Required Examinations
The admissions committee seeks to ensure language equity and learning for every member of the Master’s program. Non-native speakers of English are to demonstrate a level of Engish language competency through institutional tests. As needed, they are to complete additional interactive online language work prior to or during their graduate studies. If an applicant’s first language is not English, he or she must submit an official report of results from the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or the International English Language Testing System (IELTS). A minimum score of 575 on the paper-based test or 90 on the Internet-based test is required from the TOEFL, or a band of 6.5 on the IELTS. Forward an official TOEFL score to Future Generations by submitting our institutional number 0086. Applicants who have received a degree from an English-based curriculum at an accredited university may be exempted from this testing requirement. The Admissions Committee reserves the right to request a TOEFL or IELTS score from any applicant at the committee’s discretion. TOEFL is given in locations throughout the world several times each year. For further information about exact dates and testing centers, contact an American Consulate or Embassy or directly contact TOEFL, Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ 08540- 6151, USA (telephone 609-921-9000 or on the web at www.toefl.org). The IELTS is available in 200 centers in more than 100 countries. For IELTS information go to www.ielts.org or email at ielts@ucles.org.uk.
Students whose academic and community-based work requires enhanced English-language competency are to complete two levels of inter-cultural communicative competence (IC3) materials prior to or during their four terms of Master’s program studies. Completion of this work is evaluated by Future Generations tutors. Those students coming from English-speaking cultures or degree programs are also to study another language during this graduate program. This may be a language essential to the work of Future Generations or the community in which a Master’s candidate works. Besides traditional language studies, this requirement may be fulfilled with one’s study of another medium of communication such as photography or GIS mapping.
A student must submit a transcript or affidavit for this language or alternative communication coursework. As determined by the Registrar, this must be the approximate equivalent of coursework expended by classmates honing their English language competency. The admissions committee will consider conditional admits to the Master’s program provided there is a reasonable expectation that a student may promptly acquire sufficient English language competency for graduate-level work through the IC3 online platform or similar English language program.
