Language Requirements
Qualification Requirements
Completed B.A. or B.S. degree from an accredited college or university
Prior coursework in social science
Applicants whose coursework does not include social science should indicate in their statement of purpose how they plan to acquire a basic understanding of social science theory and research before beginning the program.
Coursework, training, certificate programs, written materials, advocacy, community work, and/or lived experience that foreground intersectional and/or decolonizing understandings of power/privilege and identity.
This requirement can be met by taking an additional course on power, privilege and/or Indigenous studies/decolonization in the first semester of the program.*
Please describe how you have met or will meet this requirement in your statement of purpose.
Minimum 3.0 grade point average in the last 60 units of coursework
If you have less than a 3.0 in the last 60 units, then we recommend ensuring that one of your letters of recommendation is from a faculty or advisor and speaks to your ability to navigate graduate level work.
GRE scores are not required
GPA of at least 2.5 in an acceptable earned bachelor's degree,
GPA of at least 2.75 in the last 60 semester units (90 quarter units) attempted,
IELTS - 6.5, TOEFL IBT - 80, TOEFL PBT - 550 , TOEFL CBT - 213