The Graduate School handles admission for all graduate programs at the University of Georgia, including those in the College of Education. The Graduate School website contains important details about the application process, orientation, and many other useful links to guide you through the process of attending UGA at the graduate level.
1. Official GRE Scores
2. Current resume/CV
3. Statement of Purpose (no more than five pages)
The applicants should provide an overview of who you are (e.g., your background, interests, etc.), why you want the Ph.D., what you plan/hope to do as a result of having the doctoral degree and how you see this degree contributing to your professional and personal goals. It is also essential to include responses to the following questions:
What are your current research interests?
Who do you think among our faculty would be your best advisor and why? (You can nominate 1-3 people as possible advisors with a rationale for each.)
How do the research interests of the selected advisors fit with your own interests?
4. 3 Recommendation Letters
5. Sample of Scholarly Writing
6. Applicant Video
The LDT faculty would like to learn more about you and your specific interest in our Ed.D. program. Therefore, we are requesting a short video introduction (3-4 minutes max) from you to augment your written materials. We are particularly interested in your research interests and experience with instructional design.
Your video can be informal, such as you on your smartphone enjoying an afternoon outdoors, or something else you enjoy. Please do not read from a script. Our goal is to learn more about the way you communicate your thinking.
Video Content
Your introduction video will be reviewed by the LDT admissions committee and should answer the following:
Why are you interested in an Ed.D. in LDT at the University of Georgia?
What does instructional design mean to you?
What [specific] research topic would you like to explore?
Applicants should use an internet-based service (e.g. YouTube, Vimeo) to host the video and make sure settings allow people with the video URL to view the video (i.e., unlisted setting).
