Admission to Teacher Education Program

Undergraduate Student Admission Process

Students considering teacher education as a program of study must apply for admission into the Teacher Education Program. Applications for admission will be completed while enrolled in EDUC 2012 - Diversity in American Education.

A student must meet the following criteria to be admitted to the Teacher Education Program: 

• Submit a completed “Admission for Teacher Education Application” form. Applications can be obtained from the Department of Education. 
• Have completed at least 44 credit hours with a 2.5 GPA or higher. 
• Achieve a “C” or above in ENG 1113 Freshman Composition I, ENG 1213 Freshman Composition II or HNRS 2313 Enduring Questions: Perspectives from Rhetoric and Research (Honors Students Only), and COMM 1113 Fundamentals of Human Communication. The student can be currently enrolled in these courses but may not progress to professional block II without achieving a “C” or better upon completion of each course.
• Receive a satisfactory recommendation from an education faculty review committee. This review committee will conduct an interview and review a student’s disposition record when considering an applicant.
• Provide documentation of experiences working with children/youth. (completion of EDUC 2211 Field I or concurrent enrollment will satisfy this state requirement) as required by the state.
• Provide a background check showing they have not been convicted of a felony, any crime involving moral turpitude or a felony violation of the narcotic laws of the United States or the State of Oklahoma within the preceding ten-year period.
• Meet one of the requirements as outlined by OSRHE 3.21.3 in the OSRHE Academic Affairs Policy and Procedures manual.

At the end of the Teacher Education Program admission process, the applicant will either be admitted, conditionally admitted, or denied admittance. The department will notify each applicant in writing about their admittance status into the program.