Admission Steps 

Enrolling at SNU is a simple process. With rolling start dates, there’s no need to wait months at a time to begin your educational journey. Once you have earned your master’s degree or 33 graduate hours in an equivalent program from an accredited university with a GPA of 3.25, take the following steps.

Step 1. Ensure you meet program requirements as follows.

• Completion of a master’s degree or 33 graduate credit hours in an equivalent program from an accredited university.
  
• GPA of 3.25 from prior graduate coursework 
  
• For non-native English speakers, either an overall band score of 7.0 or higher on the IELTS or minimum sub-scores for each element of the TOEFL iBT are:
  Speaking: 22
  Reading: 20
  Listening: 15
  Writing: 20
  

Step 2. Completed Graduate Application  

Step 3.  Send official transcripts from graduate degree conferred to SNU at pgsadmissions@rdsy.net or ATTN: PGS Admissions, Southern Nazarene University, 6729 NW 39th Expressway, Bethany, OK 73008.

Step 4. Gather the following application materials,

• Two letters of recommendation (Reserve or waive your right)
  •  I reserve the right to see my recommendation.
  • I waive the right to see my recommendation. 
• GSEL Vision Statement
• Curriculum Vitae or Resume
• One Writing Sample demonstrating satisfactory writing ability by submitting one of the following:
  • a single-authored writing sample from previous coursework
  • a two page APA aligned paper on an academic topic