ADMISSIONS

SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY
GRADUATE PROGRAMS IN EDUCATION

ADMISSIONS APPLICATION DEADLINES
**We are still accepting late applications. Please contact the Graduate Admissions office**

• FALL AND SUMMER QUARTER: APRIL 1st
• WINTER QUARTER: NOVEMBER 1ST
• SPRING QUARTER: FEBRUARY 1ST

ADMISSIONS REQUIREMENTS

APPLICATION FEE: $50

APPLICATION FORM (PLEASE MAKE A COPY OF YOUR ORIGINAL AND SUBMIT BOTH COPIES)

OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPTS (TWO COPIES OF OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPTS FROM ALL COLLEGE-LEVEL INSTITUTIONS, INCLUDING JUNIOR COLLEGES) ATTENDED WITH THE DEGREES GRANTED AND POSTED.

THREE LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION (APPROPRIATE FORMS ARE IN YOUR APPLICATION PACKET; YOUR REFERENCES MAY ALSO BE SUBMITTED ON OFFICIAL LETTERHEAD BY YOUR RECOMMENDERS.)

• IF YOU ARE A TEACHER EDUCATION APPLICANT, YOUR LETTERS SHOULD BE AS FOLLOWS: ONE LETTER FROM AN ACADEMIC ADVISOR OR FACULTY MEMBER; TWO LETTERS FROM PEOPLE WHO CAN COMMENT ON YOUR ABILITY TO WORK WITH YOUTH.

ESSAY/STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

• PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR QUESTION #1 IF YOU ARE APPLYING FOR ANY PROGRAM OTHER THAN TEACHER EDUCATION, AND YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR QUESTION #2 IF YOU ARE APPLYING FOR TEACHER EDUCATION

GRADUATE EXAM ENTRANCE REQUIREMENT

YOU MAY CHOOSE ONE FROM ANY OF THESE THREE TESTS:

• GRADUATE RECORD EXAMINATION, GENERAL (GRE)
• MILLER'S ANALOGIES TEST (MAT)
• CALIFORNIA CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS TEST (CCTST)

* SPECIAL EDUCATION APPLICANTS
MUST TAKE EITHER THE GRE OR MAT ONLY.

* TEACHER CREDENTIAL applicants
are NOT required to take a graduate entrance exam.

IF YOU HAVE AN ADVANCED DEGREE, THE ENTRANCE EXAM REQUIREMENT IS WAIVED.

* TOEFL SCORES (REQUIRED OF ALL INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS AND NON-NATIVE SPEAKERS OF ENGLISH - MINIMUM SCORE IS 570 ON THE OLD SCALE, 215 ON THE NEW SCALE.)

SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY
GRADUATE PROGRAMS IN EDUCATION

FORMAL INTERVIEW: REQUIRED FOR ALL TEACHING CREDENTIAL and NONDEGREE APPLICANTS.

• FOR TEACHER EDUCATION CANDIDATES: THE INTERVIEW WILL BE SCHEDULED AFTER YOU HAVE APPLIED FOR ADMISSION TO THE PROGRAM. PLEASE CONTACT THE FIELD EXPERIENCE COORDINATOR, PAT DeMARLO FOR YOUR INTERVIEW BY EMAIL AT PDEMARLO@SCU.EDU.
  
  
•  FOR NONDEGREE CANDIDATES: IF YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED APPROVAL FROM A FACULTY ADVISOR PLEASE MAKE ARRANGEMENTS TO MEET WITH THE DIRECTOR OF ADMISSIONS AND RECORDS, HELEN VALINE. YOU MAY CONTACT HER BY EMAIL AT HVALINE@SCU.EDU.

ADMISSIONS REQUIREMENTS SPECIFIC TO
TEACHING CREDENTIAL STUDENTS:

CBEST SCORES (CALIFORNIA BASIC EDUCATIONAL SKILLS TEST) NEEDS TO BE ON FILE FOR EVERY APPLICANT FOR ANY CREDENTIAL PROGRAM REQUIRING THE CBEST. THIS MUST BE ON FILE BY THE TIME YOU BEGIN YOUR PROGRAM.

MSAT/PRAXIS (MULTIPLE SUBJECT ASSESSMENT TEST) OR
SSAT (SINGLE SUBJECT ASSESSMENT) AND PRAXIS SCORES;
THESE ASSESSMENT TESTS MAY BE WAIVED BY A LETTER FROM A SCHOOL OFFICIAL IN AN APPROVED WAIVER PROGRAM STATING THAT THESE TEST REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN MET BY THE COURSEWORK IN YOUR PREVIOUS ACADEMIC PROGRAM.

DROP-IN ACADEMIC ADVISEMENT GROUP SESSIONS FOR TEACHING CREDENTIAL STUDENTS ONLY ARE AVAILABLE THESE GROUP SESSIONS ARE HELD DURING THE ACADEMIC YEAR ON TUESDAY EVENINGS BEGINNING PROMPTLY AT 6 P.M. in BANNAN HALL, ROOM 211 Please contact the Education Department for more details at 408-554-6801.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE ADMISSIONS COMMITTEE MEMBERS FROM EACH EDUCATION PROGRAM (TEACHER EDUCATION, SPECIAL EDUCATION, EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION) WILL MEET TO EVALUATE APPLICATIONS COMPLETED BY THE DEADLINE DATES POSTED. DECISIONS ON COMPLETED APPLICATIONS ARE MAILED OUT APPROXIMATELY 2-3 WEEKS AFTER THE DEADLINE DATES.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THESE REQUIREMENTS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT THE DIVISION OF COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGY AND EDUCATION AT 408-554-7884.