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Specialist
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Admission requirements for the Specialist in Community College Teaching are those required by the Graduate School. Admission to the Specialist level will require admission to the Graduate School, a master’s degree from an accredited institution, and a satisfactory score on the GRE, GMAT, or MAT.

 

When students are notified of admission to the Graduate School, they will be assigned an adviser who is a faculty member in the department. Please consult with your adviser regularly. A good way to communicate with your adviser is by e-mail. It is especially important to contact your adviser prior to scheduling any course to take and at the point of applying for admission to candidacy (between 12 and 18 semester hours into the program). It is also important to continually consult your advisor as you construct your portfolio, a requirement for graduation and for licensure in Arkansas.

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Arkansas State University operates the compressed Video Network System to deliver courses to off-campus locations. The system links professors and students on campus with students in several locations.

Weather conditions or academic schedules at the various locations, will, on occasion, require the videotaping of the courses delivered via the Compressed Video Network. Enrollment in these courses constitutes permission for the classes and the students in them to be videotaped. Students who are unable to attend the classes when they are originally conducted will view the tapes in lieu of attending the scheduled class sessions.

Admission standards and registration procedures for these classes will be the same as those for resident/on-campus courses.

Graduate student appeals and grievance processes are outlined in the ASU Student Handbook available in the Student Affairs Office.

An Intent to Graduate Card must be filed by the student to be placed on the graduation list. The degree application is obtained from the Graduate School Office and filed with the Graduate School in the semester or first summer term in which the student expects to receive the degree. Consult the current Graduate Bulletin for exact deadline dates. The degree application will need to be signed by your adviser.

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Candidates for the Specialist degree are required to complete a minimum of 30 semester hours of graduate work. Candidates must complete a minimum of 18 semester hours of resident credit from Arkansas State University--Jonesboro. Twelve semester hours may be earned in approved non-resident classes offered by Arkansas State University. A maximum of nine semester hours of graduate credit may be transferred from other approved institutions.

The time allowed for completion of the Master's/Specialist's degree is six years, exclusive of time spent in the armed forces of the United States. Graduate work completed prior to six years from the student's date of completion of the degree cannot be used to satisfy degree requirements. Transfer credit taken prior to admission at Arkansas State University will be included in the six-year limit.

Subject to the approval of the students' advisers and the graduate dean, students who have a "B" grade average or above in graduate work from another approved institution may be permitted to transfer a maximum of nine (9) semester hours of credit toward completion of a degree or a program of study and cannot be over five (5) years old. Requests for work to be taken at another institution for transfer must have the advance approval of the student's adviser and the graduate dean. Only work with "B" or better grades earned at an accredited graduate school and acceptable toward a graduate degree at that institution will be considered for transfer. No work taken by correspondence or at a foreign institution will be considered.

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