Purpose Statement
Purpose statement from the applicant including:
• How the degree fits within the applicant’s professional and personal goals
• The applicant’s professional experience and how the applicant believes this will contribute to the program.
• The coursework, professional experience, or other professional development that has prepared the applicant for conducting doctoral level research.
• The applicant’s area of research where there is a strong interest (leadership, health communication and leadership, or disaster preparedness and emergency management) and to explain the potential study that the applicant may want to develop.