Departmental Statements of Purpose and Questionnaires

All applicants for graduate study are required to submit a typewritten Statement of Background and Goals. The statement should include a brief description of the applicant's field of interest, related background, desired area of study and research emphasis or career goals. A number of programs also request submission of area specific statements of purpose or supplemental questionnaires that assist their faculty in the evaluation of the applicant's qualification for graduate study. A listing of those areas requiring program specific statements of purpose or questionnaires is below. They are available in PDF format.

See note about PDF files.

• Departmental Statement of Purpose (only for Public Administration PhD)
• Departmental Questionnaire (only for Literacy/Early Childhood Education/Childhood Education applicants)
• Departmental Questionnaire (only for Special Education and Special Education/Literacy Joint Program applicants)
• Departmental Questionnaire (only for Clinical Psychology applicants)
• Departmental Questionnaire (only for Curriculum/ETAP PhD applicants)
• Departmental Questionnaire (only for Educational Psychology MS)

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