Department: Secondary Education and Professional Programs 

This program is designed for students who have a bachelor’s degree and seek initial licensure in instructional technology (all levels).

Admission Requirements

Applicants must meet the following criteria in order to be admitted by the College of Graduate Studies and the College of Education and Allied Studies.

• A minimum GPA of 2.8 based upon four years of course work or a 3.0 undergraduate GPA based upon course work completed during the junior and senior years
• Three appropriate letters of recommendation. At least one letter of recommendation should be an academic reference from a professor.
• A qualifying score on the Communications and Literacy Skills portion of the Massachusetts Test for Educator Licensure^® (MTEL)
• Official transcripts of undergraduate and graduate course work

Please note that admission decisions to the postbaccalaureate programs are made on a rolling basis when applications are submitted within a reasonable time frame prior to the start of the academic semester.

Anyone with an undergraduate GPA less than 2.8 should contact the College of Graduate Studies for information regarding a low-GPA remedy.

Non-degree students will be allowed to enroll in two courses or six credits prior to matriculation.

Students admitted to the Graduate Certificate in Instructional Technology program will be allowed to transfer four courses or 12 credits into the postbaccalaureate program with the permission of the program coordinator, providing that the courses completed meet the course requirements for the postbaccalaureate program.

Students successfully completing the program are eligible to apply for initial Massachusetts Licensure in Instructional Technology (all levels).