Language Requirements
Qualification Requirements
To be admitted to either the full-time (2 years, fall start) or part-time (3 years, fall start) program, applicants must have:
A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university
An overall undergraduate grade point average of 3.0. (This is cumulative, taking into account all institutions attended.) In some cases, provisional admission may be granted for those with a GPA slightly below a 3.0. Please see below for more information on our Pathways Program.
Three references, preferably one academic and two professional.
The following courses should be completed with a passing grade. If any are not completed, you may still apply to our program without penalty, but if you are accepted you will need to fulfill the deficiency(ies) before the end of the first year in the program:
One course in Biology (preferred), Physics, Chemistry, Geology, Astronomy, or Earth Science
One course in Statistics (the course needs to cover tests of significance, data analysis, and inferential & descriptive statistics), preferably from a social science (Sociology Statistics, for example)
One course in Psychology
One course in Sociology or Anthropology
One course in American History, Economics, or Political Science
If an applicants native language is not English they must also take the Test of English as a Foreign Language TOEFL The minimum University of Cincinnati requirement for the internet-based TOEFL is 95