Other special school or program requirements, including graduation policies
Currency of Professional Education Courses
Professional education courses must be current in order to be acceptable in undergraduate certification programs. No professional education or technology courses can be more than 10 years old at the time of student teaching. Course work that is older, whether taken at IUPUI or another university, will need to be retaken. The student should consult with a School of Education academic advisor.
Graduates should apply for their teaching license upon completion of their program. Delays in applying for initial licensure may result in graduates needing to retake portions of the program as the state requirments for licensure constantly change.
Campus Residency Requirement
A student must complete at least 30 of the last 60 credit hours required for a specific degree program while in residence at IUPUI. These 30 credit hours will include methods courses in the major as well as student teaching. For students who are completing a first undergraduate degree, some work in the major must also be completed at IUPUI, unless the student has transferred from an IU campus offering a degree in that major.
Temporary and Permanent Intercampus Transfers
To register for a single semester or for the summer session(s) at another campus of Indiana University, or to transfer on a permanent basis, a student must complete the appropriate intercampus transfer form found on the Web by visiting https://admissions.iupui.edu/apply/transfer/index.html
Undergraduate Students in Graduate Courses
Undergraduate students may not enroll in graduate courses.
Graduation
The School of Education requires a minimum of 120 credit hours to qualify for graduation, determined by specific degree requirements. Some programs require additional hours for graduation. Consult a School of Education academic advisor for specific requirements.
Students should file an application for a Bachelor of Science degree in the School of Education at the beginning of their final semester of classes or at the beginning of their senior year. The application for graduation is available at https://education.iupui.edu/machform/view.php?id=22322 . Application for a degree is a student responsibility, and the School of Education will not be responsible for the graduation of students who fail to file an application.
Degree with Honors
The School of Education recognizes high cumulative grade point averages with the designations Distinction,High Distinction, and Highest Distinction. To earn a degree with honors, must be in the top 10 percent of the class and must complete at least 60 hours at Indiana University campuses. Since only the top 10 percent of students from the School of Education may receive honors, students with high GPAs are not guaranteed this designation.
Application for Licensure
Students should file an Indiana State Application for a Teaching License once the degree is posted to the transcript, or all grades are posted for certification-only programs. The application requires evidence of passing scores for all state licensure exams as well as proof of successfully completing training for CPR-Heimlich Maneuver-AED certification and Suicide Prevention.
Information about exams can be obtained at Education Student Services or through the Indiana Department of Education website (www.state.in.us/psb). Students taking state licensure tests after September 1, 2013, must take new content tests offered by Pearson. Those students having already taken the ETS PRAXIS II series tests before September 1, 2013 may use them for licensure, but PRAXIS II tests taken after September 1, 2013 will not be accepted by the state.
Graduate Student Policies
Academic Probation and Dismissal
Students in master's degree and licensure programs are expected to maintain a GPA of 3.30 or higher in graduate course work.
Specialist and doctoral degree students are expected to maintain a GPA of 3.50 or higher. Master's and licensure students whose graduate GPA falls below 3.00 are subject to probation and dismissal. Specialist and doctoral students whose GPA falls below 3.30 are subject to probation and dismissal. Students may not graduate with GPAs in their program course work below the minimum specified levels. Students who are placed on academic probation or who have been academically dismissed, may not be eligible to be recommended for licensure.
Reinstatement
Students who have been academically dismissed will be reviewed by the department to determine the eligibility for readmission.
Incomplete Course Work (I)
A grade of Incomplete may be assigned when, at the end of the term, a student has not completed all course work. This grade may be given only when the completed work is of passing quality.
Unfinished course work must be completed within one calendar year from the date the grade of I is assigned. The course must ordinarily be completed with the original course instructor. The instructor then completes an e-Grade Change to remove the incomplete and assigns a letter grade. Incomplete grades that are not removed within one year are changed to a grade of F. This change occurs automatically unless the department receives and approves a petition for an extension from the course instructor.
Graduate students with an inordinate number of incomplete courses may not be allowed to register for additional courses. In general, graduate students with 9 or more credit hours of I or R grades (excluding dissertation credits) may be disallowed further enrollment.
Deferred Grade (R)
An R, indicating that the grade has been deferred, may be assigned in thesis and dissertation courses, internship courses, and a few other selected courses where work is expected to take longer than one year to complete. Unlike a grade of I, a grade of R does not automatically change to an F.
Withdrawal from Courses (W and WF)
Students are eligible to withdraw from their graduate classes. See the Schedule of Classes for information about the withdrawal schedule and assigned grade: https://studentcentral.iupui.edu/calendars/official-calendar.html
Transfer Courses
Graduate course work completed at other universities may be transferred, with faculty approval, into a degree or licensure program in the IU School of Education- Indianapolis. All course work transferred must be from an accredited college or university. No transfer credit will be given for a course with a grade lower than B. Courses graded P (Pass) may not ordinarily be transferred into education graduate programs. Courses graded S (Satisfactory) the course instructor stating that the student's performance in the course was at or above a grade of B.
All transferred courses must be relevant to the student's plan of study. An official transcript is required for course work to be transferred. A course description or syllabus may also be required to determine the eligibility to transfer the course.
In general, graduate students must complete over half of their course work through the IU School of Education-Indianapolis. Beyond this, graduate course work may be transferred from other universities, with the approval of a faculty advisor. Licensure requirements may restrict the number of transfer credits approved.
Course Revalidation
Courses over seven years old must be revalidated. Revalidation requires students to demonstrate the current knowledge of course material that was not recently taken. Students will work with their faculty advisor and/or Program Coordinator for an approved revalidation plan.
*Courses over ten years old are expired and can not be used to fulfill the degree/licensure requirements.
Workshops
Workshop courses are intended primarily as a mechanism for the professional development of teachers and other education professionals. The topics covered varies, and the courses are scheduled throughout the academic year.
