A four-year baccalaureate degree or international equivalent a professional degree or an appropriate US Canadian alternative degree from an regionally accredited US or recognized International college or university and a 45quarter credit equivalent graduate degree from a regionally accredited US or recognized International college or university with a cumulative B average equivalent 3.00 on a US 4.00 grading scale on the most recent graduate degree. Your application to our program should be submitted entirely online This includes the following supporting documents which you will upload as part of your online application 1 three letters of recommendation 2 statement of objectives 500-750 words 3 writing sample consisting of either 10-12 poems singlespaced is acceptable or 15-20 doublespaced pages of prose which may be excerpted from a longer work Samples longer than 20 pages for any genre will not be accepted 4 resume curriculum vitae 5 unofficial transcripts TOEFL PBT - 550, TOEFL IBT - 80, IELTS - 6.5