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Admissions
Admission to Teacher Education Programs
Admission,
continuation and retention criteria are designed to provide evidence
of candidates' knowledge, skills, and dispositions, scholarship,
interpersonal, communication skills, and commitment to working
with P-12 students. The Candidate is encouraged to submit an
application at the beginning of the sophomore year and is admitted
to the Teacher Education Program in the second semester of his/her
sophomore year.
Criteria
for Admission to Undergraduate Programs
Teacher Education
Programs and Educational Studies
The following criteria must be met:
- An overall
GPA of 2.5 or better.
- Passing Praxis
I/GACE I scores or provide evidence of meeting the exemption
criteria for Praxis I/GACE I as established by the Georgia Professional
Standards Commission.
- Grade of "C"
or better in CENG 105 and 106, Speech, CMAT 103 and 104, or CMAT
105 and 106, or CMAT 111 and 112.
- Student Appraisal
Forms completed by two instructors, one of whom must be a Department
of Curriculum faculty member.
- Satisfactory
responses to an interview with an admissions committee comprising
faculty of the Department of Curriculum, public school representatives,
and Arts and Sciences faculty, verified by an Interview Rating
Form.
- Satisfactory
clearance on the criminal background check.
- Completion
of an Admission to School of Education packet.
Admission
to Postbaccalaureate Programs
Admission to
the postbaccalaureate nondegree, certification program requires
the following:
- A baccalaureate
degree from an accredited institution with a grade point average
of not less than 2.5. Some programs may vary from this requirement
in keeping with PSC guidelines.
- Submission
of official transcripts.
- Submission
of at least two letters of recommendation: One must be from a
professor in the applicant's most recent degree program; the
other should be from applicant's current or former supervisor
or employer or from a program alumnus and/or community education
stakeholder.
- Submission
of passing scores on the Praxis I/GACE I test of basic skills.
This requirement will be waived for applicants who meet the exemption
criteria for Praxis I/GACE I established by the Georgia Professional
Standards Commission.
- Completion of application
package for admission to the University.
Admission
to the Certificate Program in Educational Leadership
Admission to the certificate program in Educational Leadership
requires the following:
- A baccalaureate
degree with a cumulative grade point average of not less than
2.5.
- A master's
degree in a subject field related to the work of P-12 education.
- A certificate in a P-12 teaching
or service field granted or accepted by the Georgia Professional
Standards Commission.
- Submission
of official transcripts.
- Submission
of at least two letters of recommendation: One must be from a
professor in the applicant's most recent degree program; the
other should be from applicant's current or former supervisor
or employer or from a program alumnus and/or community education
stakeholder.
- Completion
of application package for admission to the University.
Admission
to Advanced Degree Programs
Advanced
Programs
All candidates
admitted to advanced programs in the School of Education must
hold an undergraduate degree from an accredited institution.
Candidates
must submit the application, undergraduate and graduate higher
education transcripts, GRE test results, resume, three letters
of recommendation, statement of intent.
These documents
must reflect that the candidates possess high levels of intellectual
functioning, effective communication skills, critical thinking
proficiency, strong commitment to P-12 education, and dispositions
supportive of multicultural education and learning in urban schools.
Letters of
recommendation should be from a professor of the applicant's
most recent degree program, and a recent employer, or an alumnus
of the program or from an education stakeholder. In addition,
a statement of intent should indicate how the program will assist
the applicant in meeting his/her professional goals.
Admission to Master's Programs
In addition
to general School requirements detailed previously, applicants
to the master's degree program must meet the following criteria:
- Have earned
a minimum 2.6 GPA on undergraduate work. Departments may have
higher GPA requirements. Candidates may meet this requirement
by taking one course at the graduate level in each of the following
four areas: computer science, policy studies, information resources,
and technical writing, and earn a cumulative GPA of 3.0. These
courses may be taken at the undergraduate and/or the graduate
level. If taken at the graduate level, where relevant to the
graduate program, no more than two of these courses may be used
to satisfy program requirements.
- Present a
minimum composite score of 650 on any two parts of the Graduate
Record Exam (GRE) General Test.
- Offer an undergraduate
record showing sufficient preparation in general studies and
a major supportive of the program area of application.
Admission
to the Specialist Degree Program
In addition
to general School requirements detailed previously, applicants
to the specialist degree program must meet the following criteria:
- Hold a master's
degree from an accredited institution of higher education.
- Have earned
a 3.0 GPA in the most recently completed advanced degree program.
- Present a
composite score of at least 700 on any two parts of the GRE General
Test.
- Hold fifth-year
certification in the program area of application.
- Have had at
least one year of successful school experience.
Admission
to the Doctoral Degree Program
In addition
to general School requirements detailed previously, applicants
to the doctoral degree program must meet the following criteria:
- An undergraduate
record showing sufficient preparation in general studies.
- An approved
master's degree from an accredited institution.
- A 3.0 GPA
on the most recently completed degree program.
- A composite
score of at least 750 on any two parts of the GRE General Test.
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