The major in Middle School Education at UGA prepares students to meet the academic, interpersonal, and intrapersonal needs of young adolescents while preparing for teacher certification for grades 4-8.
School-based field experience is the heart of the program; students are placed in a middle-grades classroom with an experienced mentor teacher beginning in their first semester, building toward full-time student teaching in their last. The program puts special emphasis on diversity; positive learning environments; high-poverty and non-native English speaking populations; curriculum, instruction, and assessment; family and community engagement; civic education; and policy studies.
Students select one of the following emphases to prepare for certification in two content areas: 1) Language Arts and Science; 2) Language Arts and Social Studies; 3) Mathematics and Language Arts; 4) Mathematics and Science; 5) Social Studies and Mathematics; or 6) Science and Social Studies.
Study Abroad Options: Early Childhood Education: Modena, Italy; College of Education at Oxford; Consortium for Overseas Student Teaching (COST)