Advisor

Application Deadlines

Cost of Living

Do you accept students each semester?

GRE Scores

Housing Options

Non-EVS Advisor or Committee Member

Graduate Assistantship (GA) Positions/Financial Support

Test of Spoken English

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Advisor:

Applicants should identify a potential advisor prior to be admitted into the EVS. The advisor must be an EVS Faculty Member. The faculty member must contact the EVS office and confirm that they have accepted the applicant as an advisee. Applicants may want to inquire if the faculty member has funding for a Graduate Research Assistant (GRA) position.

Application Deadlines:

In order to be considered for a University Graduate Assistantship, you will need to have your application complete and in the Graduate School prior to mid-February for Fall admission and prior to mid-October for Spring admission. Otherwise, applications should be complete and in the Graduate School by mid-March.

Cost of Living:

The cost of living in the Jonesboro area is lower than many comparably sized cities. You can compare cost of living at Money.com's web site.

Do you accept students each semester?

Generally, students are only accepted for Fall semester. Our orientation is held in early fall, and the EVS financial support is only available in Fall semester, and usually the support is for the entire school year.  Students may inquire about Spring admission and if funds are available and the student is qualified for admission they may be admitted for Spring.

GRE Scores:

The stated minimum GRE score for students to be accepted into the EVS is a sum of 1100 on the verbal and quantitative portions of the GRE. All materials in your application will be evaluated by the EVS Program Committee (EVS), and a decision will be made based on the total package which you submit.

Housing Options:

Arkansas State University has a Housing Office that handles applications for housing, and the information you need to apply can be sent to you by contacting the Residence Life Office directly. For students who would like to live off campus, we do not have an Off-campus Housing Office, however available housing details can be found on-line in the local newspaper and by contacting the EVS program office. There are all types and prices of apartments available in Jonesboro, and generally the cost of an apartment is less than in other cities of the same size. Many of our students are able to afford an apartment without having a room mate to share expenses. Indeed there are many apartment complexes located adjacent to the campus.

Non-EVS Advisor or Committee Member:

A student can have a non-EVS faculty member on his or her Advisory Committee but cannot have a non-EVS faculty as an advisor. However, if the student really wants a person who is not currently an EVS faculty member to be the advisor, that faculty member could send a request to the EVS Program Committee to join the EVS faculty.

Graduate Assistantship (GA) Positions/Financial Support:

The Graduate Program in Environmental Sciences (EVS) provides a limited number of graduate assistantships in the fields of biology, chemistry, agriculture, and engineering. We review all applications and assign some of our stronger students to the GA positions on a competitive basis. If you are one of the students chosen for these graduate assistant positions, all arrangements will be made for you through the EVS office. If you are admitted to the EVS program but do not receive an appointment as a graduate assistant or a research assistantship through a faculty member, you are, of course, free to try to find employment on your own. We can help you identify those departments that would be the most likely match with your background and perhaps give you the name of a person to contact in that department. However, we will not know which students have been selected for graduate assistant positions until March or April.

Test of Spoken English:

Before an international student can be offered a TA position, they must pass the Test of Spoken English. This test is offered both at ASU and internationally by ETS. Information about this test can be found at http://graduateschool.astate.edu/intadm.htm.

For more information, you can contact the staff at the International Programs office at ASU at olp@astate.edu, (870) 972-2329.