graduate prograMs - Admission
Procedures
All applicants must submit an application, two official transcripts from
all colleges and universities previously attended, scores on the aptitude
test of the Graduate Record Examination, three letters of recommendation
and a brief (300-500 words) statement of interest. Personal interviews are
encouraged.
M. A. applicants should have a cumulative grade point average of 3.00
or better and a combined score of 1050 or better on the verbal and quantitative
sections of the GRE aptitude test. Applicants for the master's program must
present evidence of receipt of the bachelor's degree before they begin their
course of study. Students may be required to make up deficiencies in their
backgrounds before beginning their formal master's programs.
Admission to the Doctoral Program is highly selective. Ph. D. applicants
are normally expected to have a graduate level GPA of 3.5, verbal and quantitative
GRE scores of 1200 and must provide a 15-page writing sample. Applicants
must either have a master's degree by the time they begin their doctoral
studies or they must have earned at least 24 credits as students in the
department's M. A. program; they must have a particular interest in environmental
politics and policy. Students may be required to make up deficiencies in
their backgrounds as part of their admission to the Doctoral Program.
All international students for whom English is a second language and
do not have a degree from an approved English language University must submit
TOEFL examination scores in addition to the above materials. A minimum TOEFL
score of 600 (or 250 on the computized test) is required.
Persons who do not meet these minimum requirements should submit additional
supporting materials including statements from professors with whom they
have studied. It should be understood, however, that exceptions are seldom
granted.
Because the Department values interdisciplinary knowledge related to
environmental politics and policy, applications from individuals with related
or complementary specializations will be given serious consideration. As
a precondition for admission such individuals may be required to take as
many as five additional political science courses in order to strengthen
their preparation in Political Science.
Applications for admission and financial aid must be completed by February
15. Doctoral students are normally admitted only for the Fall semester.
Master's students are admitted for Fall and Spring. Deadline for application
for Spring admission is August 1 for international students
and October 15 for U.S. students. The department reserves
the right to consider and admit promising students before or after these
deadlines.
Financial Awards:
Graduate teaching assistantships are available on a competitive basis.
Assistantship stipends vary between approximately $10,206 and $13,023
or nine-month academic year. Normally, part of the compensation that
assistants receive includes tuition payments on their behalf. Students
applying for an assistantship must submit an application by February
15 for
the following fall semester.
