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
I ceratinly wouold not call you a slacker. I graduated first in 1977 and again in 1980 so it took me almost three years to finish an MS. However, I also had both teaching and a research assistantships, and was driving a semi-truck during my graduate days. No time for fraternities or even coffee at the student union. And someone was talking on FR about the "good old days" recently? No way!
Muleteam1
I completed my Master's degree in a little over a year. Of course that last semester was spent writing my Thesis...
I taught at a large University for many years with an MA program in Communication. We had a thesis and a non-thesis option. We encouraged students who wanted to pursue academic careers to write a thesis and students who wanted to be practitioners to do non-thesis.
With a Ph.D. I wasn't going to get tenure at the University because I spent too much of my time out in the world (e.g. consulting). So I am now consulting full time and making much more $$$$$! I teach part time just because I like to teach, but the rules on tenure are very different for Churchill apparently.