masters.
Not likely, but not impossible either. I received a BS in Math, from a small liberal arts College in '67, and a MS in Math in '69 from UC Riverside. I did not have to write a thesis, but had to take 36 quarter hours of graduate level Math courses (two classes a day, three days a week), take a language exam, and two qualifying exams. That was it. One could pass the course requirements, by either taking four classes a quarter, instead of two, or by taking the course requirements as an undergraduate in the same school.
Also, one does not need a PhD to teach in the big universities, you just have to impress the hiring committee.
I know people who have earned Master's degrees from NC State in engineering who only had to take 6 classes for it. No test, no project, no thesis. 6 classes in one year and they are done.