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 Departmental Requirements for Admission

Master of Environmental Management (MEM) and Master of Science (MS)
  1.   Hold a Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university.
  2.   Have satisfactorily completed a minimum of college-level algebra plus 3 credits of college statistics or calculus.
  3.   MEM: Have completed a minimum of 6 semester credits in the natural sciences AND 6 semester credits in social sciences (e.g. economics, sociology, psychology, political science, anthropology/archeology, or related fields).
MS: Have completed a minimum of 12 semester credit hours in natural or physical sciences, e.g. physics, chemistry, geosciences, biology or related sciences.
  4.   Have earned a minimum average GPA of 3.00 on a 4.00 scale, on all upper division college-level course work.
  5.   Provide to the Graduate School: transcripts of all coursework taken at an institution of higher education, a letter of application that clearly states the applicant’s professional and career objectives, and three letters of recommendation from professors, employers, and/or professional colleagues.
  6.   Have completed the general GRE (Graduate Record Exam).


Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
  1.   Hold a Masters degree from an accredited college or university, in a discipline related to ESSP.
  2.   Have satisfactorily completed a minimum of college-level algebra plus 3 credits of college statistics or calculus, AND a minimum of 12 semester credit hours in natural or physical sciences (e.g. physics, chemistry, geosciences, biology or related sciences), AND 6 semester credits in social sciences (e.g. economics, sociology, psychology, anthropology/archeology, political science or related fields).
  3.   Have earned a minimum average GPA of 3.50 on a 4.00 scale on all graduate-level course work. NOTE: This requirement supercedes the Graduate College requirement of a 3.00 GPA.
  4.   Provide to the Graduate School: transcripts of all coursework taken at an institution of higher education, a letter of application that clearly states the applicants professional and career objectives, and three letters of recommendation from professors, employers, and/or professional colleagues.
  5.   Have completed the general GRE (Graduate Record Exam).

PLEASE NOTE: The University also has general admission requirements as listed on their graduate application instructions page. Both departmental requirement and general requirements should be satisfied.

Please submit all application materials to the UND Graduate College.