Applicants are expected to have the following: A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university. A grade point average of 3.0 for the last 60 semester hours taken. (Students with a GPA of 2.6 or higher are eligible for provisional admission.) A minimum composite score of 300 (verbal and quantitative sections) on the Graduate Record Examination (GRE). Candidates who already possess a master's degree are exempt from this requirement.