Undergraduate Admissions

Requirements

Admission to the College will be granted when students meet the following College of Education restricted access admission requirements:

• Completion of the University General Education requirements or its equivalent, (e.g. an AA degree from an approved Florida Community College or state university)
• Complete the Education Common Program Prerequisites.
• Complete the Foreign Language Admission requirement.
• Complete the Gordon Rule requirement.
  
• Have an overall 2.5 or above GPA. (2.75 for Early Childhood Education)
• Successful completion of all four parts of the General Knowledge Test (GKT).
  To obtain registration information, please visit www.fl.nesinc.com.

*NOTE: The above requirements are reflected on the student's DARS degree audit.

Students who do not meet the College of Education admission requirements will be restricted from taking upper level (3000/4000) courses in the College of Education, and remain in Education Pending status.

Education Pending Students

Students who are pending admission to a degree program are classified as Education Pending students.

All Education Pending students are advised in the Office of Student Affairs, ED110,
(407) 823-3723 or the Academic Advising Center, ED115 (for Elementary Education majors). Once all college admission requirements have been met, students are required to complete a College of Education Change of Major form in the Office of Student Affairs to change from Education Pending to their intended major. The student's DARS audit will be updated to identify their assigned academic advisor. Students are encouraged to make an appointment with their academic advisor each term.

Transfer Information

• Transfer Orientation Checklist (Common program pre-requisites for students transferring to the College of Education)

Undergraduate Degrees

The role of the College of Education at the undergraduate level is to prepare students for careers as early childhood, elementary, secondary, exceptional, physical, and technical education teachers. We offer Bachelor of Science degrees with the following majors (consult the current catalog for course requirements):

• Art Education, B.S.
• Early Childhood Development and Education, B.S. - Education: Pre-Kindergarten – Primary (PK-3)
• Early Childhood Development and Education, BS - Early Childhood Development
• Elementary Education, B.S.
• English Language Arts Education, B.S.
• Exceptional Student Education, B.S.
• Foreign Language Education, B.S. - French Track
• Foreign Language Education, B.S. - Spanish Track
• Mathematics Education, B.S.
• Science Education B.S. - Biology
• Science Education B.S. - Chemistry
• Science Education B.S. - Physics
• Social Science Education, B.S.
• Sport and Exercise Science, B.S.
• Technical Education and Industry Training, B.S. (Online Program)