Admission
There is a two-tiered system of admissions that includes applications to the Graduate School and the Department of Educational Theory, Policy, and Practice. Graduate School requirements for graduate admissions are:
- A bachelor’s degree from an accredited U.S. institution or the equivalent from a foreign institution of higher education.
- A grade-point average of at least 3.00 (“A”=4.00) on all undergraduate work (or at least half-degree requirement) and a 3.00 GPA or better on any graduate work already completed. International applicants must have at least a 3.00 GPA, or equivalent, on all college-level work previously attempted.
- Acceptable scores on the Graduate Record Examination or GRE (in some cases, a high GRE may be used to compensate for a low GPA); and
- Acceptance by the graduate faculty in the applicant’s area of study.
In addition to meeting the LSU graduate school admission requirements, candidates for the Educational Technology Leadership program are assessed and screened for leadership and academic success potential and educational technology expertise. Requirements for admission to the program include the following:
- Documentation of educational technology expertise
- Candidate statement of interest explaining his or her vision for educational technology leadership
- Three letters of recommendation addressing candidate potential for the rigors of graduate work and dispositions for technology leadership
Basic criteria for acceptance into the M.Ed. program include:
- A combined score of 1000 or better on the GRE; or, lacking that, other definitive evidence that the student is likely to successfully complete the academic and writing requirements of the program. We do not use flexible admissions standards that are different for different groups. We do use equitable admissions standards that allow students to demonstrate their strengths in different ways. We evaluate the student’s application portfolio as a whole rather than setting cut offs for any specific component.
- Evidence of leadership potential and/or previous successful leadership experience.
- Successful articulation of vision and goals through written and interview (if available) data that indicate the program would be appropriate for the student.
Basic criteria for acceptance into the Ph.D. program include:
- A master’s degree from an accredited U.S. institution or the equivalent from a foreign institution of higher education.
- A combined score of 1000 or better on the GRE. Pending space availability, applications with a score of 400 on both the verbal and quantitative sections of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) will be considered.
- Have three years of successful teaching or training related experiences.
- Have interest in scholarly academic pursuits, beyond course requirements, that would result in: manuscripts written for publication in professional journals, paper prepared for presentation at conferences, or course development or multimedia software development.
- Have research interests that are compatible with the research interests of faculty.
- Successful articulation of vision and goals through written and interview data that indicate the program would be appropriate for the student.
Application Procedures
1. Fill out the Graduate School Application Form on the Graduate School web site at http://gradlsu.gs.lsu.edu/ You may apply on-line or return the form to:
The Graduate School
David Boyd Hall
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
2. Have your GRE scores (and TOEFL scores if an International Student) as well as undergraduate and graduate university transcripts sent to the LSU Graduate School. After the Graduate School has received and processed these materials, your file will be forwarded to the Department.
3. Have three letters of recommendation sent to:
Department of Educational Theory, Policy, & Practice
223 Peabody
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Ask your referees to indicate clearly in their letters the program that you're applying for.
4. The graduate school will process and forward your application materials to the department. Once we receive all your application materials and recommendation letters, program faculty members will review your materials. If you are applying for the phd program, a program faculty will contact you for an interview and completion of a writing sample. If the applicant's location prior to enrollment makes this unfeasible, the meeting may be deferred until after course work begins.
If you are accepted, you will receive a letter of acceptance from the department. A temporary advisor will be assigned to you at that time. All future programmatic correspondence should be directed to that professor. After the coursework phase begins, the student is expected to choose a permanent advisor (It may or may not be the temporary advisor). Choosing an advisor is an important decision of the student. There will be ample time to confer with faculty about professional goals, research interests and other matters of common concern. Students should base the selection of the advisor on the outcomes of these conferences.
Some students may wish to enroll as non-matriculating graduate students while they complete the formal program admissions procedure. A maximum of 12 hours (6 at 4000 level, 6 at 7000 level) taken with this status may be transferred into the program upon admission.
Assistantship/Fellowship
Available assistantships/fellowships are awarded on a competitive basis. Students admitted to the program may obtain application forms from the Department of Educational Theory, Policy and Practice office, 223 Peabody Hall.
