Admission Criteria

Admission Criteria For Teacher Preparation Programs

Admission Criteria for Psychology

Admission Criteria for Teacher Preparation Programs (effective Fall 2013)

  1. Have a major leading to teacher certification.

  2. Have earned at least 30 semester hours.

  3. Have achieved the appropriate overall GPA (see below).

    American Sign Language/ASL/2.5 Kinesiology/Physical Education/KSPE/2.5
    Communication Disorders/CSD/3.0 Middle Grades/MGED/2.5
    Deaf Education/DEAF/2.5 Early Childhood-Special Education/ECSE/2.75
    Early Childhood/ECE/2.75

    

  4. Earned a grade of "C" or higher in ENGL 1101 and ENGL 1102; credit by exam assumes a grade of "C" or higher.

  5. Have passed GACE Basic Skills Assessment or exempted with scores of SAT-1000 (Verbal and Math), ACT-43 (English and Math), CLAST(minimum scores of Essay-6, English Language-295, Reading-295, and Mathematics-295), GRE before August 1, 2011- 1030 (Verbal and Quantitative) and GRE on or after August 1, 2011 - 297 (Verbal and Quantitative)

  6. Successful completion of appropriate "2999" or "2998"course.

    CSD 2999 KSPE 2999
    DEAF 2999 MGED 2999
    ECSE 2999 INTP 2998

  7. Undergo a criminal background check at your local police or sheriff's department processed under Purpose Code W. Present a current copy (no older than a year) of the results to the COE Student Advising Center in room 1020 in the Dewar College of Education. You can also obtain a criminal background check from the Valdosta City Police Station (500 North Toombs Street)- takes about a week to process  or the Lowndes County Sheriff's Office (120 Prison Farm Road)- processes while you wait.  For further information concerning the criminal background check read about moral turpitude.

  8. Have professional liability insurance. Insurance can be purchased online. SPAGE and GAE are acceptable.

Admission Criteria for Non-Teacher Preparation Programs

  • Bachelor of Arts Degree with a Major in Psychology
    Bachelor of Science Degree with a Major in Psychology

These programs introduce students to the liberal arts and to psychology as a scientific discipline, with content and methods able to improve the human condition. To be admitted to the Psychology program you must have completed 30 hours of coursework in the core and earned at least an overall GPA of 2.5. You must also earn a "C" or better (> 2.5 GPA) in each and every required psychology course. Each program in this department has numerous desired outcomes.