Academic Programs
Choose from a wide range of undergraduate, graduate, certificate and endorsement programs in education and human service fields.
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The information shared here is intended to provide an overview of Georgia State’s Education & Human Development offerings. For official details on admissions requirements, tuition, courses and more please refer to the university catalogs.
Mathematics Education, M.Ed.
College of Education & Human Development
The M.Ed. major in Secondary Mathematics Education seeks to advance early- and mid-career mathematics teachers’ ability to effectively implement standards-based instructional practices. Through engaging teachers in advanced mathematics coursework, the program strengthens teachers’ mathematical content knowledge.
The M.Ed. major in Secondary Mathematics Education seeks to advance early- and mid-career mathematics teachers’ ability to effectively implement standards-based instructional practices.
Through engaging teachers in advanced mathematics coursework, the program strengthens teachers’ mathematical content knowledge.
Middle Level Education, B.S.Ed.
The B.S.E. in Middle Level Education prepares you to teach in schools in historically marginalized communities by emphasizing political, historical and cultural community contexts and integrating a strong justice and equity orientation. The Middle Level Education degree program is designed for students who seek a bachelor’s degree and initial teaching certification in Middle Level Education grades 4-8 in two of the following concentration areas: English Language Arts Mathematics Science Social Studies This program leads to a Bachelor of Science in Middle Level Education (B.S.E.) and a clear and renewable (T4) Induction Certificate in Georgia. Throughout the program, you’ll take specialized courses and gain practical teaching experience in the field. Our program features technology integration and offers study-abroad opportunities. Faculty support planning, instruction, assessment and reflection with colleagues, faculty and partner schools who are committed to excellence in education. Our urban communities need highly skilled, compassionate and advocacy-oriented Middle Level teachers whose content knowledge and instructional practice honor students’ diversity and promote equity.
The B.S.E. in Middle Level Education prepares you to teach in schools in historically marginalized communities by emphasizing political, historical and cultural community contexts and integrating a strong justice and equity orientation.
The Middle Level Education degree program is designed for students who seek a bachelor’s degree and initial teaching certification in Middle Level Education grades 4-8 in two of the following concentration areas:
- English Language Arts
- Mathematics
- Science
- Social Studies
This program leads to a Bachelor of Science in Middle Level Education (B.S.E.) and a clear and renewable (T4) Induction Certificate in Georgia.
Throughout the program, you’ll take specialized courses and gain practical teaching experience in the field. Our program features technology integration and offers study-abroad opportunities. Faculty support planning, instruction, assessment and reflection with colleagues, faculty and partner schools who are committed to excellence in education.
Our urban communities need highly skilled, compassionate and advocacy-oriented Middle Level teachers whose content knowledge and instructional practice honor students’ diversity and promote equity.
Middle Level Education, M.A.T.
Middle-level educators in grades 4-8 are responsible for teaching intellectual skills and knowledge while attending to specific adolescent developmental needs in two of the following content areas: English language arts, mathematics, science and/or social studies. Our urban communities need highly skilled, compassionate and advocacy-oriented Middle Level teachers whose content knowledge and instructional practice honor students’ diversity and promote equity. Middle Level teachers create learning environments that develop learners’ opportunities across several content areas: In English Language Arts, teachers teach reading literature, writing for multiple audiences, expressing ideas and opinions in speech and interpersonal communication and exploring the potential of the arts in language arts. In Mathematics, teachers enable students to learn mathematics by engaging them in mathematical practices and using critical thinking to make sense of core mathematical ideas. In Science, teachers enable students to learn science by thinking critically, engaging them in scientific practices and using core science ideas to make sense of phenomena from the natural world. In Social Studies, teachers develop young citizens who can participate in our democracy and the global community by thinking critically in history, geography, political science and economics content areas. This program leads to a Master of Arts in Teaching (M.A.T.) in Middle Level Education and a renewable (T5) Induction Certificate in Georgia.
Middle-level educators in grades 4-8 are responsible for teaching intellectual skills and knowledge while attending to specific adolescent developmental needs in two of the following content areas: English language arts, mathematics, science and/or social studies. Our urban communities need highly skilled, compassionate and advocacy-oriented Middle Level teachers whose content knowledge and instructional practice honor students’ diversity and promote equity. Middle Level teachers create learning environments that develop learners’ opportunities across several content areas:
- In English Language Arts, teachers teach reading literature, writing for multiple audiences, expressing ideas and opinions in speech and interpersonal communication and exploring the potential of the arts in language arts.
- In Mathematics, teachers enable students to learn mathematics by engaging them in mathematical practices and using critical thinking to make sense of core mathematical ideas.
- In Science, teachers enable students to learn science by thinking critically, engaging them in scientific practices and using core science ideas to make sense of phenomena from the natural world.
- In Social Studies, teachers develop young citizens who can participate in our democracy and the global community by thinking critically in history, geography, political science and economics content areas.
This program leads to a Master of Arts in Teaching (M.A.T.) in Middle Level Education and a renewable (T5) Induction Certificate in Georgia.
Online Learning Design and Development, Graduate Certificate
Our online Learning Design and Development program is for you if you’re ready to become an eLearning designer. This online program is designed for individuals interested in working in a wide variety of education, training and development areas such as those found in business, industry, government agencies, the military and nonprofit organizations. This certificate is designed to meet the challenges created by the growing demand for eLearning courses and programs in education sectors and the workplace. The program emphasizes the competencies required to design, develop, facilitate and manage e-learning programs. Through a combination of classroom and practical activities, this program provides participants with the opportunity to design, produce and evaluate eLearning activities that make effective use of best practices and industry standards of development. Ample opportunities are provided for applying the competencies learned in the classroom to job-related situations.
Our online Learning Design and Development program is for you if you’re ready to become an eLearning designer.
This online program is designed for individuals interested in working in a wide variety of education, training and development areas such as those found in business, industry, government agencies, the military and nonprofit organizations. This certificate is designed to meet the challenges created by the growing demand for eLearning courses and programs in education sectors and the workplace. The program emphasizes the competencies required to design, develop, facilitate and manage e-learning programs.
Through a combination of classroom and practical activities, this program provides participants with the opportunity to design, produce and evaluate eLearning activities that make effective use of best practices and industry standards of development. Ample opportunities are provided for applying the competencies learned in the classroom to job-related situations.
Program Evaluation, Post Masters Certificate
Our Program Evaluation post master’s certificate can provide you with the credentials you need to do consulting work or program evaluation. This program includes the following: program evaluation models specialized topics in program evaluation issues in program evaluation This program will help you if you’re in the following settings: education business industry government agencies nonprofit organizations This program includes classroom experiences and hands-on practicum experiences to build skills as students progress towards completion of the certificate. The certificate is designed for individuals interested in working in a wide variety of education, training, and development areas, including those found in business, industry, government agencies, the military and nonprofit organizations.
Our Program Evaluation post master’s certificate can provide you with the credentials you need to do consulting work or program evaluation.
This program includes the following:
- program evaluation models
- specialized topics in program evaluation
- issues in program evaluation
This program will help you if you’re in the following settings:
- education
- business
- industry
- government agencies
- nonprofit organizations
This program includes classroom experiences and hands-on practicum experiences to build skills as students progress towards completion of the certificate. The certificate is designed for individuals interested in working in a wide variety of education, training, and development areas, including those found in business, industry, government agencies, the military and nonprofit organizations.
Qualitative Research in Education, Graduate Certificate
If you’re enrolled in a doctoral program at Georgia State University then you’re eligible to study for the graduate certificate in Qualitative Research in Education. The program is for those interested in conducting research or gaining expertise in qualitative research. To earn the certificate, you must complete a minimum of seven 3-credit-hour doctoral-level qualitative research methods courses with a GPA of 3.5 or higher in those courses, with no grade lower than a B in any course to be counted toward the certificate.
If you’re enrolled in a doctoral program at Georgia State University then you’re eligible to study for the graduate certificate in Qualitative Research in Education. The program is for those interested in conducting research or gaining expertise in qualitative research.
To earn the certificate, you must complete a minimum of seven 3-credit-hour doctoral-level qualitative research methods courses with a GPA of 3.5 or higher in those courses, with no grade lower than a B in any course to be counted toward the certificate.
Quantitative Research in Education, Graduate Certificate
If you’re enrolled in a doctoral program at Georgia State University, you’re eligible to study for a graduate certificate in Quantitative Research in Education. The program is for those interested in conducting research or gaining expertise in quantitative research. To earn the certificate, you must complete a minimum of seven 3-credit-hour doctoral-level quantitative research methods courses with a collective GPA of 3.5 or higher in those courses, with no grade lower than a B in any course to be counted toward the certificate.
If you’re enrolled in a doctoral program at Georgia State University, you’re eligible to study for a graduate certificate in Quantitative Research in Education. The program is for those interested in conducting research or gaining expertise in quantitative research.
To earn the certificate, you must complete a minimum of seven 3-credit-hour doctoral-level quantitative research methods courses with a collective GPA of 3.5 or higher in those courses, with no grade lower than a B in any course to be counted toward the certificate.
Reading Endorsement
The Reading Endorsement qualifies an individual to be considered “in field” in reading at the level of the base certificate. Teachers pursuing the reading endorsement may be enrolled as non-degree students or may be enrolled in specific programs. We offer graduate courses in literacy, which apply to Georgia’s Reading Endorsement for classroom teachers. These courses focus on three areas (a) understanding readers and the reading process, (b) linking assessment and instruction and (c) using instructional strategies in specific content areas. Successful completion of the three courses and the portfolio qualifies a person for the bachelor’s, master’s or specialist endorsement, depending on the level of certification. We also offer a Reading Endorsement Online course of nine semester hours. In our Department of Early Childhood and Elementary Education, courses in Reading Recovery and literacy are also offered. To learn details about this program, visit the Urban Literacy Clinic.
The Reading Endorsement qualifies an individual to be considered “in field” in reading at the level of the base certificate. Teachers pursuing the reading endorsement may be enrolled as non-degree students or may be enrolled in specific programs.
We offer graduate courses in literacy, which apply to Georgia’s Reading Endorsement for classroom teachers. These courses focus on three areas (a) understanding readers and the reading process, (b) linking assessment and instruction and (c) using instructional strategies in specific content areas.
Successful completion of the three courses and the portfolio qualifies a person for the bachelor’s, master’s or specialist endorsement, depending on the level of certification.
We also offer a Reading Endorsement Online course of nine semester hours.
In our Department of Early Childhood and Elementary Education, courses in Reading Recovery and literacy are also offered.
To learn details about this program, visit the Urban Literacy Clinic.
Reading Recovery
Reading Recovery is a short-term, early literacy intervention, designed to prevent failure for children who are at risk from failing to learn to read and write in the first grade. It is a scientifically-based, evidence-proven reading research program that teaches all the essential elements of reading: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension and motivation to read. Reading Recovery enables the lowest-achieving learners to make accelerated progress, catch up with grade-level peers and profit from regular classroom reading instruction.
Reading Recovery is a short-term, early literacy intervention, designed to prevent failure for children who are at risk from failing to learn to read and write in the first grade.
It is a scientifically-based, evidence-proven reading research program that teaches all the essential elements of reading: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension and motivation to read.
Reading Recovery enables the lowest-achieving learners to make accelerated progress, catch up with grade-level peers and profit from regular classroom reading instruction.
Reading, Language and Literacy Education, M.Ed. Online
The M.Ed. major in Reading, Language and Literacy Education (ESOL) Online Program provides advanced teacher preparation in ESOL for individuals holding bachelor’s degree and who have an interest in teaching English to speakers of other languages in pre-kindergarten through 12th grade settings. This program addresses the needs of teachers who work with literacy learners from diverse cultures and is open to certified teachers, regardless of their initial preparation area. The Teaching English as a Second Language concentration provides advanced teacher preparation in ESOL for individuals who have an interest in teaching English for speakers of other languages. This concentration addresses the needs of teachers who work with literacy learners from diverse cultures and is open to certified teachers, regardless of their initial preparation area.
The M.Ed. major in Reading, Language and Literacy Education (ESOL) Online Program provides advanced teacher preparation in ESOL for individuals holding bachelor’s degree and who have an interest in teaching English to speakers of other languages in pre-kindergarten through 12th grade settings.
This program addresses the needs of teachers who work with literacy learners from diverse cultures and is open to certified teachers, regardless of their initial preparation area.
The Teaching English as a Second Language concentration provides advanced teacher preparation in ESOL for individuals who have an interest in teaching English for speakers of other languages. This concentration addresses the needs of teachers who work with literacy learners from diverse cultures and is open to certified teachers, regardless of their initial preparation area.