To encourage Rochester undergraduates to consider a career in teaching and to earn a master's degree required for professional certification in New York State, we allow students to take courses toward teaching certification and an M.S. degree in their junior and senior years. The courses taken by undergraduates must be at the graduate level to count toward the master's degree, and the graduate credits earned must exceed the minimum number of credits required for the undergraduate degree. Students must select one of the programs for entry-level teachers.

University of Rochester undergraduates may apply for early admission into a master's program in the fall of their senior year, however, they may not matriculate into the program until they graduate with the bachelor's degree.

Students must take at least 30 credits once matriculated in the Warner School to obtain a master's degree.

To learn more about this option, call the Admissions Office at (585) 275-3950.