The Master of Interdisciplinary Studies in World Languages Education program is designed for multilingual students who hold a bachelor’s degree and are seek an initial teaching certification in a world/ foreign language such as Chinese, French, German, Korean, or Spanish (grades kindergarten through 12th grade) with a master’s degree. This program leads to a teaching degree with a clear and renewable (T5) induction certificate in the state of Georgia with a step advance on the pay scale above the (T4) certification only.
The M.I.S. program includes coursework across units within the College of Education and Human Development Department of Middle and Secondary Education (WLE, ESOL, Urban Ed) and the Department of Early Childhood and Elementary Education (DLI, Urban Ed) and from the Colleges of Arts and Sciences (World Languages graduate coursework). This affords program graduates the opportunity to explore multidisciplinary teaching with the possibility of an endorsement (ESOL, DLI, Urban Education) or to deepen their mastery of the target language and cultures.
World Languages Education candidates are taught skills to (1) prepare their students to use second languages and (2) foster their learners’ global competence.
Students can select the Advanced Professional Studies track in French or Spanish.
This is a track designed for T4-certified educators in French or Spanish seeking a Master’s degree and T5 certification in French or Spanish. The advanced professional studies track will parallel the existing M.I.S. in World Languages Education program, but instead of the nine credits of fieldwork, you’ll take six credits in professional studies coursework and one language/culture course. This program leads to a step advance on the pay scale (T5) above the initial (T4) certification only.
