1. 94 undergraduate credits in liberal arts, including
satisfactory completion of the general education requirements of Newark
College of Arts and Sciences/University College-Newark
2. Completion of an undergraduate major at Newark College of Arts and Sciences/University College-Newark *
3. A cumulative grade-point average of 3.20 or better at Newark
College of Arts and Sciences/University College-Newark, Graduate Record
Examination test score (junior year) acceptable to the graduate program
in public administration, three letters of recommendation, and a
personal statement
Careful planning is necessary to complete
the undergraduate requirements specified within a 94-credit framework.
Accordingly, the program is open only to students who matriculate as
first-year students at Newark College of Arts and Sciences/University
College-Newark or to those who transfer with no more than 30 credits.
- Application for early admission into the graduate program
in public administration is made at the beginning of the second term of
the junior year. The application must be accompanied by certification
from the Office of Student Affairs that all general education and major
requirements will be satisfied at the end of the term, with final
certification received at the end of the term.
- The graduate program in public administration notifies both the
applicant and the Graduate School-Newark upon acceptance. The
Graduate School-Newark in turn notifies the registrar. Upon admission
to the graduate program in public administration, a student is bound by
the academic regulations and degree requirements of the Graduate
School-Newark.
- Students receive permission from the graduate program in public administration in order to register for graduate courses.
- Students in the accelerated dual-degree program earn their B.A.
or B.S. from Newark College of Arts and Sciences/University
College-Newark upon satisfactory completion of 30 credits in the
graduate program. The student must file a graduation application with
the Office of Student Affairs in order to graduate at the end of the
term in which they complete 124 credits. Students remain at Newark
College of Arts and Sciences/University College-Newark during their
fourth year; they become students at Graduate School-Newark during
their fifth.
- The Graduate School-Newark notifies the registrar's office to
alter the student's status to that of graduate and the student pays
graduate tuition for the remainder of the master's program.
- Upon satisfactory completion of the graduate program in public
administration, a master of public administration degree is awarded.
In all cases, the graduate program in public administration
reserves the right to deny admission to applicants it deems
unqualified. Students who do not apply for admission to the graduate
program through the accelerated dual-degree program may reapply upon
graduation from Newark College of Arts and Sciences/University
College-Newark, but admission to the graduate program in public
administration is not guaranteed.
