Certification

A person who holds a baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited institution and current State of Georgia teaching certification, who wishes to enroll in graduate courses for the purposes of certificate renewal or add-on certification, may be admitted to graduate study as a non-degree certification student. Students admitted as non-degree certification classification are not considered to be in pursuit of a degree. Should the student later decide to transfer to a degree seeking category, not more than 12 semester hours of credit earned while in this category may be applied toward a graduate degree program and then, only if approved by the coordinator of the degree program in consultation with the advisor of the planned field of study. Admission under non-degree certification classification does not guarantee admission into a degree, post-master’s certificate, or endorsement program.