Ph.D.

in Sustainability Education (Online) - Application

requirements and details

Prescott College’s Ph.D. in Sustainability Education program welcomes applicants

from various disciplinary fields. Candidates considered seriously for admission will
have a strong academic background, a demonstrated commitment to sustainability
education, and alignment with Prescott College’s environmental and social justice
values. Additionally, they will have prior professional, scholarly, and research
experience in an area of sustainability education.

To complete your application for admission, please submit your list of references, current
resume or CV, personal statement, and transcripts. Supporting document details are as follows.

● List of References: Applicants must submit a list of two academic or

professional references. Once the application is submitted, the references will

receive an email inviting them to complete a few questions to address your

capability to complete graduate-level work. The list must contain the writer’s

contact information. You can upload your reference's contact information on

your applicant portal.

● Current Resume or Curriculum Vitae: Upload your essay on your applicant

portal.

● Personal Statement*: The statement of purpose is the opportunity to

showcase one’s scholarly, professional, and research interests for the

admissions committee. Please address the below prompts, and adhere to the

style guidelines below.

 ○ Your Background: Program Alignment

■ ​Why are you applying to this program?

■ Please address your professional and scholarly

background as it pertains to this program, your distance

learning readiness, and your alignment with Prescott

College's social and environmental justice-oriented

mission and values.

■ What areas of research in Sustainability Education interest you

most?

■ Please suggest potential research questions associated

with these areas. Be sure to include scholarly citations in

this section.

○ Your Plans for the Future

■ ​What are your goals for obtaining this degree?

■ Goals could include professional, scholarly, community

impact and outreach, dissemination of knowledge, applied

research, social and environmental action, and other

realms.

■ A Ph.D. is a significant undertaking, and our faculty and staff are

here to support the learners. That said, it also requires individual

tenacity. How would you plan to sustain and complete this

academic milestone? What attributes or ideologies would you

draw from?

​Style Requirements: The essay should be typed, double-spaced, and no more than
1,500 words, not including a title page or reference list. Plan to write for an
academic audience, and include recently published scholarly references.* Please
use a current citation format utilized in educational fields, such as the APA 7th
edition.

​*Note: Upon review of your application materials, the committee may request
additional application support materials. These may include items such as
undergraduate transcripts and/or examples of previous scholarly work. Please
upload your personal statement on your applicant portal.

● Official Transcripts: Official college transcripts showing all graduate-level,

post-secondary coursework completed will be required prior to beginning

courses with Prescott College. Official transcripts can be submitted

electronically by the issuing institution via Parchment or through the mail at:

Office of Admissions

Prescott College

220 Grove Avenue

Prescott, Arizona 86301

● All transcripts submitted by mail must arrive in an official sealed envelope

from the issuing institution.

● While unofficial transcripts may be submitted for the admissions committee to

begin a preliminary evaluation of an application, official transcripts will be

required to provide an official offer of admission.