Preparation for Graduate & Professional Study

Teacher Education
Students who seek to obtain a teaching license after graduating with a baccalaureate degree will find that many colleges and universities, including John Carroll University, offer teacher licensure programs at the graduate level either as post-baccalaureate licensure-only programs or as masters of education licensure programs.  Four licenses are available in the state of Ohio:  Early Childhood, Middle Childhood, Adolescent Young Adult, and Multi-Age.  To earn these licenses, students take a professional education sequence of courses which includes a student teaching experience.  For the Middle Childhood, Adolescent Young Adult and Multi-Age licenses, there may also be additional coursework in the teaching fields depending on the baccalaureate degree (see description of requirements in this Bulletin, page 193.

John Carroll offers three graduate-level options for earning teacher licensure:  The School-Based M.Ed. Program, the Professional Teacher/Initial Licensure Program, and the Post-baccalaureate Program.  The School-Based Program is an eleven-month full-time accelerated program that results in a master’s degree and licensure.  The Professional Teacher program also results in a master’s degree and licensure, and can be completed either on a full-time or part-time basis.  The Post-baccalaureate program can be completed either on a full-time or part-time basis and results only in a teaching license.

Graduate programs are also offered in the fields of school counseling, school psychology, and community counseling.  These programs lead to a master’s degree and licensure.  All of John Carroll University’s licensure programs are accredited by NCATE and CACREP and conform to current Ohio licensure standards. 
The detailed organization of the graduate licensure programs and information on licensure requirements will be found in The Graduate Studies Bulletin under the Department of Education and Allied Studies.

Engineering Programs
While John Carroll University does not offer a degree in engineering, students interested in engineering have the following options.  (1)  They may complete an appropriate B.S. degree in chemistry, engineering physics, or mathematics.  Students may elect to take additional engineering courses at Case Western Reserve University and other colleges and universities participating in the Northeast Ohio Commission on Higher Education Cross-Registration Program and then enter an engineering school for a master’s degree in a particular field of engineering.  (2) They may choose to complete two years of pre-engineering at John Carroll University and then transfer to Case Western Reserve University, the University of Detroit Mercy, or another engineering school to pursue a degree in engineering.  (3) They may choose the joint-degree program available with Case Western Reserve University.

Formal agreements have been made to enable students who complete the two-year pre-engineering program at John Carroll to transfer either to Case or to the University of Detroit Mercy, if the minimum continuation requirements set down by each University are met.  Case offers a wide variety of engineering programs that have a national reputation.  The University of Detroit Mercy has unique co-op engineering programs where students are required to alternate between engineering study and industrial work periods.  They must take their first work period in the summer after sophomore year if they wish to graduate at the end of the summer after their fourth year.  Students can earn a good portion of their expenses from employment in the co-op program. 

The joint-degree science/engineering program (Binary Program, 3-2 Program) consists of three years at John Carroll as a science major followed by approximately two years at Case Western Reserve University as an engineering major.  The Binary Program is for students who want to combine a solid arts and sciences foundation with technical study in astronomy, biochemistry, or an engineering discipline.  This program leads to two bachelor’s degrees: one from John Carroll in science, and the other in engineering from Case Western Reserve University.

A minimum grade-point average of 3.0 (B) is required for participation in the Binary Program.  A GPA of 3.0 (B) in science and mathematics courses is also required.

Students interested in any of the above engineering programs should contact the Department of Chemistry or the Department of Physics as early as possible and request a meeting with the engineering advisor.

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