Secondary STEM Education/Initial Licensure

*The Secondary STEM Education/Initial Licensure program will not be accepting applications for the 2024 application cycle.

Supported Degree Objectives

Required Supporting Documents

English Proficiency Requirements

The following English proficiency minimum scores are required by this program for the tests listed below. To view additional English proficiency options accepted by this program and the Office of the Vice Provost for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Scholars, visit the English Proficiency Requirements page.

TOEFL: Internet-Based Test (IBT): Minimum Overall Required Score: 80
Minimum section requirements:

IELTS (Academic Module): Minimum Overall Required Score: 6.5
Minimum section requirements:

Application Deadlines

Program Contact Information

Name	MS in Secondary STEM Education with Initial Licensure
Phone	765-496-0990
Email	onlineadmissions@purdue.edu
Web	Program Website
Address	Purdue Online Admissions 155 South Grant Street Young Hall Room 406 West Lafayette, IN 47907 USA

Application Deadlines

The Transition to Teaching licensure route (through which ISTR Resident Teachers will meet the requirements for Indiana state teaching licensure at the secondary level in at least one STEM discipline) requires the completion of a transcript evaluation and credential review prior to admission to the ISTR Program.
A bachelor’s degree or the equivalent with a grade point average of at least three (3.0) on a four (4.0) point scale from an accredited post-secondary educational institution in the subject area that the individual intends to teach. (Coursework may not be taken or repeated after earning the degree in order to raise the overall GPA.)
A graduate degree from an accredited post-secondary educational institution in the subject area or a related field that the individual intends to teach.
Both a bachelor’s degree from an accredited post-secondary educational institution with a grade point average of at least two and five-tenths (2.5) on a four (4.0) point scale, and five (5) years professional experience in the subject or a related area that the individual intends to teach.
Both a bachelor’s degree from an accredited post-secondary educational institution and proof that the individual has passed the state approved content area examination in the subject area that the individual intends to teach.

Fall	Spring	Summer
No Entry	December 1	May 1	Online MS Degree