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ADMISSION POLICY
Admission Requirements for M.E.D. Program in K-12
Special Education
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An
undergraduate degree from an accredited university with a 2.75 GPA for
Junior/Senior Year of College.
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1000 composite on
the Verbal and Quantitative Portions of the Graduate Record Exam or 40
on the Miller Analogies Test.
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Recommendations from administrators or faculty to
indicating the applicant’s positive ability to perform at the
graduate level.
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Statement of
Reasons for pursuing graduate level education that is commensurate
with the philosophies and goals of the K-12 graduate program.
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Possess a
current, valid teaching license or equivalent license in a related
service area (i.e. speech and language, deaf education, education of
the visually impaired).
Admissions
Appeal Procedures:
Students who disagree
with the admissions decision have a right to appeal through the following
procedures:
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Submit a letter
addressing specific points of the appeal to the Director of the
Graduate Special Education Programs.
Response must be made within 10 days of receiving appeal.
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If the decision
is still not agreeable to the appellate he/she may submit another
letter of appeal to the Graduate Special Education Programs Appeals
Committee (contact the Administrative Assistant of the Graduate
Special Education Programs for the chair of this committee).
Response will be made within 15 days of receipt of the appeal.
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Should the
appellate not be in agreement with the Committees he/she can submit a
letter of appeal to the Dean of the College of Human Services. Response must be made within 30 days of receipt of appeal.
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Submit a letter
of appeal to the Provost of the College.
Response will be made
within 30 days of the receipt of the appeal request.
Probationary Status
Persons
not meeting the admissions requirements for regular admission to the
degree program may be recommended for probationary status by the program
director or the Master of Education Graduate Committee.
Upon completion of at least six semester credits of graduate level
work with at least a B average, the student must petition the program director for a
change in status.
Transfer Credit
Students
may transfer up to 12 semester graduate credits from accredited
institutions provided these credits have a grade of B
or higher on a 4.00 scale, are not older than seven years and will not be
older than 12 years upon program completion.
Academic Status All graduate students are required to maintain a 3.0
(B) grade point average. If a student falls below a 3.0 GPA he/she
is placed on academic probation. For each "C" earned,
there must be an offsetting "A". Only two "C"
grades are permitted in the graduate program. A student is permitted
only one outstanding incomplete (I) at any given time during their
academic studies in the program. Evidence of when the "I"
will be completed must be presented to the director of the program by the
end of the first week of the session following the session in which the
"I" was received. A student will not be permitted to
enroll in subsequent courses until the "I" is removed.
Requests to waive this restriction due to extenuating circumstances must
be reviewed by the director of the program.
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