| Academic Requirements |
Documented By |
| Bachelor's Degree from a regionally accredited institution with a minimum grade of C in each required course. Pass/Fail will be accepted if institution can assure the passing grade is not a "D." |
Transcripts from all undergraduate institutions on file with the Office of Graduate Services. |
| Advanced Writing. |
An advanced writing course or documentation of advanced writing skills. |
| Successful completion of college-level mathematics excluding developmental mathematics. |
Three courses and a minimum of nine credit hours. |
| Successful completion of natural science courses. |
A minimum of 10 credit hours in science which must include one course in biological science, one course in physical science, and preferably one course in earth sciences. Additionally, one of the courses submitted must contain a lab. |
| Successful completion of a literature course. |
Minimum of 3 hours in course. |
| Successful completion of social science courses. |
Minimum of 9 credit hours social sciences which includes history and psychology. |
| Additional 3 credit hours in any previously state required area or in either fine arts or foreign language. |
Additional credits must meet the previously mentioned guidelines as stated. |
| Minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 for the entire undergraduate record. Students with GPAs between 2.75 and 2.99 may be given provisional admission. Applicants possessing a 2.5 to 2.74 may be granted special permission to begin the program if they pass each section of the Praxis I examination and the Praxis II: Content Knowledge examination. Provisional admission candidates must achieve a minimum 3.0 GPA in the first semester's work to achieve full admission status. |
All official transcripts from undergraduate institutions submitted to the Office of Graduate Services. |
| Passing grade on PRAXIS I. Before applicants can be provisionally or fully accepted into the program, a passing score on PRAXIS I must be on file in the Office of Graduate Services. |
Submission of test results to the Office of Graduate Services. |
| Additional Requirements |
Documented By |
| TB test (current to one year). Must be completed by the application deadline. |
Submission of test results to the Program Coordinator. |
| Submission of fingerprinting and criminal background check information and the criminal disclosure statement. |
Submission of results to the Program Coordinator. |
