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  The Graduate School of Education 2009-2011 Academic Policies and Procedures Special Policies Governing the Graduate School of Education's Initial Teacher Certification Programs Program Completion Requirements  

Program Completion Requirements


Students must have

  • earned a bachelor's degree with an appropriate major for area of certification;
  • submitted a portfolio/writing requirement or passed a comprehensive examination if required by their program;
  • satisfied the general education distribution;

  • completed 90 credits in liberal arts (these credits can include courses in the major but cannot include courses in professional education and/or other vocationally oriented coursework [accounting, engineering, etc.]); no School 05 (Graduate School of Education undergraduate) or School 15 (Graduate School of Education graduate) courses may be included;
  • satisfied the physiology and hygiene requirement (during their internship semester, students must either attend a series of seminars addressing issues of human physiology, hygiene, and substance abuse or must pass the official New Jersey Department of Education examination on these topics); and

  • achieved a cumulative grade-point average of 2.75 in the master's degree.


NOTE: Courses used to satisfy the general education distribution and 90 credits in liberal arts MUST be on a transcript from a regionally accredited four-year college or university.

 
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