Masters Elementary Education

ELEMENTARY EDUCATION

Candidates are able to design a program that includes several specialties that will improve their competencies as educators. Specialties for off campus students include Elementary Education, Gifted and Talented Education (not offered at every site), Reading, Supervision, and Middle-Level Education.

Admission Requirements

Completed application for admission
Bachelors degree
Standard elementary or early childhood teaching certificate
Transcripts of all college/university credits
Acceptable Graduate Record Examination (GRE) OR Millers Analogies Exam scores
Three favorable professional letters of recommendation
One year of successful elementary teaching experience
Recommendation by department screening committee

Other Important Program Notes

The program consists of 40 semester credits and does not require a thesis or a creative project. Each program has a culminating experience. See department for details.
Each student will be assigned an advisor after admission to his/her respective program. Together a course of study will be outlined.
Maximum credit allowed before admission is 12 credits.
Transfer Credit: Students may transfer 6 semester credits, and up to 12 with prior approval.
Students must complete a minimum of 10 on-campus credits (up to 5 credits may be taken through the Distance Education Satellite System from a tenured instructor).
Workshop credits cannot exceed 8 credits.

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