The Master of Arts in Education is a professional degree which also provides Rank II salary and renews the provisional teaching certificate. If a student holds, or is eligible to hold a provisional elementary or secondary teacher's certificate, or a provisional certificate for teachers of special education, he or she may, through the different curricula leading to this degree, qualify for the corresponding master's degree. The Graduate Office will notify the student in writing when he or she has been admitted to graduate studies. Application for permission to take graduate courses is made to the Dean of Graduate Programs prior to registration. Forms are available in the Graduate Office.
Seniors taking graduate courses pay undergraduate fees.
If for any reason requirements for the baccalaureate degree are not completed during the term in question, no further permission will be given to register for graduate courses until the requirements for the baccalaureate degree have been met and regular admission to graduate study has been granted. Students may apply for admission in their last semester of undergraduate work. Students who meet the requirements for admission to graduate study but do not wish to work toward a graduate program may be admitted as an unclassified student. Those students should note that no more than nine semester hours of graduate credit earned as an unclassified student may later be applied toward a program, and only then at the discretion of the advisor and the Dean of Graduate Programs. If a student desires admission as an unclassified student for the purpose of seeking initial teaching certification, he or she must meet specific requirements for admission to the teacher education program.