Students seeking admission into the Master of Science in Education degree program in Middle Level Education must meet the admission requirements of the Graduate School and the specific program requirements. In addition, applicants must have completed a minimum of 18 semester hours of professional education courses including the requirements for a valid teaching certificate based on a four-year teacher education program.
Unconditional Admission
In addition to Graduate School criteria, academic proficiency must be established through satisfaction of either of the following admissions selection criteria:
- A minimum cumulative undergraduate grade point average of 3.00 (or 3.25 on the last 60 hours) and a raw score of at least 30 on the Miller Analogies Test (MAT) or a minimum score of 790 on the combined verbal and quantitative sections of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE), or
- A minimum cumulative undergraduate grade point average of 2.75 (or 3.00 on the last 60 hours) and a raw score of at least 35 on the MAT (or a minimum score of 820 on the combined verbal and quantitative sections of the GRE).
Conditional Admission
In addition to Graduate School criteria for conditional admission, academic proficiency must be established through satisfaction of either of the following admission selection criteria:
- A minimum cumulative undergraduate grade point average of 2.5 and a score of at least 368 on the MAT ( or a minimum score of 740 on the combined verbal and quantitative sections of the GRE)
- The total undergraduate GPA is at least 2.50 and when the undergraduate GPAis multiplied by the GRE score the total is at lea st 1850 (GPA x GRE = 1850).