College of Education

Off Campus Programs and Courses

UNDERGRADUATE OFF-CAMPUS PROGRAMS  (on site at Dublin only)
The Department of Teaching and Learning offers two initial teacher preparation programs at the Dublin Center:
 
  • B.S.Ed. in Early Childhood Education
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  • B.S.Ed. in Middle Grades Education
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    Information regarding curriculum, faculty, field experiences, facilities/resources, and advisement for these two undergraduate programs is available here.
     

    GRADUATE OFF-CAMPUS PROGRAMS AND COURSES  (at sites and online)
    A number of graduate programs and courses are offered regularly at off-campus locations in Augusta (on the campus of Augusta State University), at the Dublin Center, and in Savannah at The Coastal Georgia Center, as well as online via GeorgiaView (WebCT/Vista). See the Off-campus Program Delivery Plan, for locations where specific graduate programs are offered regularly.

    Requests from school systems for off-campus graduate courses in their locations are considered using the guidelines provided in the Off-campus Program Delivery Plan (see pages 3 and 4 of the Plan).
     

    FINDING COURSES OFFERED OFF-CAMPUS (at sites or online)
    Use the "Search Online Schedule" link in WINGS to find off-campus and Internet (via WebCT) courses offered for a specific term. The course "Section" indicates the location of a course. (Examples: AU=Augusta, BR=Brunswick, DU=Dublin, SA=Savannah, NET/WEB/WWW=Internet).
     

    RESOURCES THAT SUPPORT OFF-CAMPUS PROGRAMS AND COURSES

    Curriculum/Program Requirements: Candidates completing programs and courses off campus are required to complete the same admission and retention requirements, course requirements, field experience requirements, program outcomes, and key performance assessments as candidates completing the program on the Statesboro campus. Requirements for using Tk20 are the same as for students on the Statesboro campus.

    Faculty: Faculty teaching off-campus and online courses are full-time faculty members who teach the equivalent courses in the Statesboro programs, as well as qualified part-time faculty of the COE department offering the program/course. Faculty teaching off campus attend regular faculty meetings for the department offering the program/course.

    Field Experiences: Field experiences for candidates completing an off-campus program are equivalent to the field experiences in the Statesboro program. The coordinators of field experiences in Statesboro are responsible for ensuring that candidates in off-campus programs meet the same criteria applied to the candidates on campus, including diverse field sites and grade levels as appropriate.

    Facilities/Resources: Candidates completing off-campus programs have adequate facilities and resources to ensure quality. Libraries at Augusta State University, The Brunswick Center (on the campus of Coastal Georgia Community College), and the Dublin Center are available to COE off-campus students, as well as the Zach Henderson Library on the Statesboro campus through its Distance Learning Services. Computer labs are available at all the off-campus locations. All candidates are assigned a Georgia Southern email account and have access to all technology available from/on the Statesboro campus.

    Advisement: Undergraduate candidates completing the two initial preparation programs off campus are advised by the same professional advisement staff in the Student Success Center at the Statesboro campus, as are undergraduate students on the main campus. Graduate candidates in alternative certification programs are initially advised by professional advisement staff in the Student Success Center at the Statesboro campus. All other graduate candidates completing programs/courses off campus are advised by full-time faculty members in the COE department offering the candidate's program.