Applicants must also meet the following program requirements. Requirements may be more stringent than the minimum graduate school requirements.

Prior completion of at least two courses with substantial content on women and/or gender and a grade of B or better.
A 2.75 undergraduate GPA overall, a 3.0 in the last half cumulative undergraduate GPA, or a minimum 3.0 in previously taken graduate coursework. Please comment on any grades that are not within this range.
The applicant must write and submit a 2-3 page (double-spaced) personal statement. The personal statement must be written in such a way as to demonstrate graduate-level writing proficiency and must include the following elements:
an explanation of your academic goals: specifically, areas of the field of WGST that you find particularly appealing, professors at EMU with whom you would like to work and why, research questions about the field of WGST and the role of women in society, that you hope to pursue in the course of your graduate study,
an explanation of your professional goals and how your WGST graduate degree will help you attain these goals,
a discussion of any prior professional and/or community-based experience related to women and/or gender and how that informs your understanding of the field of women's and gender studies, and
an explanation of how previous coursework related to women and/or gender shaped your desire to pursue further study. What particular courses and writers have influenced you?
Two letters of recommendation from former professors addressing the candidate's preparation and ability to complete graduate work.

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