Formal Candidacy Requirements
Criteria for Admission to Formal Candidacy in all Education Programs
- Meet the basic skill requirements in math, reading, writing in one of the following ways:
- SAT required minimum scores OR
- ACT required minimum scores OR
- Pass the PAPA (Pre-Service Academic Performance Assessment Test) OR
- Pass the ETS Core Academic test
- Complete 48 semester credit hours
- Achieve an overall career grade point average of 3.00 or higher
- Earn 6 credits in college level Math
- Earn 6 credits in English including:
- English Composition
- English Literature (at Geneva, this requirement is met through 9 credits of Humanities
- Two (2) letters of Faculty Recommendation
- An overall rating of at least 3 (“Developing”) on the Professional Dispositions Rubric
- Department Chair approval for entry into candidacy