Criteria and Procedures for Application and Admission to Department of Educational Studies Teacher Education Programs

Applications must be submitted by 4:00 PM of the third week
of the Fall or Spring Semesters

Certification Developmental Ranges

EC-MC: Early Childhood-Middle Childhood Certification (ages birth through eleven)
                Required: Minor in ECE

MC-EA: Middle Childhood-Early Adolescence Certification (ages six through thirteen)
                Required: Certifiable Minor

EC-A: Early Childhood-Adolescence (ages birth through twenty-one)
                Required: Major in Art, Music, French, German, or Spanish


 Eligibility Criteria for Application

Students must be accepted into the program prior to registration for certain education courses. Although students apply after 24 course credits are earned, students can only be officially admitted to the School of Education DES Programs after the completion of 40 credits.

  Prior to submitting an application for admission to the teacher education programs, students must meet the
             following criteria:

  1. Pre-Professional Skills Test (PPST) - The PPST is to be taken during the first semester on campus. Students must earn passing scores in Reading (175), Mathematics (173), and writing (174), to be eligible
    for program application. Passing scores are set by the State Superintendent of Public Instruction.
    Please check your AR for PPST documentation recorded. Allow eight (8) weeks for documentation to be sent to UWL and recorded.
  2. Preliminary Course Work - Candidates seeking licensure in EC-MC & MC-EA must have a minimum
    of 24 credits in which grade points have been earned. Candidates seeking licensure in EC-A must have a minimum of 40 credits in which grade points have been earned.
  3. Cumulative Grade Point Average  - Candidates must have earned a cumulative grade point average of 3.00 in all academic work taken prior to applying for admission (includes transfer grade points averaged
    with residence grade points).


 Application Procedures
Applications are accepted during the first three weeks of the Fall or Spring semesters. Students who meet the criteria described above may fill out an online admissions form using the link below.

Teacher Education Admissions Form

NOTE: Applications will not be accepted after 4:00 PM on the Friday of the third week of the Fall or Spring semester.