Prospective Students

All applicants must upload a "Statement of Purpose" wherein they address their academic preparation, intellectual goals, critical interest in the area of proposed study, and reasons for applying to our graduate program. In addition, all applicants should describe their language ability and experience.

CLCS applicants should also address their language area and research interest along with a potential faculty mentor.

Please include your name, the program to which you are applying, and your e-mail address in bold typeface at the top left of the document. 

All applicants are required to submit two samples of academic writing (a paper you wrote for a class.) One must be in English; one must be in the target language (defined as the language you intend to study*). Each writing sample should be 5-10 pages in length. Please submit academic writing samples that best display your writing ability in English and the target language. 

We recommend you contact a former professor to review your writing samples.

*CLCS applicants are only required to submit one writing sample in English, 5-10 pages in length. An additional writing sample in the target language is optional. 

All applicants are required to submit three letters of recommendation (at least two from professors.*)  

Letters of recommendation should speak to your potential for graduate level work, as well as your ability/proficiency in the language/literature area(s) in which you propose to do your work. At least two of the letters should be from professors who can speak to your academic ability in upper division courses. If you have prior teaching experience, you might include one letter from a teaching supervisor, but this is not required. 

Letters of recommendation are requested and received through the online application system. You will be prompted to submit the contact information for your recommenders in the online portal.   

*Please talk to the WLC Graduate Advisor if you have questions about this requirement.  

The graduate programs in the Department of World Languages & Cultures do not require the GRE.

Native speakers of English must submit a compressed audio file with a representative sample of their conversational ability in their target language.

Native speakers of the target language are required to do the same in English.

Applicants should speak for roughly 3 minutes about their interest in the subject they propose to study and their purpose in seeking a graduate degree.  While applicants should consider in advance what they want to discuss, the sample should demonstrate that they are speaking freely rather than reading from a prepared text.

CLCS applicants are not required to supply a spoken sample unless they are interested in a Teaching Assistantship in a specific language.

Recordings must be received by the Department deadline. Please complete the form above to submit your audio sample.

Please answer the following supplementary questions in a Word document and upload it to your application in the AY system.

• What are your academic interests? Pedagogy/language/culture/literature or a combination of these?
• Do you possess a secondary teaching license or dual language immersion endorsement in Utah or another US state?
• Are you interested in teaching middle/high school or post-secondary students?
• Are you interested in teaching a foreign language, English as a second language, or dual immersion?
• Are you interested in teaching in Utah, the United States, or elsewhere?

Your CV should be 1-2 pages in length, and include academic training/educational history, teaching and research experience, awards and distinctions, conference presentations, and publications.