Applications & Admissions
Applications & Admissions
Qualifications
A variety of academic backgrounds can qualify you for admission into the Family Sciences Master's or Ph.D. program. For example, a Bachelor's degree in social sciences (e.g., human development & family science, psychology, sociology, communications, gender studies, etc) is viewed favorably in the admissions process. Other educational backgrounds are also considered, but some additional preliminary coursework may be required. Relevant work experiences are also taken into consideration.
Master's program: Students must have a Bachelor's degree prior to admission into the Master's program, and particularly outstanding applicants who have earned a Bachelor's degree but not a Master's degree may be considered for admission into the Ph.D. program, upon request. Successful applicants to the master's program in recent years have generally had a minimum 3.4 undergraduate GPA.
Doctoral program: Students with a Master's degree in social sciences are best suited for the Ph.D. program; previous research experiences are also desirable. Although students generally must have a Master's degree prior to admission into the doctoral program, particularly outstanding applicants with a Bachelor's degree are also considered for admission into the doctoral program. Successful applicants to the doctoral program in recent years have had a minimum 3.5 GPA on previous graduate-level work.
Apply
Application deadline: January 15 (See timeline below for additional information)
Note: You will need to establish a login with the Graduate School to access the application.
An additional resource, the Graduate Catalog provides the most current information on graduate degree programs, graduate certificates, degree requirements, graduate school procedures and general information regarding the Graduate School itself.
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Admission Timeline
Admissions for all Department of Family Sciences graduate programs are conducted one time each year, with all students beginning in the fall semester.
- January 15: Deadline to submit applications for full consideration for fall semester of the same calendar year. Incomplete applications will not be reviewed. To apply for an assistantship, please type a single sentence in a document indicating whether you want to be considered for a half-time (10 hours/week) or full-time (20 hours/week) assistantship, then upload it in the appropriate location in the online application (recipients will be selected based on funding availability, the needs of the department, your qualifications, and the overall quality of your application). Assistantships are primarily assigned to doctoral students.
- Mid-March: Notification date of admissions decisions.
- April 15: Deadline to notify the Director of Graduate Studies whether you accept admission and intend to enroll.
Pre-Admission
The Graduate School permits students to take graduate courses under post-baccalaureate status without admission to a program. Up to 9 credit hours (UK courses and graduate work from other institutions) may be transferred into the master's or doctoral program, if approved by the student's Program Advisory Committee once formally admitted into the program.
However, neither post-baccalaureate status nor high grades in graduate courses taken post-baccalaureate guarantees admission to the Family Sciences graduate program.
Questions?
To ask questions or to discuss your qualifications for admission, contact:
Dr. Alexander T. Vazsonyi
Director of Graduate Studies
vazsonyi@uky.edu
859-257-9762
