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2023-2024 Academic Catalog 
    
2023-2024 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Curriculum and Pedagogy for Social Justice Certificate (Online)

Location(s): Fully Online


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Degree Requirements: 18 Credit Hours


Program Description

The Curriculum and Pedagogy for Social Justice Certificate consists of six graduate level education courses designed to provide educators with the theoretical foundations, historical knowledge, practical experience, and supportive infrastructure needed to become reflective practitioners who successfully integrate social justice education into their classrooms. This graduate certificate can be completed as a stand-alone program or along with any of the Master’s degrees offered in the College of Education. An underlying assumption of this graduate certificate is that educators who engage in social justice education will be able to identify dehumanizing sociopolitical conditions that undermine good teaching and academic achievement and will actively engage in pedagogical practices to alter those conditions to educate all students to reach their highest potential.

Admission Requirements

  1. Complete requirements for a bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited institution or an equivalent at a recognized national or international university.
  2. Present a cumulative 3.0 (4.0 scale) grade point average or higher on all undergraduate and/or graduate coursework.
  3. Submit a personal statement of purpose, not to exceed 500 words, that identifies the applicant’s reasons for pursuing graduate study and how admission into the program relates to the applicant’s professional aspirations.

Program of Study


The Graduate Certificate program requires a total of 18 credit hours. There are five required courses and one elective course. All of the courses are online. The courses are rotated on a three-semester cohort model that begins in the Summer and ends with two capstone courses in the Spring.

Total Credit Hours: 18


Advisement

Graduate students are advised by their program.Graduate students should reach out to their graduate program director for information regarding the structures in place to facilitate advisement. For more information visit Graduate Academic Advisement .

Graduate students can also contact the Jack N. Averitt College of Graduate Studies for more information about their program director.
Phone: 912-478-COGS (2647)
Email: gradschool@georgiasouthern.edu

Course Rotation


After earning the certificate, students who complete this non-degree program in good standing (cumulative grade point average of at least 3.0) may wish to apply to the following related degree or certificate programs:

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