Applications open August 1. Priority consideration deadline is February 1. Application deadline is April 1.

Interested applicants should contact the MSME Department for more information prior to applying to the program. The department may be reached at middlesecondaryeduc@jmu.edu.

Summer

Unofficial transcripts are required for all post-secondary institutions in which you were enrolled or took courses. These should be uploaded with your electronic application and may be used for departmental admission review purposes.

If offered admission, you will be directed and required to submit to the JMU Graduate School an official transcript from any institution other than JMU from which a degree has been awarded to finalize your admission. Transcripts are considered official if they are sent to JMU directly from the issuing institution.

If you took courses required for licensure at another institution, you must submit official transcripts verifying the course in order to be eligible for your license.

Contact the MSME Department (midlesecondaryeduc@jmu.ed) for more information on application and admission requirements.

Application and Unconditional Admission Requirements:

• Pre-Requisite Coursework - upload unofficial transcripts that show course completion or enrollment
  • EDUC 200 Foundations of Education in the United States (or equivalent); grade of “C” or higher 
  • PSYC 160 Life Span Human Development (or equivalent); grade of “C” or higher
  • WTRC 103 Rhetorical Reading and Writing (or equivalent); grade of "C" or higher
• Minimum cumulative undergraduate GPA of 2.7 or higher
• Assessments - upload scores reports or evidence that you've scheduled the tests
  
  • Virginia passing score on the appropriate Praxis Subject Assessment for the desired teaching endorsement area
  • A passing Praxis Core Math score report OR statement indicating your intent to take ALEKS exam upon conditional admission into the program OR sufficient SAT/ACT math section scores as described in the "Applying to Teacher Education"  
• Statement of Career Goals
  • Submit a statement of no more than 200 words describing your short-term and long-term career goals to include current desired teaching grade level and subject area.
• Resume
• Interview with Graduate Program Director - will be scheduled after submission of application     
• Two Letters of Recommendation (one from an individual who can speak of your potential as a graduate student and another who can comment on your professional dispositions.)     

Candidates may be conditionally admitted to the program pending completion of admission requirements but must complete all admission requirements prior to beginning more than 12 credit hours of M.A.T. graduate coursework.

Candidates may be provisionally admitted to the program pending completion of required content coursework for the desired endorsement area but must complete all provisional admission requirements prior to beginning more than 9 credit hours of M.A.T. graduate coursework.

Applicants must not have any convictions of felony or misdemeanors involving children, drugs, or any founded complaint of child abuse or neglect.

• Application --> Visit the Online Application at this link
• Application fee

International Graduate Information

Details regarding transcripts and credential evaluations from non-US academic institutions can be found on the Transcripts & Credential Evaluation webpage. 

Interested applicants should contact the MSME Department for more information prior to applying to the program. The department may be reached at middlesecondaryeduc@jmu.edu.

This concentration meets the educational requirements for licensure or certification in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Please refer to the JMU Professional Licensure Program Status by Jurisdiction Index to determine if this JMU program meets the educational requirements specified by the associated licensing or certification agency in the state or territory in which you are located and other states and territories. Requirements vary by state and are subject to change. The information provided is current as of the review date indicated in the table.