Students seeking admission to one of the certification programs
should meet with an education adviser to review program requirements
during their first year or as soon as possible. Information about
programs and advisement can be obtained from the Office of Academic
Services, Room 110, Graduate School of Education or at http://www.gse.rutgers.edu.
To be admitted, students must demonstrate proficiency in written and
oral communication and have successfully completed a college-level
mathematics course. Additionally, applicants must have successfully
completed 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: arts, humanities, mathematics,
science, technology, and psychology. Additionally, demonstration of
competence in a foreign language at least equal to that of the second
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.
