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Admissions Details:

• Application for Admission
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• Admission Requirements for MLitt
   
• Admission Requirements for DPhil
    

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS AND PROCESS ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
FOR MASTER OF LETTERS (MLITT) STUDY

1. A completed application for admission with a $45.00 non-refundable application fee.
2. Official transcripts sent directly from each college and university previously attended.
3. Three current letters of recommendation sent directly from educators or professionals addressing the ability of the applicant to adequately complete graduate work, and showing good professional standing, moral character and conduct, personal stability, and maturity.
4. Validation of the applicant's professional experience, certification, and/or credentials.
5. Master's-level graduate courses require possession of a BA or its academic equivalent. Academic equivalence is determined by the admissions committee based on past education, expertise, and maturity of the applicant. It may include any combination of the following: over 120 undergraduate hours, the combination of undergraduate credits, continuing education units and/or undergraduate hours plus extensive work in a recognized field, life experience or significant publications documented by a portfolio.
6. A minimum of 3 years of acceptable professional experience.
7. Minimum age of 25.
8. A grade average of B or above in Master's-level studies and/or satisfactory evidence of present ability to produce at the graduate level. Students with weak transcripts, a grade average below B, or less than 30 cohesive semester hours may enhance their position with the Admissions Committee by submitting scores from the Graduate Record Examination. GRE tests are administrated by Educational Testing Service (ETS), Box 955-R, Princeton, NJ 08541 (www.gre.org).
9. Admission to graduate study does not imply Matriculation for a degree course or to Candidacy for a graduate degree. Students must assume responsibility for becoming fully acquainted with regulations and requirements of the Oxford/ACRSS program.
10. Documented learning experience acquired through educational and job related growth may be acceptable professional experience for admission. See section "Assessment of Time-Credit for Professional Experience." No academic credit may be given for such an assessment.
11. Any exceptions must have approval of the Faculty Senate.
    
     

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS FOR DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (DPHIL)

1. A completed application for admission with a $45.00 non-refundable application fee.
2. Official transcripts sent directly from each college and university previously attended.
3. Three current letters of recommendation sent directly from educators or professionals addressing the ability of the applicant to adequately complete graduate work, and showing good professional standing, moral character and conduct, personal stability, and maturity.
4. Validation of the applicant's professional experience, certification, and/or credentials.
5. Doctoral level matriculation requires possession of an acceptable Master's-level master's level degree course of study which provided at least 30 cohesive semester hours in support of the DPhil Course of Study.
6. A minimum of 5 years of acceptable professional experience.
7. Minimum age of 26.
8. A grade average of B or above in Master's-level studies and/or satisfactory evidence of present ability to produce at the graduate level. Students with weak transcripts, a grade average below B, or less than 30 cohesive semester hours may enhance their position with the Admissions Committee by submitting scores from the Graduate Record Examination. GRE tests are administrated by Educational Testing Service, Box 955-R, Princeton, NJ 08541 (www.gre.org).
9. An acceptable subject area for graduate research.
10. Admission to graduate study does not imply Matriculation for a degree course or to Candidacy for a graduate degree. Students must assume responsibility for becoming fully acquainted with regulations and requirements of the Oxford/ACRSS program.
11. Documented learning experience acquired through educational and job related growth may be acceptable professional experience for admission. See section "Assessment of Time-Credit for Professional Experience." No academic credit may be given for such an assessment.
12. Any exceptions must have approval of the Faculty Senate.