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Application for admission to graduate degree study should be filed, along with all supporting documents, at the SUNYIT's graduate center.

These are the steps to submit your application for the IDT program:

  1. Completed application for graduate admission and payment of the application fee.
  2. Graduates of colleges other than the Institute of Technology must request that official transcripts all undergraduate and post-baccalaureate work be sent to the graduate center. Transcripts of SUNYIT graduates will be secured by the graduate center directly from the registrar.
  3. Two letters of recommendation must be submitted to the graduate center by each applicant applying for admission to degree study. If possible, preference is placed on a letter from a current/former workplace or practicum supervisor and a letter from a faculty member.

Once the graduate center receives all of an applicant's required documents, the credentials of the applicant are forwarded to the divisional graduate review committee, and a recommendation is presented to the dean. The final decision regarding admission to a degree program is transmitted to the applicant by the coordinator of the graduate center. After formal admission, a student is assigned a faculty program advisor. A program of graduate study is planned and filed in the school/department office and in the graduate center.

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Program Requirements

In addition to the above general Institute admission requirements, students would normally have to meet the following program requirements:

  1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited university or college.
  2. A minimum overall GPA of 3.0
  3. For those without a Bachelor's degree in communications, rhetoric, journalism, English, linguistics, computer science, or a related field, at least 15 credits in appropriately related courses.
  4. All students must complete at least 27 credits at SUNYIT.


For information about the courses and course rotations, please see "Current Students" page.

Portfolio Requirements

A prospective student must also submit a modest portfolio documenting preparation for graduate study, including:

  1. An essay describing what you can bring to this program and why you wish to pursue this degree.
  2. Additional selected materials supporting your preparation for graduate study.
  3. Writing sample from undergraduate, graduate, or other professional work.

Communication and Information Design (undergraduate) and IDT Fast Track Option

Accelerated BS/MS Program in Communication and Information Design and Information Design and Technology

The joint BS/MS program is a well-integrated program that permits students to complete both a bachelor's degree in Communication and Information Design, and a master's degree in Information Design and Technology in a reduced timeframe with a reduced total number of total credits. For more information check the BS/MS Accelerated Program description.

 

Getting an Application

To obtain an application, you can either write to the Graduate Center coordinator, or you can download an application form. To contact the graduate center :

Post:
Graduate Center
SUNYIT
100 Seymour Road
Utica, NY 13502

Phone:
1-866-2SUNYIT
(315) 792-7347


Email:
gradcenter@sunyit.edu

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Questions?

Contact the coordinator of the IDT program, Kathryn Stam at stamk@sunyit.edu, or the Graduate Center Coordinator, Mary Rose Raab at MaryRose.Raab@sunyit.edu.

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