Application Requirements:

• The only prerequisite to gain admission to our program is an undergraduate degree, no matter the school (domestic or international) or number of years in that undergraduate program.
• All students are required to take Quantitative I and II. We will not consider transfer requests for these courses. Students may request to transfer prior graduate credit for other core (required) courses, not to exceed the maximum allowed by the university. Presently, this maximum is up to 35% of the course work requirement in our PhD program (i.e., at most four 3-credit courses). Students should discuss transfer requests with their mentor. With the mentor’s approval, they can send a request to the Director of Graduate Studies (DGS) via email. The request should include a transcript indicating the grade earned in the course they wish to transfer and a syllabus for the course. The DGS will consult with the instructor of the P&BS course that represents the closest match to the student’s prior course and decide if the course is sufficiently comparable (transfer granted), somewhat comparable but lacking in a few areas (student will be advised to attend portions of the course and/or complete assignments before transfer may be granted), or not sufficiently comparable (transfer not granted).

Required Materials:

• ONLINE application form submitted by Dec 1, 2025 (11:59pm ET/10:59pm CT/9:59pm MT/8:59pm PT) that includes a REQUIRED statement of purpose
• No more than 3 letters of recommendation uploaded electronically. The recommender info must be provided in the application prior to submission, letters may be submitted after Dec. 4, no penalty to the applicant
• Unofficial transcript(s) uploaded to application acceptable for initial review and evaluation; if the applicant is offered admission and accepts the offer, an official transcript is required at that time, either mailed or electronically sent directly to the Office of Graduate Studies (OGS).

Additional non-required materials:

• Non-required materials may come in after Dec 1, 2025 (11:59pm ET/10:59pm CT/9:59pm MT/8:59pm PT), however, no changes may be made by the applicant to a SUBMITTED application
• CV – uploaded into the “Additional information & documents” section in the application
• Writing Sample – uploaded into the “Additional information & documents” section in the application

TOEFL codes: institution code -6929; department code

Our department has adopted a policy of not requiring GRE scores. This means we will not consider GRE scores when making admission decisions.