Post-Baccalaureate Initial Teacher Certification Program

1. The online application for the Summer 2024 Cohort will be available in October 2023. Application Deadline for Summer 2024: February 28, 2024.
2. All applicants must meet or have completed each of the following requirements:
   • Pass the GACE Content Area Exam(s) at the induction level (score of 220 or higher). Visit the GACE website.
     • If you are unsure of the certification field you wish to pursue, please contact coeundergrads@ung.edu.
     • Please note that applicants pursuing middle grades certification must select two fields (Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, or Social Studies).
   • Georgia Educator Ethics Exam
   • Possess a final college grade point average of 2.50 or higher.
   • Send official transcripts from each college/university you have attended (can be sent directly to the COE Post-Baccalaureate Admissions at coeundergrads@ung.edu)

• The Post-Baccalaureate Program is a Professional Learning Unit (PLU) program that will lead to Initial Teacher Certification. PLU credit(s) cannot be applied or transferred into a Graduate degree. 
• Additionally, a $50.00 non-refundable application fee is required.
• Program admission is contingent on the receipt of your Pre-Service Certificate from the GAPSC which includes a background check.
• Cohort begins each June.
• Student Professional Liability Insurance must be purchased before beginning Internship. The projected cost is $7.00 to $20.00
• Student must purchase textbooks for each class

Tentative Program Schedule is as follows:

Summer: Three online classes

Fall: Two online classes and a full-time practicum placement from early August through the end of October

Spring: Internship class once per month, online and full-time internship placement from November through mid-May.

All classes are online and may occur both asynchronous and synchronous, however this is at the discretion of your professor. Field placement assignments only take place in person and are year-long, full-time (all day).

Initial teacher certification is offered through the Post-Baccalaureate program in P-12, middle grades (dual cert in two MG content areas: Math, LART, Social Science, or Science) and secondary education areas, excluding special education and early childhood education. 

Cohorts begin in June each year and complete the program the following May.

For information regarding admission to the program, please contact coeundergrads@ung.edu or call 706-867-3210.

For information regarding the Masters of Arts in Teaching (MAT) Program, please contact grads@ung.edu or visit: the Graduate Bulletin website for MAT Information