BTP Admissions

Graduate application requirements

Education:

• A bachelor's degree from an accredited institution.
• Complete required prerequisite courses (Math 211 and 212, 213; LIB 428) with a C or better.

Materials:

• Application to the program submitted via Slate
• Unofficial transcripts are accepted by the College of Education for the program application. You only need to submit transcripts from institutions that you earned a degree from and where any graduate coursework was taken. Additional unofficial transcripts may be sent in if it significantly improves your application GPA. If admitted, you must send in official transcripts from each degree-granting school and any graduate school. More information on submitting official transcripts can be found on the Graduate Admissions page.
• Résumé which includes your relevant work experience with youth in an educational setting
• One essay written in your first language and translated into your second language. Please limit your essay to 500 words total. Your essay should answer the following questions:
  • Why have you chosen teaching as a profession?
  • What has led you to his place in your life and what do you hope to accomplish?
• Three letters of recommendation submitted via the form in the application

Upcoming testing requirements:

• National Evaluation Series (NES) Elementary Education Subtest I: Reading and English Language Arts; Social Studies (to be completed prior to admission to the program)
• National Evaluation Series (NES) Elementary Education Subtest II: Math, Science, Arts, Health, and Fitness (to be completed prior to admission to the program)
• American Council of the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI): Completed in first year of the program (to be completed during the first term of the program)

Unofficial/Official transcripts:

• Acceptable unofficial transcripts are:
  • Web-based transcripts downloaded from an institution: institution and student name must be visible on transcripts
  • Photocopies of official transcripts: these must include the front and back of all pages, including transcript key
• Previous applicants:
  • If you’ve previously submitted official transcripts to PSU, you are still required to upload unofficial transcripts to complete your application.

After you are admitted, you must submit official transcripts to:

The Graduate School
Portland State University
PO Box 751
Portland, OR 97207 - 0751

Electronic official transcripts should be sent to graddocs@pdx.edu
Ensure that official transcripts listed above include any prerequisite courses taken