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For the purposes of application, potential students must provisionally select between two departments within the College of Education: the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies (ELPS), home of the SIDES program, or the Department of Middle and Secondary Education, which develops specialists to teach such subjects as mathematics, science and English. Applicants primarily interested in international development and education, and who may be considering working in the development field, would submit their departmental application materials to the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, while those interested in pursuing a teaching career, whether domestically or abroad, would apply to the Department of Middle and Secondary Education. Upon admission to the PCMI program, students follow the designated PCMI program of study and are not obliged to make their final decision between the ELPS or MSE orientation of their degree until after returning from Peace Corps Service. Application to the PCMI program entails submitting materials to three entities: - The United States Peace Corps - Florida State University Office of Graduate Admissions - Your education department of interest. All materials must be received by the appropriate Office or Department before the semester admissions deadline (May 1 for Fall admission; November 1 for Spring admission; March 1 for Summer admission). Applying to the Peace Corps: A Peace Corps Application must be completed online. PCMI applicants must indicate on the online application that they are applying to the Peace Corps Masters International program in Education at Florida State University. There will be a drop-down menu from which this option may be selected. Please be careful not to inadvertently select one of the other PCMI programs offered at FSU. Application to Peace Corps may be made prior to, during, or after applying to Florida State University, but must be completed by September 15 at the latest in order to begin Peace Corps service the following summer. Applicants are encouraged to visit the Peace Corps website and to read our Frequently Asked Questions page to learn more about service and to gain a sense of their eligibility for the program before applying to the PCMI. For more information, contact the FSU Peace Corps recruiter at PeaceCorps@admin.fsu.edu or (850) 645-1737. Materials to be sent to the University Office of Admissions: 1) The online application for graduate admission to Florida State University. On the application you will be asked to enter a major code. Select the major code for the program to which you are initially applying for admission (i.e. SIDES, MSE). 2) Official Transcripts (two from each college or university attended, in original university-sealed envelopes) and Official GRE Scores (one set, in an original ETS-sealed envelope) must be sent to: The Florida State University Graduate Admissions Office A2500 University Center 282 Champions Way PO Box 3062400 Tallahassee, FL 32306-2400 3) A $30 application fee must also be sent to the Graduate Admissions Office address above. For any questions regarding university admissions requirements, the Office of Admissions may be contacted by e-mail at admissions@admin.fsu.edu or by phone at (850) 644-3420. Materials to be sent to the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies: Applicants to the SIDES program will need to submit the following materials directly to the department: - A Personal/Professional Resume - A Letter of Intent, one to three pages in length, explaining the basis of your pursuit of the degree, and - Three Letters of Recommendation. These are ideally from recent professors who can speak to your academic potential, but may in exceptional cases be written by professional contacts in a SIDES-relevant field. These application materials should be sent to: The Florida State University Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies 113 Stone Building Tallahassee, FL 32306-4452 Attn: Graduate Admissions Committee Applicants to the Department of Middle and Secondary Education should contact the Department at 850-644-6553 for current information about application procedures. For any questions regarding departmental admissions requirements, please contact the SIDES administrator at sides@coe.fsu.edu or by phone at (850) 644-2791. Academic Common Market Applicants who live in one of sixteen member states of the Southern Regional Educational Board (SREB) may be eligible to pay Florida in-state tuition rates through the Academic Common Market program. Applicants are encouraged to check with their SREB Academic Common Market (ACM) state representative to determine if the MS, EdS or PhD in Sociocultural and International Development Education or the Peace Corps Masters International program qualifies for ACM status in your state of residency. You must receive permission from your state ACM representative before you can be eligible for Florida resident tuition rates. Any additional fees must be paid by the out-of-state student. Special Student Status If you decide to take graduate courses prior to the semester of your official admission to FSU as a regular graduate student, you must register as a Special Student for the courses to be credited toward your degree when you are admitted. The courses must be relevant to the degree and program in order for them to be considered for transfer. No more than twelve hours of credit taken as a Special Student may be included in a program of study. Courses taken as a Special Student do not count toward the residency requirement for the Doctoral degrees. To receive information regarding registering as a Special Student contact the departments listed below: Registrar's Office University Center - Building A, 3rd Floor Tallahassee, FL 32306-1011 Phone: (850) 644-1050 Special Student Online Application Center for Professional Development 555 West Pensacola Street Tallahassee, FL 32306-1640 Phone: (850) 644-3802 
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