Library and Information Science and History

Overview

Requirements

For the Department of Library and Information Science:

• Completed online application for admission to graduate studies
• Official transcripts sent directly from the regionally accredited college or university that awarded the applicant's B.A. or B.S. degree.
• Graduate Record Examination (GRE) scores if applicant earned less than a 3.0 in undergraduate work.
• A 500-700 word personal statement about how your current and/or past academic and work experiences, including volunteer work, have influenced your ability to become a leader in your field.
• Three letters of reference from persons who can attest to your ability to perform graduate level studies.

For the Department of History:

• Standard graduate application form
• Official transcript of undergraduate grades. It is not necessary for an applicant to have been a history major at the undergraduate level, but ordinarily the department would expect a minimum of 18 undergraduate semester credits in history and 12 in other areas of the social sciences or humanities.
• The general portion of the Graduate Record Examination (the department does not require the history examination)
• At least three letters of recommendation — preferably by professors from the applicant's previous academic program — attesting to the applicant's ability to perform graduate-level work.
• A sample of writing, which should be a research paper on an academic subject, preferably history.