Admission Requirements

Freshmen and Transfers

• See University of North Carolina at Charlotte Admission Requirements .
• Students wishing to Minor in Reading Education must be approved for admission to the minor by meeting statewide teacher education program admission requirements. Advising and admission to the minor are administered through the Office of Teacher Education Advising and Licensure (TEAL) in the College of Education. The criteria for admission include:
• 30 earned credit hours
• Overall GPA of 2.7 or above
• Major or minor in an initial licensure area
• Grades of C or above in either:
  • MDSK 2100   
  • EDUC 1100 /EDUC 1511 and SPED 2100   
• A passing score on the Praxis Core exam or acceptable alternatives (SAT or ACT scores)
• Signed Statement of Commitment to Professional Dispositions
• Pass a criminal background check (completed at time of application in TEAL)
• After admission to the minor, advising is offered through the Reading and Elementary Education Department in collaboration with advising in the student’s major department. Contact the School of Education for advising.
• Declaring the minor also requires admission to a major or minor in a subject area for which there is teacher licensure (Elementary Education, Special Education, Secondary or Middle Grades Education, Foreign Language Education, etc.).
• The minor is designed to be coordinated with coursework in the major, with the final semester as the student teaching semester. Successful completion of the minor and passing licensure testing requirements leads to a recommendation for North Carolina add-on K-12 license in Reading.

Minor Requirements (18 credit hours)

Total = 18 Credit Hours

Progression Requirements

For a degree to be conferred, students must successfully complete all program requirements which include:

• Grades of C or above in all professional education courses
• Maintain an overall GPA of 2.5 or higher

Requirements for Licensure and Graduation

• A grade of P in student teaching with recommendation from Cooperating Teacher, University Supervisor, and Principal