Minor in Adaptive Education

Undergraduate Application Steps

It’s time to help you become a Falcon! Just follow these simple steps to complete your application.

For first-time freshman:

1. Submit your online application  
2. Submit the Common Application
3. Have your school send your official high school transcripts. Transcripts may be mailed or sent via a transcript processing service to:
   
   Concordia University Wisconsin
   Admissions Office
   12800 N. Lake Shore Dr.
   Mequon, WI 53097
   
   
4. Send your official ACT or SAT scores.

Scores on your high school transcript will be considered official. If your school does not put scores on transcripts, please contact ACT at www.act.org or College Board at www.collegeboard.org.

For transfer students:

1. Submit your online application
2. Submit the Common Application
3. Submit official transcripts from all colleges/universities attended

*Transfer students with less than 60 college credits completed will also submit official high school transcripts. Students who have less than 30 college credits also need to submit official ACT or SAT scores. Scores on your high school transcript will be considered official.

Minimum Requirements

• A minimum GPA of a 2.5/4.0 (C average) or higher
• ACT composite of 18 or above
• SAT equivalent of 940 or higher for combined math and evidence-based reading and writing (for tests taken after March 2016).  

*If your GPA or ACT score falls below the minimum for acceptance, your admissions counselor may ask you to retake the test or supply additional documents, such as an essay or letters of recommendation, to complete the application.

Required Academic Coursework in High School

A minimum of 16 units of high school (secondary school) work is required, of which at least 11 should be in basic liberal arts areas. Units should be distributed as follows:

• English: At least three units, but four are strongly recommended.
• Mathematics: Two units of college-prep math, preferably one each in Algebra and Geometry.
• Natural Science: Two units, preferably one each in Biology, Physics or Chemistry.
• Social Studies: Two units, preferably one each in world history and American history.
• Liberal Arts: Two units of the same foreign language or additional units in one or more of the other listed subjects or in fine arts.
• Other Electives: Five units from any area of academic study, but ideally from the areas listed above.
• German or Latin is recommended for pre-seminary students.

In an attempt to give Secondary/K-12 education students more potential areas of licensure, the School of Education, School of Arts and Sciences, and Batterman School of Business offer 22 certificates. The Department of Public Instruction within the state of Wisconsin has done restructuring of licensure programs that have greatly impacted the offerings within the Secondary/K-12 education department. These certificates present additional options for CUW students.

Secondary/K-12 students take a test after graduation to be eligible for additional licensure. As certificates, these are not exclusive to education students and can be pursued by any student at the university. (Please check with your advisor if you can take one of these certificates.) 

1. Biology
2. Business
3. Chemistry
4. Computer Science
5. Earth and Space Sciences
6. Economics
7. English
8. Environmental Studies
9. Geography
10. Marketing
11. Mathematics
12. Physical Education 
13. Physics
14. Political Science
15. Psychology
16. Sociology
17. Spanish
18. Speech Communication
19. Theatre
20. Theology – Exegetical Theology
21. Theology – Christian Thought
22. Theology – Practical Theology