Elementary Education
We help prepare teachers of prekindergarten through fifth grade for diverse and inclusive educational settings, learning how to produce educational knowledge and apply it to benefit children, families, and communities.
Your student experiences include both face-to-face educational theory and practicum experiences, as well as a full-time student teaching period at the end. You will actively involve yourself in elementary classrooms where you observe, assist teachers, tutor individual children, work with small groups of children, and lead whole-classroom activities.
Degree Programs
Double Dawgs
Combined Bachelor's and Master's Degrees
- BSEd in Elementary Education / MEd in Elementary Education
Embrace learning during a child's formative years through a Double Dawgs pathway that offers both a bachelor's and a master's degree in elementary education.
Bachelor of Science in Education (BSEd)
- BSEd in Elementary Education
Prepare for a career teaching prekindergarten through grade five with our B.S.Ed. in Elementary Education.
Master of Education (MEd)
- MEd in Elementary Education
Earn your MEd in Elementary Education through the University of Georgia's nationally recognized program.
Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT)
- MAT in Elementary Education
Learn to work with children, families, and communities. Gain certification for grades prekindergarten through fifth with our M.A.T. in Elementary Education program.
- MAT in Elementary Education (Gwinnett Campus)
This version of the Master of Arts in Teaching program in Elementary Education at the University of Georgia is open to Gwinnett County teachers only. It is specially designed for these GaPSC provisionally certified teachers of record who seek initial teacher certification in grades PK-5.
Educational Specialist (EdS)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
- PhD in Educational Theory and Practice (Critical Studies)
Tackle pressing issues in the field of education and challenges facing diverse communities with the Ph.D. in Educational Theory and Practice.
- PhD in Educational Theory and Practice (Elementary Education)
Tackle pressing issues in the field of education and challenges facing diverse communities with the Ph.D. in Educational Theory and Practice.
- PhD in Educational Theory and Practice (Middle Grades Education)
Tackle pressing issues in the field of education and challenges facing diverse communities with the Ph.D. in Educational Theory and Practice.
- PhD in Educational Theory and Practice (Teacher Education)
Tackle pressing issues in the field of education and challenges facing diverse communities with the Ph.D. in Educational Theory and Practice.
- PhD in Educational Theory and Practice (Early Childhood Education)
Tackle pressing issues in the field of education and challenges facing diverse communities with the Ph.D. in Educational Theory and Practice.