Department: Elementary and Early Childhood Education 

This degree program is designed for persons who hold initial licensure in elementary education (grades 1-6) and are seeking professional licensure in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The program is designed to meet the “appropriate master’s degree” requirement, which is part of the criteria for professional stage licensure as set forth in the most recent MA DESE licensure regulations.

Students should consult the “Admission-Graduate ” section of the catalog for information regarding graduate program application policies and procedures.

Admission Requirements

• A minimum undergraduate GPA of 2.8 based upon four years of work or a 3.0 undergraduate GPA based upon course work completed in the junior and senior years
• Passing scores for the MTELs^® that were required for the applicant’s initial teaching license in Massachusetts or a composite score of 290 or greater on the quantitative and verbal parts of the GRE General Test
• Three appropriate letters of recommendation
• An initial teaching license
• Official transcripts of all undergraduate and graduate course work

All accepted students must enroll under the direction of their adviser in GRPP 501 - Graduate Program Planning , which is described under “Graduate Advisers and Program Planning ” in the “Admission-Graduate ” section of this catalog.