Admission Requirements

Applicants must possess an undergraduate degree from a regionally accredited institution.

The applicant should follow instructions for General Requirements for Admission to Graduate Study as shown above.

Applicant must:

Have a T-4 teaching certificate or be eligible for one;
Have a 2.75 GPA
Have passed the GACE Basic Skills Assessment and GACE Content area Assessment;
Have a clear background check;
Have an acceptable interview;
Have membership in a professional organization;
Have proof of liability insurance;
Submit 3 strong letters of recommendation describing student’s academic potential for graduate study or recommendation forms.

This program is designed for persons who already have teacher certification at the T-4 level or for persons who are eligible for such as they have completed an undergraduate teacher preparation program.

Program Requirements

Students will be required to take 36 semester-hour courses designated to have numbers 5000 or above to satisfy the requirements for the Master of Science degree in Middle Grades Education. The combination of graduate level courses will be determined by the graduate advisor with input from the graduate student.

Most education classes are held at the Warner Robins Center; some content courses are offered on the main campus.

M.S.Ed. candidates are required to complete an Action Research Project in lieu of a thesis. Candidates will be required to submit an oral presentation of their proposed action research project, in consultation with their major professor, when enrolled in EDUC 5503 - Fundamentals of Research Design . Approval to complete the project must be obtained from the FVSU Human Subjects committee before any research is conducted. During the final semesters of coursework, candidates enroll in the Action Research Practicum and complete the research. Candidates present their work to a committee of graduate faculty, and they submit their research in article format.

Program of Study

The following is the program of study for the M.S. Ed. in Middle Grades Education. Because most of the candidates enrolled in this program are teaching fulltime, the candidate may not be able to take a full schedule of 9 hours during the academic year. In addition, the candidate’s enrollment in content courses will depend upon the frequency such courses are offered in the College of Arts and Sciences. It is expected that Middle Grades candidates will take pedagogical and content courses whenever they are offered. Therefore, no order of study is offered except to suggest that the candidate should take EDUC 5503 Fundamentals of Research Design , as early in his program as possible.