Applicants for all M.A.Ed. programs must submit a satisfactory score on the General Test of the Graduate Record Examination. All programs require three recommendations from former instructors or employers who are in a position to judge the applicant’s aptitude for graduate study.
Applicants must meet the requirements for admission based on the admissions test and an undergraduate grade point average for the last sixty hours of the baccalaureate program.
Applicants must hold or be eligible to hold a North Carolina Class A teaching license, or a comparable license from another state, in the chosen field unless admission is sought to certain programs in which licensure is not a factor.
Applicants for the M.A.Ed. in Comprehensive Education-English and in Two-Year College teaching English must submit a writing sample (such as an undergraduate paper).
Applicants for the MAEd in Comprehensive Education-Music must contact the Music Department to conduct an interview or schedule an audition.
Applicants for the M.A.Ed. in Educational Supervision (Curriculum-Instruction and Instructional Technology Specialist-Computer concentrations) must have one of their three letters of recommendation come from a building administrator familiar with the applicant’s teaching; must successfully complete an interview and a spontaneous writing assignment; and must have at least three years of teaching experience prior to admission.
Applicants for the MAEd in Educational Supervision (International Studies concentration) may be required to provide a satisfactory score on the TOEFL and a satisfactory score on an examination similar to the Graduate Record Examination. They must also successfully complete an interview with program faculty.
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