Students seeking admission to one of the certification programs should meet with an education adviser to review program requirements during their first year. Information about programs and advisement can be obtained from the Office of Teacher Education, Room 132, Graduate School of Education or at www.gse.rutgers.edu.
To be admitted, students must demonstrate proficiency in written and oral communication and have completed successfully a college-level mathematics course. Additionally, applicants must have completed successfully 05:300:200 Exploring Teaching as a Profession and its allied field experience. Enrollment in the education programs is competitive. Admission is based upon the cumulative grade-point average, Graduate Record Examination scores, and performance in the introductory education course and related fieldwork. Generally, education programs include course work in educational psychology, social and philosophical foundations of education, and methods of teaching as well as fieldwork and student teaching. All programs also have a required distribution of liberal arts courses. Course work is required in the following general education areas: American history and American studies, art history and music, English and American literature, foreign language, mathematics, philosophy, science, technology, Western history, and non-Western studies. Additionally, demonstration of competence in a foreign language at least equal to that of the fourth college term is required.
A list of the specific courses that may be taken to satisfy each of the general education areas can be obtained from the Office of Teacher Education, Room 132, Graduate School of Education.
