A baccalaureate degree, with a minimum overall GPA of 3.2.
Academic Essay-What is your background? What are your academic interests? What is the relationship between academic and professional for you? Why will this degree, and ours in particular, help you to achieve your professional goals? Tell us about how your values coincide with ours.
A writing sample that must reflect aptitude for critical and scholarly writing (approximately 10-20 double-spaced pages). Papers from your undergraduate courses are appropriate to use.
A portfolio that demonstrates professional experience/interest related to Arts, Cultural Management and/or Museum Studies-A compilation of evidence (documents, videos, website, photos, brochures etc) showing what you've done that helps us see if you are a good fit for the program. What to include can mean different things to different people. Anything that you have done in the past that supports your interest could be compiled, it can include, for example, budgets you created, flyers you made, tours you designed, catalogs you have created-anything that reveals some connection between your experience and this program of study. You can turn it in as a bundle of pdfs or make a website for it, we just ask that you explain your role in what you submit and provide a table of contents.
Letters of Recommendation (3)-Professional and/or academic, not personal. Must be on letterhead and signed, then made into a pdf. These should be submitted to the portal by the writers themselves. References can be to the ACM&MS Admissions Committee's attention.
Transcripts-Please have official versions sent to MSU Admissions office, you may upload unofficial versions to the application portal but only in addition to the official one(s) (please send transcripts directly to Office of Admissions 426 Auditorium Rd. Rm. 250 East Lansing MI 48824)
CV or resume
In addition, international students must also submit:
TOEFL scores (minimum score of 100)