The following information must be provided by the applicant:

1. A statement of purpose from the applicant indicating career goals and expectations, previous academic work experience, publications (if any), and other accomplishments.

2. Three recent letters of recommendation from former teachers/ professors or other persons qualified to make predictive statements regarding the applicant's possible success in graduate studies, personal and work characteristics, intellectual ability and/or scholarly attainments.

3. All applicants must provide a recent Graduate Record Examination (GRE) score along with transcripts of collegiate coursework (minimum of 500 on the verbal and 500 on the quantitative sections of the GRE).

4. All international applicants must must provide a recent TOEFL exam score. They must achieve a minimum score of 550 on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or an equivalent examination before being admitted to the department. Two copies of transcripts of all collegiate study must also be submitted.

5. All masters applicants must have minimum 3.0 GPA for the undergraduate study and all doctoral applicants minimum 3.3 GPA for the graduate study.