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Please submit transcripts to:
Janet Moyer
GEOINT Program Admissions
Dutton e-Education Institute
The Pennsylvania State University
2217 Earth-Engineering Sciences Building
University Park PA 16802
Phone: 814-863-1590
Email: moyer@ems.psu.edu
Thank you for your interest in continuing your homeland security education through Penn State World Campus. New and prospective students must submit an application for admission when applying to either the master's or a certificate program, along with a nonrefundable application fee. If you have any questions throughout the admissions process, please contact an admissions counselor.
Degree Application Deadlines
The Geospatial Intelligence Program courses are organized around 10-week compressed semesters (terms). The last date for submitting an iMPS-HLS application (degree application only) for the next 10-week Geospatial Intelligence course offering is:
November 1, 2011 — for admission to the winter (January–March) or spring (April–June) terms
March 1, 2012 — for admission to the summer (July–September) or fall (October–December) terms
Prerequisites
For admission to the Graduate School, U.S. applicants must have received, from a regionally accredited institution, a bachelor's degree (3.0 GPA preferred on a 4.0 scale) with requirements substantially equivalent to those at Penn State. (Penn State is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools.) International applicants must have a tertiary (postsecondary) degree that is deemed comparable to a 4-year bachelor's degree to apply for admission.
Application Materials:
Statement of purpose
Résumé
Names of three recommenders Upon submission of your application, an email will be sent to each recommender requesting the completion of a reference form contained in the e-mail. Please inform all recommenders they must submit the form in order for your application to be complete.
Two official transcripts from each institution attended (to be mailed to the program contact listed below)
Official Graduate Record Exam (GRE) scores. You may request a GRE waiver if you meet one of the following criteria:
- 3.00 undergraduate grade-point average (GPA) either overall or of the last 60 credits (3.20 for Information Security and Forensics)
- 5+ years of professional work experience
- 3.00 GPA upon completion of graduate certificate
- successful completion of a graduate or professional degree
International applicants whose first language is not English or who have received a baccalaureate or master's degree from an institution in which the language of instruction is not English, please refer to the international students page for more information about language proficiency.
Geospatial Intelligence Degree Option
Fill out the graduate degree application.
On the "Campus, Major, Degree & Semester" page:
- Choose "WORLD CAMPUS" as the campus.
- Choose "HOMELAND SECURITY" as the major
- Choose "M P S" as the degree.
- Choose "GEOSPATIAL INTELLIGENCE" as the option.
