The Application Process
The application to the MA in Cultural Studies is submitted electronically. The first step is to open an application account on the Graduate School web site. Then you can upload application materials, designate recommenders, report test scores, track the receipt of paper and electronic documents, pay the $65 application fee, and submit all materials for review. Your application is not reviewed until all items have been received and you have completed the application electronically. The application can be saved multiple times while in progress.
The complete set of materials that you will be required to submit are as follows:
- An application to the Graduate School and $65 application fee
- Three letters of reference, including one from faculty who can discuss your academic ability
- A letter of application, two to three pages in length, articulating your goals in seeking an MA in Cultural Studies degree, describing your relevant background, and relating both to the materials enclosed in your accompanying dossier
- A current resume or curriculum vitae
- A writing sample demonstrating your research skills, critical and creative thinking abilities, and writing capacities
- All official transcripts from prior academic work (college, university, technical school)
- [Optional] 1 - 2 items representative of your best work. Items
may include your media or creative work, products of your research
activities, documentation of community-based or activist projects in
which you have played a central role, or any other materials that you
consider relevant to your application.
Notes:
- Once you create a new applicant profile and a new application, choose Cultural Studies (MACS) - Bothell and the quarter for which you are applying.
- Scores on the GRE exam are not required in the application to this program.
- Enter your GPA based on your last two years of undergraduate or graduate coursework. Our office will make its own calculation once we receive your transcripts.
- Report all post-secondary schools you have attended, even if you did not earn a degree.
- A professional reference may be substituted for the academic one if academic recommenders are unavailable to write on your behalf.
- At the time of application, U.S. citizens, Permanent Residents, and Immigrants only need to submit one set of official transcripts to the Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences Graduate Office. If these applicants are then offered admission and decide to enroll, they will need to send another set of official transcripts (ones showing the awarding of any prior bachelor's or higher degrees) to the UW Graduate Admissions Office. International applicants and applicants who have earned degrees outside the US will need to submit two sets of official transcripts at the time of application: one set to the UW Graduate Admissions Office and one set to the Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences Graduate Office.
If you have questions at any point in the application process, please contact Andrew Brusletten at 425-352-5427 or macs@uwb.edu