Admissions Requirements

In addition to meeting the University's general requirements for admission, applicants to the master's and doctoral programs in the College of Information Science and Technology submit score from the Graduate Record Examination General Test. Applicants who have at least a 3.0 grade point average in the last half of their undergraduate credits may be eligible for admission to master's programs without taking the GRE.This decision is made by the associate dean of the college after reviewing the application. Those applicants interested in graduate assistantships must submit their GRE scores since these awards are based on academic merit.

In addition, M.S.I.S. applicants are asked to demonstrate competency in

1. basic descriptive and inferential statistics;
2. basic software packages such as word processing, spreadsheets, and database management systems; and
3. third-generation programming language, including Pascal, C, Cobol, Ada, or Fortran.

The first competency may be demonstrated by one college-level course, grade B or better; the second by work experience; and the third by two years of professional programming experience or appropriate college level courses (grade B or better). Those who lack one or more of these competencies may enroll in up to three foundation courses (INFO 501 Quantitative Methods, INFO 502 Information Management Tools, INFO 601 Computer Programming for Information Processing), which do not count toward degree requirements.