Admission Requirements | Ursuline - Liberal Arts College in OH

Students applying for admission must meet the general requirements for graduate admission and the specific requirements of the MAP program noted below:

Demonstrate a 3.0 GPA in the chosen content specific area.
Complete all content area prerequisites to their course of study and pass the content-specific Ohio Assessments for Educators Exam before they are eligible for an Ohio teaching license.

College transcripts are evaluated to ensure that pre-program licensure requirements are met. If candidates have not completed prerequisites when their transcripts are audited for admission, all prerequisite coursework must be completed with a B or better.

Prerequisites by Licensure Area

Dual Licensure

Literature (3 credits)
English Composition (3 credits)
Aesthetics (3 credits)
Elective (3 credits)
Biology or Physical Science with lab (3–4 credits)
History (3 credits)
Three Social Science Electives (9 credits)
College-level Math (3 credits)

Adolescent to Young Adult Education

General education courses plus one of the following content areas

General education courses:

Literature (3 credits)
English Composition (3 credits)
Aesthetics (3 credits)
Elective (3 credits)
Biology or Physical Science with lab (3–4 credits)
History (3 credits)
Three Social Science Electives (9 credits)
College-level Math (3 credits)

Integrated Language Arts

Expository Writing (3 credits)
Creative Writing (3 credits)
Study or History of the English Language (3 credits)
American Literature I (3 credits)
American Literature II (3 credits)
Adolescent Literature (3 credits)
British Literature I (3 credits)
British Literature II (3 credits)
Shakespeare (3 credits)

Choose 2 of the following:
Asian Literature (3 credits)
Major Authors of African Literature (3 credits)
Latin American Literature (3 credits)
Women’s Authors (3 credits)
World Mythology (3 credits)
Postcolonial Literature (3 credits)
European Literature (3 credits)
Journalism (3 credits)
English Elective (3 credits)

Choose 1 of the following:
Theater (3 credits)
Speech / Communications (3 credits)
Media Literacy (3 credits)

Integrated Mathematics

Introduction to Statistics (3 credits)
History of Mathematics (3 credits)
Foundations of Middle School Math (3 credits)
Modern Algebra (3 credits)
Linear Algebra & Matrix Theory (3 credits)
Elements of Number Theory (3 credits)
Higher Geometry (3 credits)
Calculus & Analytic Geometry I (3 credits)
Calculus & Analytic Geometry II (3 credits)
Calculus & Analytic Geometry III (3 credits)
Math Elective (3 credits)

Integrated Social Studies

Western Culture (3 credits)
Culture (3 credits)
World Civilization (3 credits)
U.S. History (3 credits)
Ohio History / Government (3 credits)
Two History Electives (6 credits)
Social Problems (3 credits)
Cultural Anthropology (3 credits)
Minority Studies (3 credits)
Political Science / Government (3 credits)
Macroeconomics (3 credits)
Microeconomics (3 credits)
World Geography (3 credits)
Three Social Studies Electives (9 credits)

Science

General Biology (4 credits)
Biodiversity (4 credits)
Ecology (4 credits)
Cell Biology (4 credits)
Genetics (4 credits)
Principles of Chemistry I (3 credits)
Principles of Chemistry II (3 credits)
Biochemistry (4 credits)
General Physics I (4 credits)
Integrated Earth Science (4 credits)
Two Life Science Electives (6–8 credits)

Electives (Optional)
Organic Chemistry I (4 credits)
Organic Chemistry II (4 credits)
Analytical Chemistry (4 credits)
General Physics II (4 credits)

At least 6 hours of Mathematics are required
College Algebra (3 credits)
Calculus & Analytical Geometry I (4 credits)
Calculus & Analytical Geometry II (4 credits)
Calculus & Analytical Geometry III (4 credits)
Introduction to Statistics (3 credits) Preferred

Multi-age Visual Arts

Design Foundations I (3 credits)
Design Foundations II (3 credits)
Drawing I (3 credits)
Painting I (3 credits)
Photography or video/film art or multimedia art (3 credits)
Professional Practice (3 credits)

Intermediate or Advanced elective (3 credits)
Recommended: Sculpture

Intermediate or Advanced elective (3 credits)
Recommended: Printmaking

Intermediate or Advanced elective (3 credits)
Recommended: Ceramics

Intermediate or Advanced elective (3 credits)
Recommended: Fiber arts

Intermediate or Advanced elective (3 credits)
Recommended: Jewelry

Two Art History 200-level electives from the following:
Women in the Arts (3 credits)
Ancient World Art (3 credits)
Western Art (3 credits)
Modern Art (3 credits)
Non-Western Art (3 credits)
Art History (3 credits)