Transcript: Upload your unofficial transcripts from each college or university that you have attended in the “Educational Background” section on ApplyYourself. Once you are admitted, the Graduate School requires official transcripts to be submitted and approved before you are eligible to enroll. Curriculum Vitae: A short resume or CV of 1-3 pages. Personal Statement: Why do you want to study sociology at the graduate level? Provide a personal statement of your professional objectives that clearly indicates your goals and commitment to sociological training. Your personal statement should be one to two pages. Your personal statement is evaluated for its written quality as well as for its clarity of your professional goals. Please use the questions below to craft your research statement, which you should upload under Statements #1. You do not have to answer every question but do choose the questions that will give us the best sense of you as a sociologist. Why have you chosen to apply to the University of Minnesota? What you want to accomplish by receiving a PhD in sociology? Why is sociology attractive to you as an intellectual discipline? How did you become interested in the field? What does sociology offer you that related disciplines do not? How do your interests match with the interests of department faculty? (Identify specific faculty with whom you would like to work.) Specifically, what are your core areas of research/teaching interest within the field? (Your interests may change and the members of the committee know this is a common occurrence.) What are some of your most sophisticated sociological thoughts? What is your grasp of sociological theory? (Provide us with a sense of your sociological imagination.) Do you have deficiencies in your standardized test scores, statistics, and/or sociological theory preparation? (Self-identify the weakest area of your application and draw the committee's attention to the stronger parts of your application.) Recommendation Letter: Please submit three letters of recommendation with your application. It is preferred that your recommenders have earned a PhD or a similar terminal degree and they should confirm your academic work and professional experiences. Send an email to your recommenders through the ApplyYourself system. ApplyYourself will provide them with directions on how to submit their recommendations electronically. The Department of Sociology will accept recommendation letters after the December 15 deadline. You will not be penalized for the late arrival; however, if the letter is submitted too long after the deadline, it might not be considered. Writing Sample: Your writing sample gives the admissions committee insight into your intellectual curiosity and your analytic and creative abilities. An empirically-based/research-oriented paper is preferred, and the content should deal with an intellectual problem related to the social sciences. The admissions committee considers your level of abstraction, creativity, organization, sociological sophistication, and writing ability. Writing sample requirements: Sole-authored academic paper, submitted in English 15 to 30 pages in length, double-spaced, 11- or 12-point font, one-inch margins Uploaded to the "Program Supplementary Information" section of the ApplyYourself application Diversity Statement: The Diversity of Views and Experience Fellowship (DOVE) is available for incoming graduate students. The DOVE fellowship program promotes a diversity of views, experiences, and ideas in pursuit of research, scholarship, and creative excellence. This diversity is promoted through the recruitment and support of academically excellent students with diverse ethnic, racial, economic, and educational backgrounds and experiences. If you meet the criteria of the DOVE Fellowship and would like to be considered for nomination, submit the optional diversity statement through ApplyYourself. The diversity statement should discuss how your background, experiences, and achievements will contribute to the University's goal of promoting excellence through diversity. If applicable, your statement should mention hardships or obstacles that you have overcome to complete your undergraduate education (e.g. coming from a low income background or being a first-generation college student). Upload your statement through ApplyYourself under Statements #2, and label the document "Diversity Fellowship Statement" or "DOVE Fellowship."

学位要求：Bachelor 申请链接：https://cla.umn.edu/sociology/application-requirements-instructions 招生电话：612-624-4300 招生邮箱：soc@umn.edu 邮寄地址：University of Minnesota, Attn: Transcripts, 309 Johnston Hall, 101 Pleasant St. S.E., Minneapolis, MN 55455-0421