Elementary Education Program

The Department of Elementary Education is in the process of redesigning the M.Ed. in elementary education program. Admission has been suspended until January 2008, while the program is being revised.

B.A. & B.S. in Elementary Education

Whether you plan to seek certification for infant programs through grade two (Early Childhood Education - ECED) or seek certification for grades one through six (Elementary Education - ELED) you will begin your journey once accepted into The Department of Elementary Education at Rhode Island College.

The course requirements for both are the same except for the methods courses, which fall under ECED for Early Childhood or ELED for Elementary Education.

The B.A. and B.S. in Elementary Education are both three-part programs.

• General Education Courses
• The Curriculum: Early Childhood or Elementary Education
• B.A. - Content Major or Academic Major or the B.S. - Teaching Concentration in Special Education

M.A.T. in Elementary Education

Admission Requirements

1. A completed application form accompanied by a fifty dollar nonrefundable application fee.
2. Official transcripts of all undergraduate and graduate records.
3. A minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.00 on a 4.00 scale in undergraduate course work.
4. An official report of scores on the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) or Miller Analogies Test (MAT), with a minimum score of 43 on the MAT, or a minimum combined score of 1000 on the verbal and quantitative sections of the GRE and a minimum score of four on the analytical writing section of the GRE.
5. An official report of scores on the Praxis II: Elementary Content Knowledge Test, with a minimum score as established by the Rhode Island Department of Education.
6. Three letters of recommendation.
7. A plan of study approved by the advisor and appropriate dean.
8. An interview with the coordinator of the M.A.T. program in elementary education.