College of Arts and Sciences Provisional Admission Interest Form

Congratulations on your offer of provisional admission to a master's degree program in the College of Arts and Sciences for Fall 2024! Please read the instructions for this form carefully.

To take the next step in the process, you will fill out the form below. This form is for students who wish to pursue a master's degree in a different field than their current major. You will then be contacted to schedule an appointment with the Director of Graduate Study in your new intended department. If you are interested in pursuing a degree within your current department, or you would simply like to learn more about provisional admission, please schedule a consultation with a graduate admissions advisor.

For general questions, please contact the program director, Jennifer Mdurvwa at jmdurvwa@buffalo.edu.

The following programs are able to accept students through provisional admission:

American Studies MA
Anthropology MA
Arts Management MA
Biological Sciences MA
Classics MA
Communication MA
Comparative Literature MA
Criminology Online MS
Critical Museum Studies MA
Disability Studies MA
Drugs, Health and Society MA
Economics MA and Econometrics and Quantitative Economics (STEM) MS
English MA
Evolution, Ecology and Behavior MS: Sustainability Track
Film and Media Study MA
French Language and Literatures MA
Geography: Geography MA, Geography MS, Geographic Information Science MS and International Trade MA
Geological Sciences MS *Geology will admit students first into the MS non-thesis program and then individual faculty may pull interested students into the MS thesis program on a case by case basis.
Global Affairs MA
Global Gender Studies MA
History MA
Jewish Thought MA
Mathematics MA and Computational and Applied Math MS
Music Composition MA, Music History MA, Music Performance MM and Music Theory MA
Philosophy MA
Physics MS
Political Science MA
Spanish Language and Literatures MA
Sustainability Leadership MA
Theatre and Performance MA

If your program of interest is not listed above, you cannot be admitted provisionally to it. This includes all graduate programs outside the College of Arts and Sciences (ex. mental health counseling, school counseling, social work, public health).

If you are interested in a program that is not eligible for provisional admission, a graduate admissions advisor is happy to help you start a full application. Please visit our website to review a comprehensive list of graduate programs within the College.

I am interested in pursuing provisional admission:

in a different area of study.

I'm not sure, and would like to speak to a graduate enrollment coordinator.

Please schedule a meeting with a graduate enrollment coordinator to discuss what program options are available to you. You do not need to submit this form.

Email Address

First Name

Last Name

Preferred First Name

Birthdate

UB Person Number

Undergraduate Major

For which program would you like to be considered?

Please provide a mobile phone number (optional). By providing a mobile number, you may receive messages related to the provisional acceptance program and the College of Arts and Sciences.