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To Submit an Application:
Applications for Summer 2025 are now open. 

All applicants must meet or have completed each of the following requirements:

1. Pass the GACE Content Area Exam(s) at the induction level (score of 220 or higher). Visit the GACE website.
   • If you are unsure of the certification field you wish to pursue, contact             coeundergrads@ung.edu.
   • Please note that applicants pursuing middle grades certification must select two fields (Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, or Social Studies).
3. Possess a final college grade point average of 2.50 or higher.
4. Send official transcripts from each college/university you have attended (can be sent directly to the COE Post-Baccalaureate Admissions at coeundergrads@ung.edu)

• The Post-Baccalaureate Program is a Professional Learning Unit (PLU) program that will lead to Initial Teacher Certification. PLU credit(s) cannot be applied or transferred into a Graduate degree. 
• Additionally, a $50.00 non-refundable application fee is required.
• Program admission is contingent on the receipt of your Pre-Service Certificate from the GAPSC which includes a background check.
• Cohort begins each June.
• Student Professional Liability Insurance must be purchased before beginning Internship. The projected cost is $7.00 to $20.00
• Student must purchase textbooks for each class

Tentative Program Schedule is as follows:

Summer: Three online classes

Fall: Two online classes and a full-time practicum placement from early August through the end of October

Spring: Internship class once per month, online and full-time internship placement from November through mid-May.

Field placement assignments only take place in person and are year-long, full-time (all day).

Initial teacher cert