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Probationary Admission Policy

Master of Arts in Education
Department of Elementary Education
Probationary Admission Policy
(Revised 9/3/02)

The Department will consider probationary admission to the MAE in the Elementary Education Program if:

• The candidate has earned a Bachelor's Degree with at least a 2.5 overall grade point average.
• The candidate has earned a combined score of at least the 34th percentile on the verbal and quantitative sections of the Graduate Record Exam.

Students admitted on probationary status must earn at least a final grade of "B" in each of the three graduate courses identified by the Department to obtain admission to the graduate program. Probationary graduate students will not be permitted to register for any courses in the program until official GRE scores are received and the Department course requirements have been recorded at the Graduate School.

Graduate Student Summer Enrollment Policy

The faculty members of the Department of Elementary Education recognize the need for the graduate students to be successful while completing the content and work of a sixteen-week semester in a compressed summer session or workshop schedule. Therefore, the following policy has been adopted.

A graduate student will be limited to no more than a twelve-semester hour course load during a summer session.

A graduate student will not be permitted to complete the twelve hours in less than seven weeks.

A graduate student may not enroll in three regular classes in a five-week session if the nine hours include a regular class and two workshops that do not overlap in scheduled weeks.

A graduate student may not take two regular classes and a workshop during a five-week term.

Repeating Professional Education Courses Policy

The faculty members of the Department recognize that the limited number of school placements available make registration in these classes difficult for all undergraduate students in the program.

Therefore, the Department will permit students to enroll no more than two times in EDEL 100, EDEL 200, EDEL 300, EDEL 301, EDEL 350, EDEL 351, EDRDG 400, and EDRDG 430.

Appeal of Department Repeat Policy

The Department of Elementary Education has adopted a policy of limiting any student to two attempts (enrollments) for successful completion of each of the professional courses taught by the faculty of the Department. These classes are EDEL 100, EDEL 200, EDEL 300, EDEL 301, EDEL 350, EDEL 351, EDRDG 400, and EDRDG 430. A withdrawal from the class is counted as an enrollment.

If a student believes that s/he should be permitted to enroll a third time in one of the limited courses, the student will complete the following steps. The student may not enroll in the class until the appeal procedure is completed.

1. The student submits a written statement of appeal to the Chair of the Department of Elementary Education. In the statement, the student explains the unusual circumstances that caused him/her to be unsuccessful while enrolled each of the two times in the course.
2. The student submits verification and documentation to support the statement. Verification might include medical documents, legal documents, or other supporting information.
3. The written statement and accompanying documentation will be reviewed by the Elementary Education faculty members serving on the Department's Curriculum Committee at their next regular meeting.
4. The Chair of the Curriculum Committee notifies the student of the date of the next regular meeting. The student has the option of presenting his/her appeal at this meeting and answering questions from the faculty members.
5. The Chair of the Curriuclum Committee will notify the Department Chair of the committee's decision within 48 hours of the committee meeting.
6. The Department Chair will notify the student of the committee's decision in writing.