Graduate Admissions

Program Specific Requirements

Education

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution
• Overall GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale
• Two letters of recommendation
• A major or major equivalent in an appropriate
  liberal arts area
• Multi-Subject Content Specialty Test (CST), Miller Analogies Test (MAT), or Graduate Record Exam (GRE). (CST is preferred).

Additional requirements, which may be satisfied at the graduate or undergraduate level:

• 6 credits in each of the following areas:
  English, science, math, history; and
• One year of college level study in a language other than English; and
• One course in the fine arts.

Applicants to the Childhood and Special Education Program:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution
• Overall GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale
• Two letters of recommendation
• A major or major equivalent in an appropriate
  liberal arts area
• Multi-Subject Content Specialty Test (CST), Miller Analogies Test (MAT), or Graduate Record Exam (GRE). (CST is preferred).

Additional requirements, which may be satisfied at the graduate or undergraduate level:

• 6 credits in each of the following areas:
  English, science, math, history; and
• One year of college level study in a language other than English
• One course in the fine arts

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Applicants to Adolescence Education, and Adolescence and Special Education Programs:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited
  institution
• Overall GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale
• Two letters of recommendation
• A major or major equivalent in the subject area
  in which they wish to teach
• Multi-Subject Content Specialty Test (CST),
  Miller Analogies Test (MAT), or Graduate Record Exam (GRE). (CST is preferred)

Additional requirements, which may be satisfied at
the graduate or undergraduate level:

• One year of college level study in a language other than English

Applicants to Adolescence Education Apprenticeship Teacher Certification Program:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution
• Overall GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale
• Two letters of recommendation
• A major in the subject area they wish to teach
• Passing scores on the Liberal Arts and Sciences Test (LAST) and the Content Specialty Test (CST) in the subject area they wish to teach

Additional requirements, which may be satisfied at the graduate or undergraduate level:

• One year of college level study in a language other than English

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Applicants to the Special Education Teacher Certification Program and Leadership and Instruction for Inclusive Classrooms Program:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution
• Overall GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale
• Two letters of recommendation
• Scores from either the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) or the Miller Analogies Test (MAT)

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution
• Overall GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale
• Two letters of recommendation
• Scores from either the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) or the Miller Analogies Test (MAT)
• Must hold an initial, professional, or permanent teaching certificate

Applicants to the Certificate of Advanced Study in Educational Leadership (CAS) – School District Leader, School Building Leader:

• Completed application
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution
• Must hold an initial, professional or permanent teaching certificate
• Current resume with at least three references with current phone numbers
• Three letters of recommendation:
  
  1) One from a school administrator
  2) One from an immediate supervisor
  3) One from a practicing administrator of their choice

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Internal transfers within the Education department:

Students who are enrolled in the education department and who wish to leave one education program and matriculate into another, must complete the appropriate application forms and must meet all admissions requirements for the new program. Candidates will be reviewed on the same basis as any new applicant to the College. When a candidate is admitted into a new program within the education department, Utica College courses that were completed as part of the old program will automatically transfer to the new program. When calculating cumulative GPA all courses taken at Utica College will apply.