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COLLEGE OF NATURAL AND APPLIED SCIENCES PROGRAM ADMISSION REQUREMENTS

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Candidates for the Master of Science in Coastal Marine and Wetland Studies must meet the following criteria:

  • Complete an application form and pay the required application fee.
  • Submit an official transcript from each post-secondary school or college previously attended (all prior undergraduate academic study must be represented as well as other graduate study). The transcripts should show a minimum overall graduating GPA of 3.0 and a minimum GPA of 3.0 in the basic courses prerequisite to the area of proposed graduate study and in any graduate work already completed.
  • Provide evidence of having received a baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited institution in this country or its equivalent at a foreign institution based on a four-year degree program.
  • Submit official scores on the Graduate Record Examination (GRE). The University expects successful applicants to have a score of no less than 400 on both the verbal and quantitative portions. The GRE number for Coastal Carolina University is R5837. International students whose native language is not English must also submit scores on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). International students may contact the Office of International Programs and Studies (843) 349-2054 for assistance. Scores on the GRE and TOEFL must be no more than five years old.
  • Submit at least two letters of recommendation.
  • Submit a written statement of educational and career goals, how this degree will fulfill those goals and the subject area of research interest while completing this degree.
  • Submit a resumé.

The preferred deadline of applications for Fall admission is March 1 and the preferred deadline for Spring admission is November 1. Students are typically notified in April or December of the decision of the College’s Admissions Committee.

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