BSEd Four-Year Degree Plan: Elementary Education

Suggested course sequencing

We recommend you take 15-to-17 hours per semester.

• In your second semester: Take the Missouri General Education Assessment (MoGEA)
• In your seventh semester: Take the Missouri Content Assessment (MoCA)

Admission to Teacher Education Requirements

• 30 completed hours
• 2.75 overall GPA
• COM 115 completed “C” or higher
• ELE 302 (PEU015) completed “B” or higher
• Pass all sections of MOGEA or a composite score of 20 on the ACT
• MOVECHS fingerprinting
• Signed Student Contract
• Signed Dispositions Checklist
• An active Taskstream account

When requirements are met, the Educator Preparation Provider Committee (EPPC) will evaluate your credentials for admission into the teacher education program. There is no application to be completed.

As per DESE directives, GPA requirements listed below are effective fall 2013:

• 2.75 overall GPA for admission to the Teacher Education program
• 2.75 overall GPA and 3.00 content (major) GPA for assignment to supervised teaching
• 2.75 overall GPA, 3.00 content (major) GPA and 3.00 GPA in Professional Education for graduation & certification recommendation
• (Individual programs will determine at what point in the program content GPA applies)