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Content Area Requirements

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Admissions Requirements (New for Fall 2012)

Candidates for the MAT degree program must meet the following requirements.

A bachelor's degree from an accredited institution of higher learning An overall 2.75 GPA in all higher education course work

A 2.5 GPA in the content courses for the area in which certification is sought

Completion of ENGL 101, ENGL 102, and COMM 202 with grades of C or above in each course.

A passing score (or appropriate waiver) on the Praxis I (PPST).

Completion of at least 50% of all undergraduate content area work required for certification (with grades of C or better)

OR

Completion of at least 25% of all undergraduate content area work required for certification (with grades of C or better) and a passing score on the Praxis II Content Specialization Test for the certification content area.

*Students with a GPA lower than 2.75, but not lower than 2.5, may be admitted provisionally with qualifying scores on the Miller Analogies Test or the Graduate Record Exam.

Application Procedure
A graduate application can be downloaded from our website or requested by contacting the Office of Graduate Studies at 304-876-5313. Completed applications and an application fee of $60.00 should be sent to the Office of Graduate Studies. All transcripts and GRE or Miller's scores should be sent separately by the school or the testing agency to the Office of Admissions. Click here for locations to take the Miller Analogies Test. For test dates, fees, test center locations, online registration for the GRE, and information on test preparation, visit the GRE Web site. All PRAXIS test scores should be sent separately by the testing agency to the Department of Education.

After the application and all transcripts have been received, they will be analyzed for required content courses, and all other admission criteria. Students will receive written notification of what criteria have been met and what, if any, criteria still need to be addressed prior to admittance.

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