Social & Behavioral Sciences
Special Requirements: 3 letters of reference, personal statement
Graduate Coordinator: Dr. Donald Ebel
Phone: 1561
International Student Evaluation: Detailed
Special Requirements: GRE, letters of recommendation, personal statement
Graduate Coordinator: Dr. Kathleen Blue
Phone: 6370
International Student Evaluation: General
Special Requirements: essay, 2 letters of recommendation, resume Graduate Coordinator: Hanh Huy Phan
Phone: 5276
Special Requirements: Program admits students in the fall semester only, resume, 2 letters of recommendation (form available from the dept.), statement of interest and goals; complete graduate assistant applications must be received no later than January 30.
Graduate Coordinator: Dr. Jocelyn Stitt
Phone: 5026
International Student Evaluation: Detailed
Special Requirements: 3 letters of reference, undergraduate GPA of 3.0, letter of intent
Graduate Coordinator: Dr. Ginger Schmid Phone: 2617
International Student Evaluation: General
Special Requirements: Two letters of recommendation, and a letter explaining your interest in Minnesota State University, Mankato's history program
Graduate Coordinator: Dr.Tao Peng Phone: 1611
International Student Evaluation: Detailed
Special Requirements: GRE general test results, subject test results are recommended, 3 letters of reference, personal statement, program application (available from dept.)
Deadline: Feb. 15
Graduate Coordinator: Dr. Jeff Buchanan
Phone: 2724
International Student Evaluation: General
Special Requirements: GRE general test results, 3 letters of reference, personal statement, program application (available from dept.)
Deadline: Feb. 15th
Graduate Coordinator: Dr. Lisa Perez
Phone: 5696
International Student Evaluation: General
Special Requirements: see program web page
Deadline: see program web page
Graduate Coordinator: Dr. Daniel Houlihan
Phone: 6308
International Student Evaluation: General
Special Requirements: Program admits students for the fall semester only.
Applicants must also submit an admission essay which: 1) identifies a current problem or issue in public administration or public policy, 2) examines said problem or issue and 3) proposes realistic solutions and/or identifies barriers to solutions.
International applicants applying for spring 2014 and beyond must submit TOEFL results of 550 (paper) or 79 on the IBT.
Deadline: March 1st
Graduate Coordinator: Dr. Kevin Parsneau
Phone: 5232
International Student Evaluation: General
Special Requirements: Official copies of all transcripts, 3 professional/academic recommendations, statement of preparedness to enter the program, MSW program application available on the department web page. Additional information, including application deadlines, is posted on the program's web page.
Graduate Coordinator: Dr. David Beimers
Phone: 6190
International Student Evaluation: General
Special Requirements: 3 letters of reference, resume or curriculum vitae, a statement of purpose, and a sample of written work
Graduate Coordinator: Dr. Steve Buechler
Phone: 5613
International Student Evaluation: General
Special Requirements: 2 letters of recommendation, statement of background and goals, including familiarity with technology (ex. Word, Excel, GIS, etc.)
Graduate Coordinator: Dr. Miriam Porter
Phone: 1714
International Student Evaluation: Detailed
Special Requirements: 2 letters of recommendation, statement of background and goals, including familiarity with technology (ex. Word, Excel, GIS, etc.)
Graduate Coordinator: Dr. Miriam Porter
Phone: 1714
International Student Evaluation: Detailed
Graduate Coordinator: Dr. Miriam Porter
Phone: 1714
*These programs also offer degrees for licensed teachers interested in enrichment in a teaching area. Please contact the department for additional information. In some instances, the listed program coordinator will refer interested teachers to other departmental faculty members. These programs do not lead to initial teaching licensure. Students who desire initial licensure should consult the Master of Arts in Teaching program.
Graduate Coordinators can be contacted by email. Email addresses at Minnesota State University, Mankato are typically in the following format: first-name.last-name@mnsu.edu. All campus email addresses are available in the directory.
Unless otherwise noted, applications for non-international students for the fall are due on July 1, and November 1 for the spring term. Applications from international applicants must be complete by May 1 for the fall semester, and October 1 for the spring semester. Application deadlines may be extended or changed by individual programs at any time, and applicants are encouraged to submit their applications as early as possible. Applicants applying for a graduate assistantship are encouraged to apply by February 1, although many programs will continue to review assistantship applications until all positions are filled. Applicants applying for graduate assistantships and international applicants should apply well before any published deadlines. Please consult the information posted at grad.mnsu.edu/programs/requirements.html for application deadlines of specific programs.
Gainful Employment Program Information is available at http://www.mnsu.edu/instres/gainfulemploy/index.html.