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Graduate Admission Requirements
Decisions regarding admission to the MITS program will be made by the McClure School of Information and Telecommunication Systems Graduate Admission Committee. Full unconditional admission to the MITS program will be based on the following criteria:
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A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university, with sufficient undergraduate course work to constitute at least a minor in Information and Telecommunication Systems, Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Engineering, Economics, Public Administration, Political Science, or related areas deemed relevant by the Graduate Admissions Committee. Undergraduate coursework should include at least one statistics course.
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A cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher (on a 4.0 scale) earned for all undergraduate or graduate course work.
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Graduate Record Examination (GRE) General Section is preferred; the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT) can be substituted for GRE if taken prior to application date
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A completed application, including the applicant’s Personal Goal Statement.
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Resume.
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Three (3) letters of recommendation.
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Further information as necessary; the Graduate Admission Committee may request a personal interview if additional information about the applicant is required.
It is possible for applicants to substitute professional experience for completion of course work in the relevant areas listed above. Applicants who meet the above requirements, but lack the relevant undergraduate course work, can demonstrate preparation for study in this field by having completed at least three years of professional experience in which the applicant performed tasks or duties covered by the MITS curriculum. Applicants demonstrate this experience by information submitted in their resume, which will be reviewed by the Graduate Admission Committee to determine Information and Telecommunication Systems relevance and adequacy.
Conditional admission to the MITS program is possible for applicants who have neither relevant course work nor professional experience and for applicants lacking a 3.0 GPA in undergraduate and/or other graduate work and/or have not taken GRE or GMAT. For residential program students, university financial aid cannot be awarded while a student is in conditional acceptance status. Those applicants who cannot demonstrate preparation for this field of study through relevant course work or professional experience, but who meet the other admission criteria, may be granted conditional admission to the program, if one of the following two criteria is met:
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Applicants must agree to complete 14 undergraduate hours of Information and Telecommunication Systems course work, from the following: ITS 2140 (Introduction to Information and Telecommunication Systems), ITS 2300 (Data Communications), ITS 3100 (Internet Applications and Networking Systems) and ITS 3020 (Fundamentals of Common Carrier Regulation). Upon completion of these 14 hours of course work, with a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher, the applicant will attain full admission status.
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Applicants with substantial relevant industry experience who do not meet the 3.0 coursework requirement, but meet the other admission criteria may be granted conditional admission to the program. Upon completion of the first three courses in the core curriculum (ITS 6000, ITS 6020, and ITS 6250), with a cumulative GPA of 3.0, the applicant will attain full admission status.
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