General Education Requirements
Students in the College of Education must meet university and departmental general education requirements specified for their degrees.

Academic Residence
Students must be in residence for 30 of the last 30 semester hours of credit. Courses graded on a satisfactory/ unsatisfactory basis are not accepted within these last 30 semester credit hours. This residency requirement applies to students seeking a degree or teacher certification.

Education Majors
Professional education courses must be completed with a grade point average of 2.5 and no grade lower than a C (2.0). A C- grade is not acceptable.

Admission to the College of Education
Any students who designate education degree programs as their intended degree  paths will have Education as their assigned academic unit. Students admitted  to the College of Education must also be admitted to the teacher education program.

Application and Admission to the Teacher Education Program All students  (pre- and post-degree) who wish to become teachers must be admitted to the teacher  education program regardless of the college in which they are enrolled. The admission program requires student action at the following levels.

Applications to the undergraduate teacher education program are processed through the office of teacher education. Eligibility is based upon fulfillment of the following requirements:

• Submission of qualifying scores on C-BASE in areas of English, writing,  mathematics, science and social studies, as mandated by the Missouri Excellence  in Education Act of 1985.  Consult the undergraduate education office, College  of Education, for test descriptions, cost, required scores, dates of administration,  retest policies, etc. Acceptable C-BASE scores are required in addition to  acceptable ACT or SAT scores. (C-BASE not applicable to students with a bachelors  degree. Graduates of the general studies program in the UM-St. Louis Evening  College, however, must take the C-BASE).
• Scores of either 20 on the ACT Composite (18, when taken prior to 11-1-89)  or 800 on the SAT (verbal plus math)*.
• Completion of 60 hours of college or university courses (at UM-St. Louis  or another accredited school).
• A grade point average of 2.5 or better.
• Completion of level one courses, or the equivalent, with a grade of C or  better.
• Agreement to subscribe to a standard of preprofessional behavior.  (This  standard is available in the undergraduate education office.)
• Submission of  a criminal record check and child abuse/neglect screening.   

 College of Education

* Policy for Students Scoring Below ACT and SAT Qualifying Requirements
 Students who do not achieve satisfactory scores of 20 on the ACT or 800 on the SAT may retake the test(s) until the requirement is met. Students who initially score below the required ACT score of 20 or SAT score of 800 may petition the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education to attest that basic educational competencies are met if the grade point average from 60 hours of college or university courses is at least 2.5. Students must produce evidence that the ACT or SAT was initially completed and a score recorded.

Students with a documented disabling condition, preventing valid test administration of the ACT or SAT, may be evaluated for basic educational competencies through  appropriate testing instruments and/or procedures designated and approved by the Dean of the College of Education.

Students who do not meet the initial ACT or SAT qualifying scores may seek  assistance in upgrading basic competencies through contact with one or more of the following University of Missouri-St. Louis services:

Center for Academic Development;
Women's Center;
Counseling Service;
Veteran Affairs Office;
Video Instructional Program;
Horizons (Peer Counseling Center).