All education programs require a minimum 2.5 cumulative GPA for admission, retention, student teaching and  graduation. Students must complete all professional, area of concentration or license addition courses with a minimum 2.5 GPA and a grade of C or higher in each course. Any student who receives a grade of C- or lower in an authorized professional education course must retake the course prior to proceeding in the program. Content area minimum grades and GPAs vary by program. Secondary and All-grades content area courses must have a C- or higher grade with an overall content area minimum GPA of 2.5 (except Mathematics Education, which requires a minimum 2.0 GPA in the content area); Early Childhood, Elementary Education and Elementary/Special Education programs require a minimum 2.0 GPA in each content area (Language Arts, Fine Arts, Math, Science and Social Studies) and a passing grade in each content area course.