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Admission Requirements
Fall 2012 application deadlines are as follows:
- All Department materials ~ January 6 , 2012
All CSU mentor materials ~ February
1, 2012
Currently only students with a mathematics masters (not science) may
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To be considered for admission, applicants
must have
- a strong baccalaureate degree from an accredited
institution; GPA must be at least 3.25/4.00 in the last 30
semester hours of upper-division work
- a master's degree
in mathematics, biology, chemistry, or physics; overall GPA
must be at least 3.50/4.00 in graduate coursework
- recent Graduate Record Examination General
Test scores
- at least three letters of recommendation from
professors, supervisors, or other appropriate persons, with
at least one being a faculty
member within the student's area of specialization
Prior teaching experience in the disciplinary field is also strongly
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Finalists in the application process
will be invited for a personal or telephone interview.
The MSED
program has a very strong reading and writing component as well
as many oral presentations and as such, very strong English Language
skills are an integral part of success in the program.
Application Checklist
When applying to the Joint SDSU/UCSD PhD Program
in Mathematics and Science Education, you must send two sets
of materials—one to SDSU Graduate Admissions (Item I. below) and one to the MSED
Admissions Committee (Item II. below).
I. SDSU Graduate Admissions materials:
For the on-line application, follow the instructions
at the CSU
Mentor site.
International students must apply through the International
Student Center web page.
II. MSED Admissions Committee materials:
The forms for the MSED Admissions Committee
can be downloaded here. Mail completed forms to MSED,
Center for Research in Math and Science Education, San Diego
State University, 6475 Alvarado Rd, Ste 206, San Diego, CA 92120-5013.
No staples, please!
- Application
Form (Word) for Doctoral Program
in Mathematics and Science Education.
- Using the MSED
Recommendation Form (Word) as a cover sheet, at least three letters of
recommendation, at least one of which is from a former professor in the selected field of study who can address the content of the masters program. Emailed letters are welcome as long as they are followed by originals.
- GRE scores (only the General Test is required)
Note: GRE General Test scores must be sent directly to the MSED
office. Our institution code, San Diego State University, is
R4682 and our program code, under Other Fields, is 5101 Interdisciplinary
Programs. If you have presented the GRE general test within
the past five years you do not need to retake it, but you must
request that scores be sent to SDSU.
- Two sets of official transcripts from each
post-secondary institution listed on your
application form. One set
must be sent directly from the institution
to the MSED office, and the second set should be sent to Enrollment
Services (as part of CSU
Mentor).
Please do not send any materials to UCSD. On
the basis of the decisions of the Admissions
Committee,
applicants
invited
to
enter the program will be asked to complete
a UCSD graduate application and pay the
UCSD application
fee prior to
enrollment.
Application materials should be sent by January
7 to be considered for fall admission. Late applications
will be considered on a space-available basis to February 1.
For more information, please email the
coordinator.
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