Child Development - Birth Through Kindergarten Master of Arts Degree
Program Overview
Program Director: Dr. Sammie Garner; garnersg@appstate.edu; 828-262-2663; Family and Consumer Sciences
http://www.fcs.appstate.edu/students/index.html
The Advanced Birth-through-Kindergarten license provides an advanced, integrative program for teachers and other professionals working with young children with typical and atypical developmental characteristics. The program systematically incorporates focused laboratory and community-based field experiences with young children and their families.
Program Highlights
- You may select one of the following three concentrations: Teaching; Administration; Allied personnel
- You are required to complete 39 credit hours without a thesis – 36 credit hours with a thesis
Admissions Essentials
Concentrations: Administration; Allied Personnel; Teaching
Location of instruction: On campus
Required Entrance Exam: GRE (score must be no more than 5 years old)
Required Number of References to specify in the on-line form: 3
Supplemental Information: Resume (Required upload for application submission); also needed for teaching concentration: proof of teacher licensure
Deadlines for Application. A program not open for a particular term will be marked with an "x." If the program has early screening dates, those dates are listed in parentheses. Applications that are not complete by the early screening date risk denial of admission due to no seats available. Increased enrollment may lead to a term being closed for new applications.
- Spring: 11/1
- Summer Session 1: x
- Summer Session 2: x
- Fall: 7/1
Basic Criteria for Consideration: GRE Verbal + GRE Quantitative + 400 x GPA = 2000; OR GPA 2.75 and GRE Writing score 3.5