Academic Catalog

Music Education Post-Baccalaureate Certification

  • Advanced Professional Studies - Post-Bacc Cert
    • COURSE REQUIREMENTS FOR APS
      • FOUNDATIONS COURSES - Choose 1 of the following options 1-2:
        6 hours
        • Option 1. Foundations Graduate Level
        • Option 2. Foundations Undergraduate Level
    • ACT 126 - Educator Ethics Training
      • You must submit your Educator Ethics Training (If applying to APS AFTER Jan 15, 2020)
    • 3.0 Minimum Cert GPA
      • See separate block
        • If you are given the 2.8 GPA Exception for graduation and you graduate with a GPA lower than 3.0, you must have higher certification test scores in order to meet PA state certification requirements.
    • REQUIRED CLEARANCES
      • ACT 114 - FBI Fingerprint Needed
        • You must submit your FBI Fingerprint Clearance
      • ACT 34 - Criminal Record Check Needed
        • You must submit your Criminal Record Check
      • ACT 151 - Child Abuse Clearance Needed
        • You must submit your Child Abuse Clearance
      • Negative TB Test or Chest X-ray Needed
        • You must submit your Negative TB Test or Chest X-ray
    • No dispositions-related holds
      • If the requirement above is checked as complete, then there are currently no dispositions-related holds on your APS Status. Registration for APS courses is permitted when all APS requirements have been met. If it is incomplete, you have a hold and APS registration will not be allowed.
    • APS registration status
      • You ARE NOT eligible to register for courses requiring APS status.
    • Application for APS status
  • Req Related for Music, Post-Bacc Certification
    Total hours
    3 hours