*This program is eligible for the STEM OPT Extension.
Admission Criteria
Application deadline: Two months prior to the start of the academic semester for which the applicant is applying.
- Current MU undergraduate students are eligible to apply to this program. To be considered for admission to the accelerated MS program in Soil, Environmental and Atmospheric Sciences, a student must:
- Have completed at least 90 credit hours toward a bachelor’s degree.
- Undergraduate GPA of 3.0 for the last 60 hours of coursework
- Currently, this accelerated master’s program is only open to the Atmospheric Science students. Their undergraduate program should include integral calculus, general chemistry and a year of university physics.
Required Application Materials
For the Graduate School
- Completed Graduate School online application
- Unofficial Transcripts- As part of the application submission process, all applicants are required to upload unofficial copies of all post-secondary transcripts to the online application. Official transcripts are only required if accepted by the academic program.
For the Soil, Environmental & Atmospheric Sciences Program
All application materials for graduate admission into the SEAS program must be submitted to the Graduate School online application system.
- Letter of self-evaluation and professional goals
- Three letters of recommendation
- Resume (optional)