Admission to the Curriculum and Instruction Program

Admission to the Program
Each application for graduate admission is evaluated on an individual basis. Once all of your documents are received in the admissions office at the College of Arts and Science (CAS), and have gone through an initial evaluation, your application is passed along to a faculty admission committee within SETH. The faculty committee makes a recommendation for an admission decision, which is ultimately approved or disapproved by the Academic Dean of CAS.

Minimum CAS requirements for admission:

• Possession of a bachelor's degree (or its equivalent) earned at an accredited college or university. (See the chart titled "International Degrees Equivalent to a U.S. Bachelor's" for international equivalencies.)
• Maintenance of at least a 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale) cumulative grade point average in the undergraduate program, calculated on the last 60 credit hours of course work completed and available at the time of consideration of application for admission.
• Maintenance of at least a 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale) in all relevant graduate work for which a grade has been awarded.
• For international students whose native language is not English and do not possess an undergraduate or graduate degree from an accredited U.S. institution, TOEFL test scores of at least 600 (paper), 250 (computer), or 100 (internet IBT); or a minimum IELTS score of 7.
• An applicant for graduate study may be admitted without reference to the undergraduate average provided that he or she has maintained either a 3.3 cumulative grade point average in a master's degree program completed at an accredited institution; or has maintained a 3.5 cumulative grade point average in the last 12 credit hours which are part of a master's or doctoral degree program still in progress at such an institution at the time of the evaluation of the application; or in graduate work taken in non-degree status at American University and applicable to the degree program for which he or she is applying.
  For other requirements refer to the CAS Application Procedures guide.

SETH requirements for admission:

• Satisfactory score on the Graduate Record Exam (GRE)
  NOTE: The GRE is required for applicants whose highest earned degree is a baccalaureate and for students who have completed a master’s degree with less than a 3.5 GPA, and may be required for those with master’s degrees and GPAs above 3.5.
• Preference is given to applicants with prior teaching experience and a standard teaching license are recommended.