CGIS Graduate

COGA oversees graduate affairs and administers university policy for programs within the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences. The COGA Website contains comprehensive information on requirements and processes pertaining to graduate education at KU. Most common questions can be answered with the information provided there, including questions regarding enrollment changes and forms, University policies regarding exams and committee requirements, and University graduation requirements.

COGA reviews all student petitions of University and College policy, issuing decisions on behalf of the College or referring as required to a faculty committee and/or the Office of Graduate Studies. The more common student petitions relate to Enrollment, Leave of Absence, and Time Limit Extensions.

COGA is a resource if you have any questions about petitions or graduation requirements that your department is unable to answer. Refer to the COGA Website for current staff contact information.

Additional Global and International Studies admissions requirements can be found here: http://global.ku.edu/how-apply

We admit students for fall and spring semesters. For domestic students​, the fall admissions deadlines are April 1 and June 15​, and the spring admissions deadlines are October 1 and November 15.

International applicants should apply by the April 1 deadline for fall or the October 1 deadline for spring.

To Apply: http://graduate.ku.edu/ku-graduate-application

Please visit http://global.ku.edu/graduate to see the requirements for Admissions.

Although the online application asks you to self-report your GRE scores, an official Graduate Record Examination (GRE) score report must be directly sent from GRE to KU. KU’s GRE/TOEFL Code: 6871

Although there is an option for uploading unofficial transcripts to the online application, official transcripts should also be sent from those previous institutions directly to KU via mail or email.

Official Transcripts may be submitted to the following:

Graduate Admissions
1450 Jayhawk Blvd.
313 Strong Hall
Lawrence KS 66045

Or by email at: gapc@ku.edu

For questions regarding transcripts, please visit: http://graduate.ku.edu/transcripts

For questions regarding references, please visit: http://graduate.ku.edu/references

English Proficiency Requirements can be found here:
http://graduate.ku.edu/english-proficiency-requirements

Official Graduate Studies policy on English Proficiency Requirements:
http://policy.ku.edu/graduate-studies/english-proficiency-international-students

To continue in the program, students admitted provisionally must meet additional requirements placed on them upon admission by the Director of Graduate Study (i.e. must earn at least a 3.0 GPA in the first semester of graduate coursework at KU).

For more information on Provisional Admission, please visit: http://policy.ku.edu/graduate-studies/admission-to-graduate-study

• was dismissed from a program at KU;
• was voluntarily discontinued (formally withdrew) from a graduate program;
• completed the graduate degree program; or
• most recently enrolled as a non-degree-seeking graduate student.

Before completing the Permit to Re-enroll form, students should verify with their graduate program that they are eligible to complete this form.

To complete the permit to re-enroll application, visit KU Graduate Permit to Re-Enroll.

Dismissed students and those who withdrew from the program must submit a full application.

Students will not be considered for readmission if they are currently on a leave of absence, if they have not been enrolled in the past year or have earned a degree from the graduate degree program.

University Policy on Grading

For additional information on good standing, as well as probation and dismissal procedures for those students that do not meet the requirements for good standing, please visit the official Graduate Studies policy on Good Academic Standing

For more information on specific petitions, please visit: http://clas.ku.edu/coga/department/petitions

In cases where the policy or requirement is a departmental requirement the graduate faculty will issue a final decision.

Graduate Certificate Requirements

Foreign Area Studies Requirements

Please consult with your advisor regarding any questions or exceptions.

Option #2 (Exam)- students choosing this option must take an additional 3 credit hours, corresponding to one of their two coherent clusters. In the final semester, the student must successfully complete a written examination over the course content and the student’s regional and substantive areas of focus. Students receive comprehensive questions over the areas mentioned above and are given 72 hours to responds to each of the three questions with a minimum of ten pages of text. Students considering this option should consult the graduate director first.

In order to select a Non-Thesis Option, you must consult with your advisor and seek permission from the Program Director.

For more information, please visit: http://global.ku.edu/non-thesis-option

The thesis defense date must be established and submitted to the graduate advisor at least three weeks prior to the defense.

The thesis must be submitted to the defense committee, the graduate director, and the graduate advisor a minimum of 10 days prior to a scheduled defense date. Failure to do so will result in the defense date being pushed back, even if this changes the student’s semester of completion.

For more information on Thesis requirements, please visit: http://global.ku.edu/thesis-option

At the beginning of the semester that you plan to graduate, please apply for graduation. Step by step instructions can be found here.

Once you have completed all MA requirements and defended your thesis, please connect with your advisor to review the Master’s degree checklist.

For more information on UMI/Proquest formatting and submission, please visit Graduate Studies Thesis Formatting.

UMI/Proquest

Graduate Studies Thesis Formatting