Candidates for the M.A.T. degree must complete a minimum of 36 credits with a cumulative Quality Point Average of at least 3.0 with no more than three letter grades less than B-. Candidates for initial teacher certification must meet all additional Pennsylvania Department of Education Certification Requirements, including undergraduate content area courses, graduate education courses, and passing scores on the PECT Pre-Service Academic Performance Assessment (PAPA) in reading, writing, and mathematics and the appropriate Praxis Series examinations.

All certification candidates are required to submit annually the FBI Federal Criminal History Record, PA State Police Criminal Record Check, and PA Child Abuse History clearance, all which clearly state ?NO RECORD EXISTS.?