The University of Tennessee - Martin

Program Requirements

Advanced Program – Elementary or Secondary, for experienced or certified teachers.

Initial Licensure – Elementary, Secondary or Comprehensive, for those who have an undergraduate degree in a field other than education, or those who have not completed licensure.

Counseling – Community or School Counseling

Administration and Supervision - for those who have successful teaching experience and who are seeking positions in educational administration.

Subject Area – for those that are seeking to study in a specific area, such as English, History, etc.; can be licensure or non-licensure

There are two types of students within the Graduate Program. A degree seeking student who wishes to obtain a Master’s and a Non-Degree seeking student who wants to add an endorsement or take various classes without obtaining a Master’s.

Requirements for Degree-Seeking Student
Unconditional Admission
Minimum qualifying examination score listed below.

GRE
Verbal plus Quantitative -- 980 and
Writing 3.5

Conditional Admission
Minimum qualifying examination score listed below.

GRE
Verbal plus Quantitative -- 770 and
Writing 3.5

Requirements for Non-Degree Seeking Students
Unclassified Admission
Applicants for degree-seeking status who meet the minimum GPA requirements for conditional admission but cannot provide a satisfactory official qualifying exam score may be granted unclassified admission. Unclassified students may enroll for one semester only and for a maximum of six semester hours. They must achieve a 3.00 Cum GPA. Continued
enrollment as a degree-seeking student after the initial semester is subject to satisfactory completion of the requirements for conditional or unconditional admission in place when the student desires to re-enroll. If the student cannot satisfy the conditional admission requirements, future enrollment must be in the non-degree category.

In order to serve the educational needs of individuals who wish to undertake graduate study without pursuing a degree, an applicant with an earned degree may be admitted as non-degree if he/she meets one of the following requirements:

1. Cum GPA—at least a 2.50 cumulative GPA on all work attempted prior to completion of the baccalaureate degree (4.00 scale), or
2. Sr Yr GPA—at least a 3.00 GPA on the last 30 semester hours attempted in the baccalaureate degree (all work will be computed for the number of semesters necessary to total the last 30 semester hours), or
3. at least a 3.00 GPA on the Sr Yr plus any post-baccalaureate, upper-division and/or graduate courses (courses included in the Sr Yr calculation may be repeated to raise the GPA to 3.00), or
4. completed a graduate degree from an accredited institution.

Applicants not meeting any of the above requirements must have the minimum graduate qualifying examination score and approval of the graduate committee in the intended major.

Non-degree students must meet all course prerequisites and receive permission to register for the course from the appropriate graduate coordinator(s).

If a non-degree student later wishes to pursue a degree, the student must:
1. meet the college's graduate qualifying examination minimum score, and
2. receive approval of the college's graduate committee, and
3. have a bachelor's degree with a 2.50 Cum GPA (2.70 for unconditional admission in Agricultural Operations Management or Education) and a 3.00 GPA in graduate work attempted, or
4. have a bachelor's degree with a 3.00 Sr Yr GPA and a 3.00 Cum GPA on graduate work attempted at UT Martin, or
5. have a bachelor’s degree with a 3.00 GPA on the Sr Yr plus any post-baccalaureate, upper-division and/or graduate courses; and have a 3.00 Cum GPA on graduate work attempted at UT Martin. (Any courses included in the Sr Yr calculation may be repeated to raise the GPA to 3.00.)

Upon admission to a graduate degree program, a maximum of six semester hours of graduate credit (with at least a "B" in each course) earned as a non-degree and/or unclassified student may be accepted in a degree program. If a student is admitted into a degree program from non-degree status, the date of the earliest course approved for graduate credit will be used as the beginning of the six-year time limit toward completion.