UC Davis School of Education

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Master of Arts Program Admissions

Prerequisites

  • B.A. or B.S. degree completed (before entering program).
  • Minimum 3.0 GPA.
  • Major in an area that adequately supports graduate study in Education.

School of Education Admission Requirements

In addition, the MA for Practicing Teachers track, requires:

  • A valid California teaching credential or equivalent preparation
  • Employment in classroom-based instruction

Admission to the MA/Credential track occurs through the Teaching Credential Program. MA/Credential students are admitted as Credential students and advanced to MA status following completion of the Credential. Admission information for the Credential portion of the MA/Credential can be found on the Credential Admissions page. Criteria for advancement to MA status can be found in the Admissions Requirement section for the Degree Requirements document.

UC Davis Office of Graduate Studies Application

  • Complete online Graduate Studies Application.
  • The application fee is $60 for the domestic application and $80 for the international. The fee may be paid by credit card, e-check, paper check or money order. Paper checks and money orders must be received within 15 days of submission of your application. Please mail them to:

    Office of Graduate Studies
    University of California
    250 Mrak Hall
    One Shields Avenue
    Davis, CA 95616

  • Letters of Recommendation must be submitted electronically through the online application. Students should not have recommenders send letters in hard copy, but rather submit all recommendations online once the online service is available.
  • Applicants should wait to submit their transcripts only after they have marked their application complete and submitted. This allows for more efficient and effective matching of transcripts to applicants.
  • Applicants should submit only one transcript for each university or college they have attended. That transcript will be made available to faculty in each graduate program to which the applicant has applied, as well as for the review of the fellowship application.
  • Applicants should send their transcripts directly to the graduate program to which they have applied; in the case of multiple applications, applicants should send only one transcript to their first choice of graduate programs or to the first completed graduated program application.
  • Applicants should upload required curriculum vitae, resume and/or writing sample via the online application web site. Applicants to programs that do not list these items as requirements will not be allowed to upload them.

Correspondence and Information
Degree Requirements (pdf file)

For more information contact:
MA Program Coordinator
School of Education
One Shields Avenue
University of California
Davis, CA 95616
Phone: (530) 752-0757
Fax: (530) 754-6672
E-mail: eduadvising@ucdavis.edu