Undergraduate Study in Education: Teacher Education

Requirements for Admission to the School of Education and Teacher
  Education Program (SoE/TEP)
Specific Program Admission Requirements
Minors/Endorsement
E-mail as Official IU Communication

Requirements for Admission to the School of Education and Teacher Education Program

Admission to the SoE/TEP is a critical benchmark for teacher candidates. Until undergraduate students are admitted to the SoE/TEP, they do not have any official status in their programs or the school. The requirements candidates must meet include: earning a 2.5 minimum GPA at Indiana University; passing the PRAXIS I admission tests in reading, writing, and mathematics; completing or being enrolled in prerequisite courses; submitting an online application by October 1 for spring semester permission courses and March 1 for fall semester permission courses; and meeting any additional requirements specific to the program of interest. Once a student is admitted to the SoE/TEP, requirements are set and can only be changed in extreme cases.

Program Change: Admission to the SoE/TEP is now combined a single process.

1. All new undergraduate students and transfer students admitted to Indiana University are assigned to the University Division until they are ready to be certified to one of the 13 undergraduate degree-granting colleges and schools that make up the university. Each college or school sets its own criteria for admission, program requirements, and graduation.
2. Undergraduates may complete up to 65 credits in University Division before being required to be certified to a college or school. Transfer students have one calendar year to meet admission requirements. Students who fail to certify to the School of Education in a timely fashion will be required to choose another college or school. Students who have been denied admission to the SoE/TEP, but eventually meet the admission criteria, may apply for certification through a graduate certification program.
3. Transfer credit policy: An unofficial transfer credit evaluation completed by anyone other than the Office of Admissions is not a contract; it is an estimate of whether your past course work and experiences meet current Indiana teaching license requirements. Individual faculty members and advisors do not have the authority to determine program substitutions.

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Specific Program Admission Requirements

Program Change: All education programs offered through the School of Education have competitive enrollment with a limited number of seats in authorized professional education courses.

Early Childhood Education: Preschool, Kindergarten, and Primary Grades 1-3

Prerequisite course work: Enrollment in or completion of required general education courses in oral expression, written expression, world or American literature, MATH-T 101, T 102, and T 103, EDUC-Q 200 and W 200, MUS-E 241, social studies (U.S. history requirement), and EDUC-F 205.

Elementary Programs: Kindergarten, Primary, and Intermediate Elementary Grades 1-6

Theory into Practice K-6*

Prerequisite course work: Enrollment in or completion of EDUC-P 251/M 101, Q 200, W 201, and MATH-T 101.

Exceptional Needs Elementary: Teaching All Learners

Prerequisite course work: Enrollment in or completion of EDUC-K 205, P 251/M 101, Q 200, W 200, and MATH-T 101.

Secondary Programs: Middle School/Junior High or High School Grades 6-12

Anchor Secondary Education

Prerequisite course work: 12 credit hours in content field with a 2.5 GPA, enrollment in or completion of EDUC-M 300, P 312 and P 313, and W 201.

Community of Teachers (CoT)

Prerequisite course work: 12 credit hours in content field with a 2.5 GPA, enrollment in or completion of EDUC-S 400 and 10 expectations documented as completed.

Exceptional Needs Early and Late Adolescence (CoT)

Prerequisite course work: Enrollment in or completion of EDUC-S 400, K 205, and 10 completed expectations

All School Settings Programs: Kindergarten, Elementary, Middle School/Junior High and High School, and Grades K-12

Music Education

Prerequisite course work: enrollment in or completion of EDUC-P 254/M 201, and K 205.

Physical Education

Prerequisite course work: 12 credit hours in content field with a 2.5 GPA, enrollment in or completion of EDUC-P 254/M 201, M 300, HPER-P 200 or EDUC-W 200.

Visual Arts Education

Prerequisite course work: 12 credit hours in content field with a 2.5 GPA, enrollment in or completion of EDUC-P 254/M 201, W 200, and M 300.

*Program change: The Elementary Education Program has determined that a 3.0 cumulative GPA and meeting all other admission requirements guarantees student admission to the program; a 2.5-2.99 cumulative GPA and meeting all other requirements allows a student to be considered for, but not guaranteed, admission to the program.

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Minors/Endorsement

Program change: Because of changes in the state licensing framework, all course work for minors/endorsements must be completed by June 30, 2006. Applicants for minors/endorsements must have started college work at a university before June 30, 2000. Eligible applicants for minors/endorsements are strongly urged to apply for the license by June 30, 2006.

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E-mail as Official IU Communication

The university reserves the right to send official communications to students by e-mail with the full expectation that students will receive e-mail and read these e-mail messages in a timely fashion. Official university communications will be sent to students' official university e-mail addresses. For IU Bloomington, this is the @indiana.edu address.

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