Deficiencies and Teacher Certification
A student who desires a University recommendation for certification in an area other than his or her earned master’s degree must remove specified graduate deficiencies (and undergraduate, if applicable). If the student works directly with a state school agency for certification, he or she need only take courses specified by that agency. The student may pursue a second master’s degree, if applicable. If the student is in the GIST Program or earning certification, it is recommended that he or she take and pass the assessment test the trimester prior to taking the comprehensive exam and/or the trimester prior to graduation.