Academic Programs - Science Education
What are the basic procedures and requirements for application?
All graduate students in Science Education must complete the online Application to the UGA Graduate School. Other required application materials that should be sent directly to the Graduate School include official transcripts from all institutions from which a degree was earned, an official Graduate Record Exam (GRE) (General Test) score report, and a Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) report if applicable.
Three letters of recommendation are also required. The Graduate School’s online application provides a facility to request via automated e-mail that writers of recommendation letters complete the process online. For those preferring to solicit or submit letters in paper form, a cover sheet for letters of recommendation is also available on the Graduate School web site, and completed letters should then be sent to the Graduate Coordinator for Science Education.
We also ask that you complete the online Incoming Doctoral Student Questionnaire for Science Education in order to give the Graduate Coordinator an initial sense of your educational and professional background and goals.
Doctoral applicants should also submit an academic writing sample and a Statement of Purpose, and try to schedule interviews with several of the faculty if possible.
Doctoral admissions decisions are made by the entire Science Education faculty on a “rolling” basis throughout the academic year, usually no longer than three weeks after all application materials are complete. Although several minimum objective standards are maintained (see next question), doctoral admissions decisions involve careful subjective consideration of many qualitative factors as well.
Full details may be found at the Application/Admissions section of the Doctoral Program Brochure.
What are the minimum objective standards for admission?
Minimum quantitative admissions standards are largely the same for the Ed.D. and Ph.D. programs in Science Education, and include:
- Grade Point Average (GPA): Overall undergraduate GPA of 2.8, including 3.0 in all education and science courses. Overall graduate GPA of 3.5, including 3.5 in all education and science courses
- Graduate Record Examination (GRE), General Test: Total score (sum of Verbal and Quantitative scores) of 1050 for Ph.D. or 950 for Ed.D., including 400 on the Verbal portion (Science Education program rule) and 550 on the Quantitative portion (Graduate School rule).
- Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL): When English is not the applicant’s first language, a total score of 80, including a score of 20 on the Speaking and Writing sections.
