LOCK STEP:  Entire Degree Program and/or specific Courses with defined beginning and end.

COHORT BASED:  Virtual Classrooms where faculty and classmates interact.

All courses offered online.
In-state tuition applies if you take 6 or fewer hours per semester. More than six hours per semester requires out-of-state tuition for nonresidents

Bachelors degree inspecial education and teaching license.

NOT LOCK STEP:  A Degree Program and/or specific Course that allows the student to progress at his/her own pace.

COHORT BASED:  Virtual Classrooms where faculty and classmates interact.

Bachelors degree. Practicing teacher who already has initial teaching certification.

NOT LOCK STEP:  A Degree Program and/or specific Course that allows the student to progress at his/her own pace.

COHORT BASED:  Virtual Classrooms where faculty and classmates interact.

Bachelors degree. Practicing teacher who already has initial teaching certification.

LOCK STEP:  Entire Degree Program and/or specific Courses with defined beginning and end.

COHORT BASED:  Virtual Classrooms where faculty and classmates interact.

A bachelors degree from an accredited college or university minimum GPA of 2.75. Competitive GRE scores for Verbal and Quantitative tests.

Professional educator certificate at the bachelors level in Special Education or other teaching field. Three letters of recommendation that address professional and academic qualifications and a current resume. And competitive Graduate Record Examination (GRE) scores for the Verbal and Quantitative tests.

Passing score on the Praxis II — Elementary Education Content Knowledge and Passing score on the Basic Skills Assessment Test.

LOCK STEP:  Entire Degree Program and/or specific Courses with defined beginning and end.

COHORT BASED:  Virtual Classrooms where faculty and classmates interact.

Student teaching internship is the culminating field-based experience and spans a full semester.

Program provides qualified individuals who hold a non-teaching bachelors degree a route to initial teacher certification while simultaneously earning a masters degree.

A bachelors degree from an accredited college or university minimum GPA of 2.75. Competitive GRE scores for Verbal and Quantitative tests.

Three letters of recommendation that address professional and academic qualifications and a current resume. And competitive Graduate Record Examination (GRE) scores for the Verbal and Quantitative tests.

Passing score on the Praxis II — Elementary Education Content Knowledge and Passing score on the Basic Skills Assessment Test.

LOCK STEP:  Entire Degree Program and/or specific Courses with defined beginning and end.

COHORT BASED:  Virtual Classrooms where faculty and classmates interact.

Bachelors degrees from regionally
accredited institutions must be verified.
Three Letters of Recommendation.

LOCK STEP:  Entire Degree Program and/or specific Courses with defined beginning and end.

COHORT BASED:  Virtual Classrooms where faculty and classmates interact.

Students from various geographic areas are grouped together, depending on their term start, and progress through the six-week program modules together. The applied professional experience is one of many practical applications included in the early literacy education specialization. It is the final step in the completion of the M.S.Ed. program.

Bachelors in Education