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General Requirements for Admission

Those interested in the Early Childhood Intervention Program at Kent State University may obtain one or all of the following:

  1. A master's degree in Special Education/Early Childhood Intervention.
  2. A license from the Department of Education to serve children ages three through eight with disabilities (i.e., the Early Childhood Intervention Specialist License).
  3. An endorsement from the Ohio Department of Education to serve preschool children with disabilities (i.e., the Pre-K Special Needs Endorsement).
  4. A certificate from the Department of Health - MRDD to serve children birth to three (i.e., the Early Intervention Specialist Certificate).

In general, all applicants are encouraged to apply for acceptance into a degree program. In special circumstances, however, applicants can be admitted and take graduate courses as a special non-degree student.

Admission Procedures for Degree Students

Visit the Office of Academic Services for an on-line application form for graduate school as well as important information regarding the admission process.

Degree program applicants are expected to submit evidence of scholarly accomplishment in previous undergraduate and graduate work if undertaken. This may be accomplished in part by having achieved an undergraduate grade point average of 2.75 on a 4-point scale. At the graduate level a 3.0 GPA is expected. In all cases the GPA is only one of several measures used to determine admission. Additional considerations are letters of recommendation, scores on standardized tests and other indices of ability to do graduate level work.

Students with grade points below 2.75 will be considered for conditional admission on an individual basis. Admission in such cases will depend heavily on other indices of the student's ability to handle graduate level work. These might include strong performance on standardized tests, GPA in the major, and/or experiences subsequent to matriculation that are clearly indicative of strong academic ability. Evidence of holding a bachelor's degree or equivalent from an accredited college or university must be included.

Students who hold degrees from non-accredited institutions may be admitted under conditions that are determined in each individual case and which ordinarily include the necessity of further undergraduate work.

Each applicant for admission to graduate work as a degree student must take the following steps:

  1. Consult this Bulletin for admission procedures for the college or independent school offering the degree program in which you are interested.
  2. Submit an application for admission with the $30 application fee. Applications may be obtained from the College of Education, Office of Student Services.
  3. Submit an application at least six weeks before the opening of the semester in which you plan to begin your work. Some programs may have deadlines that differ from the above. Check the departmental section of this Bulletin for other deadlines.
  4. Have official transcripts from each college or university previously attended sent to the appropriate office. Please consult the instructions contained in the application for admission for submission of official transcripts. Applicants need not submit transcripts of work taken at Kent State University.
  5. Applicants to the Special Education degree program must successfully pass the Graduate Record Examination which can be taken at a Sylvan Learning Center in your community. Have original test scores sent to Kent State University.

Incomplete application materials will be kept for a period of one year only. After that time materials will be destroyed.

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