GeorgiaCOE: Language and Literacy Education: How to Apply

Doctoral Program - How to Apply

Questions about the application process should be directed to Ms. Becky Hendren at bhendren@uga.edu

Applications are reviewed by admissions committees in three focus areas:

Please identify on your application which committee you would like to consider your application.

To apply for admission to the PhD in Language and Literacy Education you will need to:

complete an application form available from the UGA graduate school arrange for all relevant transcripts to be sent to the graduate school. Please note: you will be required to submit GRE scores as part of your application to the graduate school. The Department of Language and Literacy Education recommends a total verbal plus quantitative score of at least 1000 (for GRE tests taken before August 2011) or a score of 297 (for GRE tests taken after August 2011) but will consider GRE scores in light of the merits of the entire application package.
As you apply online via Graduate Admissions, you will be asked for 3 email addresses for Recommenders (i.e., letters of recommendation). Admissions will contact the recommenders to submit letters of recommendation online for your application.
You also will need to submit a purpose statement describing your background, your reasons for wanting to pursue a PhD degree, and through which focal area (English Education, TESOL and World Language Education, or Reading, Writing, Children’s Literature and Digital Literacies (RWCLDL), you’d like to apply. If you have particular research interests, we would like to hear about those as well. Please submit a Statement of Purpose via email/resume via email attachment to Becky Hendren, bhendren@uga.edu
Finally, we need to see at least one example of scholarly writing from you. Please send a brief writing sample to Becky Hendren, UGA/COE, Language & Literacy Ed. Department, 315B Aderhold Hall, Athens, GA 30602

Applications through the English Education and TESOL and World Language Education focus areas will be reviewed three times each year after the following submission deadlines: October 1, January 1, and April 1.

Applications through the Reading, Writing, Children’s Literature, and Digital Literacies (RWCLDL) focus area involve either an in-person or an Internet-based interview (e.g. SKYPE). In-person interviews will be held on the UGA campus on the following three days:

Friday, November 15
Friday, February 7
Friday, April 11

Internet-based interviews will be scheduled on an individual basis. Upon receiving completed applications, the RWCLDL focus area coordinator will contact applicants regarding the required interviews.

Applicants seeking financial aid or an assistantship must submit completed applications by the following deadlines:

November 1 if applying through RWCLDL
January 1 if applying through English Education or TESOL and World Language Education

Applicants should allow 6-8 weeks for all materials (test scores and transcripts are slow to arrive) to be received. International applicants should allow up to three months.

Please review the department website for information on faculty teaching and research interests and other information relevant for prospective students