Graduate Admissions

Calculus I
Letters of Recommendation:
Three required, preferably from individuals acquainted with the preferably from individuals acquainted with the applicant’applicant’s recent academic, professional or creative work. Letters from professors who can assess the applicant’s academic abilities and potential for graduate school are the most useful. Letters from employers are also acceptable.

Personal Statement: A 500-word statement in which applicants should discuss academic interests and objectives, how they can be pursued through study at UIC, what the applicant would contribute to the program, and why they want to pursue a degree at UIC, specifically. Applicants should also explain how their architectural interests have been shaped by significant past experiences.

Portfolio review and evaluation of previous course work are required for all applicants. As a designed book, the portfolio indicates an individual’s aesthetic sensibility and intellectual curiosity. It may include any visual, design, or creative work, such as paintings, collages, freehand drawings, sketches, photographs, sculpture, furniture design, etc. Both in the works themselves and in the inquiry or argument framed through their presentation, applicants should exhibit their potential to develop original design work. Individual work is preferred, but if including group work, the applicant’s role and contribution should be carefully noted. The portfolio should not document CAD drafting skills or technical course work that is independent from design work. Work from an architecture office, such as construction drawings or renderings, should not be included unless the applicant had a significant role in the design process.

Students without undergraduate degrees in architecture must complete:
Two Art History or Architecture History courses; the two courses combined should preferably cover a visual history of ancient or Renaissance periods up through the present. The second course should emphasize (or at least fully cover) modern and contemporary art and architecture.

Foreign Language Requirements: Students must present evidence of advanced knowledge of a language other than English as it relates to their chosen area of research in order to receive their degree. Evidence of the ability to pursue research in additional languages may be necessary, depending on the availability of literature in the field selected. The selection of languages must be approved by the student’s advisor.

• Letters of Recommendation: Three required from faculty members or others familiar with the applicant’s training, ability, and experience.
• Personal Statement: Applicants must submit a short statement of purpose (1–2 pages).
• Writing Sample: Applicants must submit a sample of their written work (approximately 15 pages).
• Curriculum Vitae: Applicants must a submit a list of their academic and professional achievements (1-3 pages).
• Skype Interview Required

Knowledge of a programming language like C, C++, Java or Python

Knowledge of relational databases and querying using SQL.
Resume/CV
Two letters of Tecommendation
Personal Statement
Official Transcripts
Supplemental Application Form

Courses: Two introductory courses in any two functional areas of business. Each course may be waived based on equivalent prior course work or appropriate work experience in the functional area. The exact course requirements will be determined based on an individual’s baccalaureate field and work experience

Three prerequisite courses (either graduate level or equivalent course at undergraduate level) are required for the MSM program:

Introduction to Marketing Management (MKTG 500 at grad level, or MKTG 360 at undergrad level);Organizational Behavior (MGMT 541 at grad level, or MGMT 340 at undergrad level);Introduction to Accounting (ACTG 500 at grad level, OR ACTG 210 at undergrad level) OR Introduction to Finance (FIN 500 at grad level, or FIN 301 at undergrad level).

An admitted student may also fulfill missing prerequisites at the start of the MSM program, although this will increase the time to degree completion. Note that prerequisite courses are in addition to the required 34 credit hours to earn the MS in Marketing degree.

**For GMAT or GRE, students need at least 30 percent on either the verbal or quant score, plus at least 40 percent on the other, e.g., applicants must show minimum competence in both but relative strength in at least one (verbal or quant), since MSM coursework requires competence in both verbal and quant skills. Prior MSM students with very low scores on either verbal or quant, or on both, have struggled with MSM coursework.