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Admissions Requirements
- A four-year bachelor's degree from a recognized college or university.
- Eighteen credit hours of undergraduate work in economics, mathematics or statistics. Applicants are expected to be knowledgeable in intermediate macroeconomics, intermediate microeconomics, applied calculus or calculus, and introductory statistics as determined by the MSAE Program Director. Applicants may be eligible for admission in "Qualified" status with nine credits of requisite undergraduate work provided that they meet all other stated admission criteria. In such cases, the student must satisfy all conditions in her/his admission letter in order to advance to "Approved" status. Failure to address the conditions of admission as state in the admission letter will be viewed as unsatisfactory progress and could result in dismissal from The Graduate School.
- An overall undergraduate grade point average of 2.75 or greater for all undergraduate work or a GPA of at least 3.0 for the junior and senior years of undergraduate work (based on A = 4.0)
- Official scores from the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) General Test or Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT). At the discretion of the MSAE Program Director, test scores may be waived for students holding a graduate degree.
- A minimum TOEFL Score of 550 on the paper-based test or 213 on the computer-based test, or for the Internet based TOEFL, a composite score of 79, with minimum scores of 21/30 (Speaking*); 19/30 (Listening); 19/30 (Reading); and 17/30 (Writing) for applicants whose native language is not English. Applicants may also meet language requirements by presenting IETLS scores of 6.5.*Applicants being considered for Graduate Teaching Assistantships must achieve these minimum TOEFL scores, but have a minimum score of 26/30 on the Speaking subtest.
- Econ 410 and 411 are the two courses that students in the combined program are permitted to count toward both a UND bachelor's degree and the MSAE degree, but only if these courses are declared for graduate credit. All other courses taken for credit in the combined program must satisfy only bachelor's program requirements, or only MSAE program requirements.
Combined Admission Model:
- Current UND students who are completing their junior year (90 credits) in a bachelor's program may apply to a combined BS/MSAE program. The requirements for combined admission include an overall minimum undergraduate GPA of 3.00 and successful completion of a minimum 90 credit hours.
- Note: Econ 410 and Econ 411 are the only two courses that students in the combined program are permitted to count toward both a UND bachelor's degree and the MSAE degree, but only if these courses are declared for graduate credit.