Secondary Education
(transfer course guideline)
Oregon's state universities offering secondary education programs are Eastern Oregon University, Oregon State University, and Western Oregon University, which offer Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Arts degrees in secondary education, and Eastern Oregon University, Oregon State University, Portland State University, Southern Oregon University, and University of Oregon, which offer a fifth-year secondary education program. University of Oregon programs are limited to special education.
Admission to fifth-year education programs requires completion of a baccalaureate degree in the subject you plan to teach at a junior or senior high school. The secondary education program is at the graduate level. Admission to these programs requires maintaining a specific grade point average (GPA), usually 2.75 to 3.00, and successfully passing the California Basic Educational Skills Test (CBEST) or Praxis I: Pre-Professional Skills Test (PPST) and the Praxis Examination in your major teaching area.
Admission to the four-year education program at Western Oregon University requires maintaining a 2.75 GPA and passing the CBEST or PPST.
You should enroll in courses that meet the general education requirements for the school to which you plan to transfer, as well as courses that meet the requirements for the major subject in which you plan to teach.
As a student, you are responsible for learning the departmental requirements of the school to which you plan to transfer. Consult with Chemeketa's Counseling and Career Services or a Chemeketa advisor. Also, you should make early contact with an advisor at the institution to which you plan to transfer to learn of any possible changes in an academic area.
Updated October 2007 by the College Advancement Department.