PS You will need to submit your statement of goals during the online application process or send directly to Address #2 or as a pdf file to Sarah G. Lee at sglee@jou.ufl.edu . If you submitted your statement of goals on the online application, you do not have to send a hardcopy. Title this document “Statement of Goals” and be sure to include your name and date. Please do not center text. Describe your career plans following completion of your doctoral degree. Tell us what experiences have led to your goals, and how you think graduate study will help you prepare for the career. Please address the following questions. In one or two sentences, please state your short-term and long-term career objectives. How have your prior professional, academic and personal experiences influenced your career plans? Specifically, how will your participation in this doctoral program contribute to your career objectives. What unique personal qualities or life experiences distinguish you from other applicants? Why are you interested in this program? How will it help you achieve your goals? What subjects are you interested in teaching? What, if any, prior teaching experience do you have? As specifically as you can, please discuss your research focus. In addition, which faculty member(s) do you feel closely align with your area of research interest? CV Curriculum Vita (CV): List all work positions held. Include names, addresses, and telephone numbers of supervisors. Also, remember to include your name, email address, mailing address, and telephone number(s). Fee $30.00 application fee RL Three Letters of Recommendations – University forms are required (Download form). Written letters should be on letterhead and attached to the forms. The same letters of recommendation may be used for both admission and financial aid applications. Ask authors of your letters of recommendation to send them directly to Address #2 or send as a pdf file to sglee@jou.ufl.edu . If you submitted your recommenders’ e-mail addresses on the online application, they do not have to send hardcopies. Transcript Official Transcripts from ALL post-secondary institutions: Contact all colleges and universities you have attended and listed on your application form and have them send certified official transcripts in your original language as well as translated into English. An average grade of “B” for the last two years of undergraduate studies is required.