Dual Program Elementary Education/Early Childhood Education

The UNI/DMACC teacher education program is singly focused on the offering of a course sequence at DMACC Carroll Campus that will lead to a degree from UNI in Elementary Education/Early Childhood Education.

Requirements
All students must meet the regular requirements as specified by the University of Northern Iowa. This will include:

1. The UNI portion of the sequence starts every other January, odd years only. The students will move through the program in groups called cohorts.
2. Completion of an AA degree or equivalent course work.
3. Enter UNI with a minimum 2.5 GPA.
4. Tuition will be the regular UNI tuition for UNI classes and DMACC tuition for DMACC classes.
5. Program and course requirements will be the same as those required of UNI campus- based students.
6. Minimum of 139 credits : 75 DMACC, 64 UNI.
7. Satisfactory completion of PRAXIS I for admission to Teacher Ed.
8. Satisfactory completion of PRAXIS II before graduation for licensure recommendation.
9. Maintain 2.5 GPA throughout program.
10. All methods of teaching classes must be taken from UNI - no exceptions.
11. To graduate with honors from UNI a total of 60 UNI credits must be completed.