Combined Masters and Teacher Certification Programs at the University of Pennsylvania, Graduate School of Education (GSE)
Bryn Mawr and Haverford students interested in obtaining both the M.S.Ed. degree as well as faculty approval for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania teaching certificate may choose to submatriculate as undergraduates into the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education’s 10-month, urban-focused Master’s Program in Elementary or Secondary Education. Students usually submatriculate at the beginning of their junior year.
More information about the secondary education and elementary education master’s programs is available through the Bryn Mawr/Haverford Education Program.
BMC Student Handbook 2012-2013
January 18
Dorms open at noon
January 21
Martin Luther King Day (No Classes)
January 22
First day of classes
PE registration begins
January 23-24
Language Proficiency Exams
January 28
PE classes begin
January 28-30
Confirmation of Registration for all students
Guild Hall -- 3rd floor
February 8
Last day to sign up for Credit/No Credit for first-quarter classes
Last day to drop a fifth class
March 1
Last day to sign up for Credit/No Credit for semester classes
March 8
First-quarter (including PE) classes end
Spring break begins after last class
March 18
Spring break ends at 8a.m.
Second-quarter classes (including PE) begin
March 22
Last day to add a second quarter class
March 27
Last day to drop a second quarter class
April 5
Last day to sign up for Credit/No Credit for second quarter classes
April 5 - 12
Language Proficiency Exams
April 8
Preregistration for Fall 2013 begins
April 19
Preregistration for Fall 2013 ends
May 3
Last day of classes
May 5
May Day
May 4-May 5
Review Period
May 6
Final examinations begin
May 11
Final examinations end for seniors
May 17
Final examinations end for other students
May 18
Commencement
May 19
Dorms close at noon