1. Official transcripts, demonstrating a minimum grade point average of 3.0, mailed by the college or university directly to the coordinator of the MLS program, evidencing a bachelor's degree from an accredited institution.  (If undergraduate GPA is less than 3.0, you may be admitted on a probationary basis; contact the program director for details.)
2. Degree application form.
3. A 500 word application essay answering the following questions: What motivated you to apply to the MLS program? What are your future hopes and expectations and how do you see this program helping you to achieve those goals?
4. $50 non-refundable application fee
5. A personal interview to be scheduled upon receipt of a complete application. 

The Admissions Policy Committee will make admission decisions based on the above criteria as well as other guidelines it may establish to judge the candidate's readiness for graduate work.

Graduation requirements (32 credits)

• Core areas (15 credits)
• • Introduction to Liberal Studies
  • Intellectual History
  • Ideas and Issues in the Humanities
  • Ideas and Issues in the Natural Sciences and Mathematics
  • Ideas and Issues in the Social Sciences
  
  Thematic Area (one three credit course in four of the five thematic areas)
  • Classical Perspectives
  • American Perspectives
  • Diverse Perspectives
  • International Perspectives
  • Ethics and Liberal Studies
• Capstone (3 credits)
• Master's Thesis Project I (1 credit)
• Master's Thesis Project II (1 credit)

These requirements are ordinarily to be completed within eight summers of the starting date of entrance into the program.

Candidacy
All degree students are required to apply for candidacy for the master's degree upon completion of 6 credits. Students will be admitted to this candidacy on the basis of evidence that they are able to do graduate work successfully. Partial evidence will be the maintenance of a minimum grade point average of 3.0.