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University Requirements
Complete and submit to the Admissions Office:
- The Application for Graduate Studies at SOU along with the$50 fee
- Official transcripts from all colleges and universities previously attended (showing proof of receipt of a Bachelor's degree).
School of Education Requirements
Applicants must meet the university admissions criteria and submit the following to the School of Education:
- School of Education Application
- Answers to the TSPC Character Questions
- A copy of current Oregon or out of state teaching license
- Two favorable letters of recommendation from immediate supervisors employed by educational or social agencies attesting to the applicant's competence to work with school-aged children or youth in volunteer or paid work experiences.
- Test score report for one of the following graduate entrance exams:
- The National Teacher's Core Battery Exam: Test of Communication Skills (#10510) and the Test of General Knowledge (#20500) with a score of at least 667 for the Test of Communication Skills and a score of at least 666 for the Test of General Knowledge.
- The Graduate Entrance Exam (GRE) with a total score of at least 1200 (verbal, quantitative, analytical) and a score of at least 400 on the verbal section.
- Passing scores on the Oregon Educator Licensure Assessments (ORELA) Multiple Subjects Exams. The two tests required for admission are:
Subtest 001: Language Arts, Social Science, The Arts, AND
Subtest 002: Mathematics, Science, Health and Physical Education.
(Please note: If taken and passed between October 1995 and June 2005, the Praxis Multiple Subjects Assessment for Teachers (MSAT) Content Knowledge #10140 and MSAT Content Area Exercises #20151 exams may be substituted for the ORELA Subtests 001 and 002.) - The Praxis II: Specialty Area Tests with passing scores for the subject in which you are endorsed.
Students must also qualify with a minimum GPA of 3.0 in their last 90 quarter (60 semester) hours of undergraduate work. If a student meets all other requirements for the Master's program but has a GPA between 2.5 and 2.99, he/she will be admitted as a post-baccalaureate student and must complete 12 credits of approved graduate work with a grade of B- or better. The student can then file a "Change of Status" form to gain full admission.
Students meeting all criteria other than passing scores on a graduate entrance exam will be given post-baccalaureate status. The student can proceed to file a program but will not be able to earn a Master's degree until he/she has passed a graduate entrance exam. At such time, he/she must file a "Change of Status" form along with the test score report to gain full admission. This must be done prior to the completion of 30 credits on the approved program.
Standard License only program: Students applying for the Standard License program do not need to submit scores for a graduate entrance exam. The qualifying GPA for the Standard License program is 2.5 in the last 90 quarter (60 semester) hours of undergraduate work.
Once admitted, students are responsible for filing a program within their first 12 hours of graduate coursework.
