There are variations in the admissions process from this point, depending upon the degree program indicated by the applicant. At all graduate degree levels, official notification of admission or denial is sent to the applicant by the University Admissions Office. Students not admitted to a graduate program may apply a maximum of one third of the required semester hours of graduate credit to a graduate program once they are admitted. The Office for Academic and Student Services maintains a file of applications for individuals who have been denied admission to the College of Education. At the undergraduate level, students are assigned faculty advisors with expertise in the area of the students s declared majors.
Chairs make every effort to provide balance when advisors are named.
At the graduate level, students are assigned faculty advisors who have expertise in the area of the students proposed area of study. In the departments that have Program Coordinators, students are first referred to the Coordinator who may advise them directly or who may, in turn, refer them to colleagues in the same area of concentration. As a part of preparing high quality teachers for the future, the College of Education requires all students in the undergraduate Teacher Education programs to demonstrate a satisfactory level of competency before they are admitted to a planned program of study in the college. They may occur in school or non-school settings. Variations exist in field placement guidelines among departments as well as among the different types of field placements within departments.