Admission to Master of Arts in Teaching, Elementary, K-12, and Secondary — SGCS

In addition to the General Admissions Requirements, the applicant must:

1. Submit evidence of passing the Illinois Basic Skills Test/Test of Academic Proficiency (TAP), within the last 5 years.
2. Submit an official copy of an undergraduate degree transcript from a regionally accredited college or university clearly indicating a minimum 2.5 GPA. Secondary and K-12 majors must have a cumulative GPA of 2.5 with a GPA of 2.75 in their content teaching field and must have completed at least 32 semester hours in their teaching field.
3. Submit a one-page typed autobiography.
4. Submit Teacher Education Application.
5. Submit Character Reference.

This program requires a Criminal and Fingerprint Background check; please refer to that topic under the General Policies section of this chapter.

NOTE: All secondary and K-12 programs require a major of at least 32 hours in the teaching area. In most cases, 12 of the hours must be upper division with the exception of Social Science and Science. In these fields of study, at least 12 hours must be taken in the area of designation and additional hours must be included from at least two other disciplines with the field of study.