Graduate candidates who hold a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university in the content field where certification is sought or who have completed a baccalaureate degree which includes content areas course work equivalent to the undergraduate certification requirements at Winthrop University for certification in the specified content field may enroll in the MAT degree program.  Graduate candidates who do not meet all undergraduate certification requirements will be required to complete additional course work.  The applicant must meet the general admission requirements for graduate study at Winthrop University as well as meet department admission requirements  which include:

1. An Admission Index Score of eight.  (The Admission Index Score is derived by a formula-
   based computation of the graduate candidate's undergraduate grade-point average (GPA)
   and a score on the General Test of the Graduate Record Examination (verbal and quantitative
   sections);

3. Satisfactory completion of a writing sample as prescribed by the MAT
    program director.