Admissions Requirements

Anyone who has a bachelor's degree or higher from an accredited university or college may apply for admission to ASU's Graduate College. Students are expected to have completed undergraduate coursework similar to that required for Bachelor degrees at ASU. To be admitted to the Master of Science in Recreation and Tourism Studies students must have a GPA of 3.0 or equivalent in the last two years of undergraduate studies.

How to apply

Forward the following to the Graduate College by March 1 (for fall semester) or October 1 (for spring semester):

• application to the Graduate College (complete online: http://graduate.asu.edu/admissions/index.html)
• application fee
• one copy of transcripts of all undergraduate and graduate academic work
• Graduate Record Exam (GRE) [http://www.ets.org/gre] or Miller Analogies Test (MAT) scores

Additionally, please send the following to the Graduate Program Coordinator at the School of Community Resources and Development address by March 1 (for fall semester) or October 1 (for spring semester):

• three letters of recommendation
• a current resume
• statement of academic and professional goals
• graduate assistantship application (if interested: http://graduate.asu.edu/forms/index.html)

International applicants are additionally required to submit TOEFL scores and a financial guarantee statement. The Graduate College application evaluation process takes approximately four weeks before a file is processed and forwarded to the Graduate Program Director.

Only complete application files will be reviewed and considered for admission. All of these data points will be evaluated as a whole to determine admission.