Application

Eligibility

PREREQUISITES:

• Undergraduate degree in any major
• Applicants should have at least a 2.8 undergraduate GPA with a 3.0 GPA in their major program of study.
• One university-level course in some aspect of European studies or European study abroad experience
• A minimum of four semesters of college-level study (or equivalent) of a foreign language appropriate to the region (either an Eastern—not Russian—or Western European language).

How to Apply

Students must submit an on-line application to the Graduate School, as well as an application to the Department of Political Science. Due to the nature of the program, students are accepted only for full-time fall semester admission.

• The JMU Graduate School requires the following:
  
  1) Official transcripts of all undergraduate and graduate coursework
  2) GRE test scores - Applicants must have scores that place them above the 25th percentile. At least one score should place the applicant above the 50th percentile.
  3) For international applicants, a TOEFL score of at least 550
  4) Graduate School on-line application

• The Department of Political Science requires the following:
  
  Detailed instructions for each requirement are provided on the application form.
  1) Personal Statement
  2) Statement of Language Proficiency
  3) Statement of Policy Interest
  2) A curriculum vita or resume
  3) Two current recommendation forms from professors, employers, and other professionals qualified to judge the applicant’s ability to complete graduate studies
  4) MA Political Science, EU Policy Studies application form

Application deadline: February 16, 2009
Acceptance notifications will be given on March 16th. Applicants who have not yet taken the GREs may still apply and may be provisionally accepted pending the arrival of the GRE scores.