Education: Initial Teacher Certification in Inclusive Early Childhood/Childhood Education

Program Eligibility

Students self-select for admittance into the major. Students can self-select at any time from their initial application to Nazareth University through their sophomore year. If a student has completed fewer than 45 credit hours, or has a GPA lower than 2.7, the student is accepted conditionally. Students need to maintain a minimum 2.7 cumulative GPA, and obtain a grade of “C” or higher in all education courses to remain in the major.

Students can only begin their INCH coursework series when they have reached junior status, having completed or transferred a minimum of 60 credits, and/or with a plan to graduate during the following academic year, when they will student teach. Before beginning junior level education coursework, students who have declared inclusive early childhood/childhood as a major will be required to demonstrate their readiness to move forward with an overall cumulative GPA that meets or exceeds 2.7. Students need to maintain a minimum 2.7 cumulative GPA, and obtain a grade of “C” or higher in all education courses to progress in the inclusive early childhood/childhood education major.