Applications open for UM teacher degrees at FVCC

The University of Montana has set a Feb. 16, 2015, deadline to apply for its Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education offered at Flathead Valley Community College.

Through a partnernship between the two schools, UM will offer the third and fourth years of study via a combination of distance learning and face-to-face classes taught by Missoula faculty on the FVCC campus in Kalispell. 

Students will engage in classroom experiences with tenure-track instructors from the Phyllis J. Washington College of Education and Human Sciences. 

Students in this program will earn the same bachelor’s degrees as students on the main UM campus, without the financial burden of travel, relocation or residency costs.

Students who have completed the first two years of study in elementary education at FVCC will be eligible to apply for admission into the fall program. 

The program is designed to allow FVCC students to complete their first two years of college at lower FVCC tuition rates and then transfer those credits to the University of Montana and complete their bachelor’s degrees in elementary education on the FVCC campus.

Applicants need to visit the Phyllis J. Washington College of Education and Human Science’s website, www.coehs.umt.edu, for application details. 

Jayna Lutz, academic advisor for UM’s College of Education, will help walk students through the application process, program prerequisites and field questions about financial aid.

For more information, contact Lutz at 406-243-6170 or jayna.lutz@mso.umt.edu.