Accelerated Bachelor of Arts in Secondary Education – Mathematics

This program begins cohorts in early January and early July of every year. Applications are reviewed until approximately two weeks before the start date.

Steps for program admission:

1. Submit your accelerated online application by selecting “Secondary Education – Bachelor’s degree” as the academic program.
2. We help guide you through: You will receive communication from your helpful Admission Counselor about next steps, entrance requirements, and how to submit supplemental materials.
3. Review entrance requirements and submit admissions pieces:
   2. Cumulative undergrad GPA of 2.75 for full acceptance. *If GPA lower than 2.75, students must meet with Dr. Adam Paape, Program Director to discuss GPA and the GPA requirements for student teaching and standardized exams information.
   3. Official transcripts
   4. Any other necessary application materials
4. Acceptance! When your application file is complete, it will be reviewed by the department and you will be notified of entrance status.
5. Fill out application for Uncommon Scholarship if you qualify.
6. Once in the program: Students are required to do a background check upon acceptance to begin field work in classrooms. Students will be given the information for the background check upon acceptance.

Online - All of the program courses are online. Field work or clinical field experiences and student teaching must be done in-person at a school.

Accelerated format - All Accelerated Secondary Education (ASE) Programs are designed to be able to be completed in 3 years, if a student starts with zero credits. The ASE programs only have required field work during semesters 1, 2, and 5.  All ASE programs will require student teaching during semester 6. 

Courses - Curriculum was developed in view of the traditional undergraduate program. Within coursework, there are highly-collaborative education courses. There are also non-education courses such as math, science, communication, English, religion, etc. These courses are more self-paced.

Start dates - You have two opportunities to begin this program. Cohorts begin in July and January. 

Classroom experiences - Over the semester students have field work (clinical field) experiences. This work in the beginning is observational in nature. Semesters one through five of six total semesters have field work. The third and final year presents more leadership classroom experience with student teaching.

A background check is required to be in a classroom even for observation. Students need to have a cooperating teacher in a regular school and the teacher needs a valid teaching license, at least 3 years experience, and been in their current building for a year. Concordia is happy to discuss practicum and field work with you.

License - This program leads to Wisconsin teaching licensure in 4-12th grade. Applicants from out-of-state should check with their departments of education to see how courses translate to other states. Concordia will help you with a program course review.

Credit opportunities - Students may transfer up to 84 credits. Applicants may apply for life and work experience credit toward field work for up to 3 credits.

LTD opportunity - Do you want to get your Lutheran Teacher Diploma? You can take 9 additional credits of theology and education courses to qualify.

Financial opportunity - Uncommon scholarships are available. The TEACH grant qualifies. This program is offered at the accelerated tuition rate.

Add on licenses - Once you complete our program, you are eligible to engage in our opportunities for any of the six add-on licenses listed below:

• Alternative Education License - 6 credits - DPI license #1952
• Cross-categorical Special Education License - 16 credits - DPI license #2801
• Gifted and Talented Teacher License - 12 credits - DPI license #1013
• Gifted and Talented Coordinator License - 15 credits (12 from G&T teacher license plus 3 more credits) - DPI license #5013
• English as a Second Language (ESL) License - 18 credits - DPI license #1395
• Bilingual License - 24 credits (18 credits from ESL license plus 6 more credits) - DPI license #1023