LCA Graduate Application
Print, complete, and mail to:
LCA Graduate Coordinator
1238 Van Hise Hall
1220 Linden Drive
Madison WI 53706
Date ________________
Name _____________________________________
Daytime phone number ________________________
E-mail address ______________________________
The application deadline is December 30th. Admission consideration is only for Fall.
Graduate Degree Tracks (check one):
The Graduate School Major Code is 596 for all options
_____ Languages and Cultures Master’s Degree
_____ Languages and Literatures Ph.D.
(Master’s degree is a prerequisite for admission)
_____ Civilizations and Cultures Ph.D.
(Master’s degree is a prerequisite for admission)
_____ Religions of Asia Ph.D.
(Master’s degree is a prerequisite for admission)
Language Options:
Check the language(s) you plan to use to fulfill the language requirements
_____ Arabic (Taught in the Department of African Languages and Literature)
_____ Filipino/Tagalog
_____ Hindi
_____ Indonesian
_____ Nepali (Only offered during the summer session and only at an elementary level)
_____ Pali
_____ Persian
_____ Sanskrit
_____ Tamil (Only offered during the summer session and only at an elementary level)
_____ Pashto
_____ Thai
_____ Tibetan
_____ Turkish
_____ Uzbek
_____ Urdu
_____ Vietnamese
Previous Language Training:
Level of Competence: High=Native or near native, Intermediate=Usable in communication,
Low=Elementary
Type of Training: native, graduate, undergraduate, high school, self-taught, tutored, etc..
Language #1 __________________________
Years of study ______ Type of training ___________________
Level of competence: Speaking ______ Reading ______ Writing ______
Language #2 __________________________
Years of study ______ Type of training ___________________
Level of competence: Speaking ______ Reading ______ Writing ______
Language #3 __________________________
Years of study ______ Type of training ___________________
Level of competence: Speaking ______ Reading ______ Writing ______
Faculty Adviser:
Applicants are encouraged to acquaint themselves with the current work of the Department and
the academic interests of the faculty members. To the extent possible, they are encouraged to
contact a faculty member who could be a future adviser to discuss their work in the Department.
The consent of a faculty member to work with candidates is a prerequisite of their admission to
the Ph.D. program. After they are admitted, students are free to change their adviser if they so
desire. Please list at least two faculty members you are interested in working with.
1) __________________________________
2) __________________________________
The following faculty are eligible to be a faculty adviser:
Robert Bickner
Gudrun Bühnemann
Preeti Chopra
Donald Davis, Jr.
Vinay Dharwadker
Joseph Elder
Anna Gade
Anne Hansen
Ellen Rafferty
Uli Schamiloglu
Advanced Opportunity Fellowship (AOF) Eligibility
(Please check all that apply):
_____ United States Citizen or Permanent Resident (required for consideration)
_____ African American
_____ Native American or Alaskan native -- tribal affiliation:
_____ Mexican American/Chicano/a, or Puerto Rican
_____ Cambodian, Hmong, Laotian, or Vietnamese
or
_____ McNair Student: student who participated in a McNair Program
or meet all three of the following criteria:
_____ Legal Resident of Wisconsin
_____ First generation to complete a Bachelors degree
_____ Participated in a TRIO program
(Upward Bound, Talent Search, Educational Opportunities Centers, Student Support Services)
Mail this completed LCA Application to:
LCA Graduate Coordinator
1238 Van Hise Hall
1220 Linden Dr
Madison WI 53706