The regular standing two-year program requires 39–40 credits of coursework and internship.
Applicants to the regular two-year program must meet the following criteria, in addition to other general admission requirements of the Andrews University School of Graduate Studies & Research:
- A bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university;
- An overall undergraduate GPA of 3.00 or 3.50 in 8 or more credits of previously taken graduate courses graded A–F. Students may be admitted provisionally with a GPA of 2.6 or higher. Such students must maintain a GPA of 3.0 or higher during their first 12 graduate credits to continue in the program;
- Completed Graduate Application packet.
- Completed coursework in Accounting, Statistics and Research II. Provisional acceptance may be granted without these courses, and the student would be expected to take them during the first year of enrollment. Credits for prerequisites do not apply toward the MSCID.
The director of the program may request a personal interview or a third reference and/or other information.
Students who apply for admission to the MSCID program have two options related to the Graduate Record Exam (GRE). For those students who are seeking a graduate scholarship, the GRE must be taken. Scholarship amounts are based on the score achieved on the exam. For students who do not seek a graduate scholarship based on the GRE score, the GRE is not required.
Recommended: A reading knowledge of a foreign language is strongly recommended for those planning on graduate work.
