Undergraduate Students
Admission requirements for undergraduate students can be found on the WCU Admissions Requirement page.
Transfer Students
Transfer students must meet the application requirements of the University (above) and:
- Have an Associate of Arts (A.A.) degree or and Associate of Science (A.S.) degree from an accredited community college;
- Have an Associate’s of Applied Science (A.A.S.) degree from an accredited community college; or
- Have substantial progress toward the “44 General Core” courses that satisfy the General Education/Liberal Studies requirement for a North Carolina community college.
For information on community college transfer of credit, Liberal Studies requirements, and WCU’s articulation agreement, visit the BK Distance Program FAQs.
Graduate Students
The birth-kindergarten master's program began in the 2005 fall semester. The birth-kindergarten council established program-specific requirements for admission, which are as follows:
- GRE Score: 900 total for verbal and quantitative - neither score may be less than 400, 4.5 for analytic (scale = 1 to 6)
- Undergraduate GPA: 3.0 minimum
- Your resume: E-mail to edean@email.wcu.edu
Application Process
Visit the Graduate Admissions website and follow their instructions for the graduate school application. On the application, enter "Birth-Kindergarten" when it asks you to declare your field. Then, you should check M.A.T. or M.A.Ed.*
*You should check the M.A.Ed option if you already have an undergraduate degree in Birth-Kindergarten with a BK teaching license. If you have anything else (for example, an undergraduate degree in birth-kindergarten but no BK license or an undergraduate degree in another field) you should check M.A.T..
For any questions regarding the Graduate School's application process, contact Graduate Admissions.