1970-1971 Academic Catalog

EDUCATION AND PSYCHOLOGY 63 ADMISSION TO AND RETENTION IN THE TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAM Students may apply for admission to the teacher education program near the conclusion of their sophomore year, generally the spring quarter. To be admitted they must meet the following requirements: 1. Minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.2 in all courses 2. Minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.2 in teaching field courses 3. The grade of "C" or above in all communication courses 4. Minimum percentile rank of thirty-five on the English Proficiency exam using college sophomore norms 5. Recommendation of all teaching field advisers Planned Observation and Pre-vocational Experience, Human Growth and Development, Purposes and Practices, and School and Society are the only professional education courses that may be taken before being admitted to the teacher education program. Retention in the program and admittance to student teaching require the following in addition to the admission requirements: 1. The grade of "C" in all professional education courses, and teaching field courses 2. Approval of the Teacher Education Committee To be eligible for student teaching the student must have completed all professional education courses. Students planning to student teach autumn quarter must have complet~laCleast 130 quarter hours, winter quarter, 145 quarter hours, and spring quarter, 160 quarter hours. A twenty dollar, non– refundable, fee is paid with the application for student teaching generally during the winter quarter of the junior year.