Admission Criteria
Furman’s MAT program seeks candidates who have above-average academic records, strong content knowledge and skills, and dispositions/attitudes/behaviors that will facilitate successful entry into the classroom.
Requirements include:
- a bachelor’s degree in the content area with minimum 2.75 GPA (3.0 preferred) from Furman or another accredited college or university;
- Praxis II or State Board of Education approved content exam passing score;
- writing sample (ex. 200-300 words on why I’d like to become a teacher);
- transcript evaluation to assess content preparation (for those applicants only who do not hold a Furman degree in order to insure a minimum of 30 credits in the content area);
- recommendations, including a formal dispositions evaluation;
- background check;
- interview;
- and 10-minute demonstration lesson.
These requirements are more comprehensive than those of other Furman graduate programs and of many other SC institutions of higher education who offer MAT programs.