ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

The Department’s Graduate Admissions Committee requests the following materials from each applicant:

1. An application for admission to the Graduate School;
2. Official transcripts from all previously attended institutions of higher education;
3. Graduate Record Examination scores;
4. Three letters of recommendation from persons familiar with the candidate’s academic abilities and professional potential sent to the MS Program Director.
5. Separate application to the MS Program Director for a graduate assistantship, if desired.

Since no specific undergraduate major is required, some students may be admitted on a conditional basis if they lack sufficient academic experience to take the required core courses. In these cases, specific undergraduate courses may be required before full admission is granted. Undergraduates interested in this program are encouraged to include courses in cartography, aerial photography interpretation, statistics, chemistry, biology and environmental science. Calculus and physics may be required for studies in some areas of geology.