Oct 11, 2024  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Urban Education Endorsement


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Georgia State University’s Urban Education Endorsement provides specialized preparation for teaching in urban settings at the level of an educator’s base certificate. Undergraduate education majors who are enrolled in teacher certification programs where the endorsement is not embedded, may apply to be enrolled in the stand-alone endorsement. Successful completion of an undergraduate education degree, an initial teacher certification program, and the three strands found below with the associated key assessments, qualifies a person for the bachelor’s level (T-4) endorsement in urban education. Enrolled Georgia State University education majors should consult the College of Education and Human Development Office of Academic Assistance website for additional information.

Endorsement Requirements


Required (3 Hours)


Strand 1:  The Impact of Culture, Ideologies and Implicit Bias: Understanding the Self as Educator

Required (3 Hours)


Strand 2: Historic, Systemic, and Institutionalized Oppression in Urban Education: Understanding Race and Intersectionality In and Out of Schools

Choose One Course (3 Hours)


Strand 3: Excellence in Urban Education: Cultivating Culturally and Historically Responsive Educators

Total Hours for Endorsement: Minimum of 9 Semester Hours