The add-on certification master’s with this concentration is limited to the students completing the bachelor’s degree at  Furman enrolled in the five-year extended program. Recent Furman graduates pursuing initial teacher certification, who have satisfactorily completed all senior block courses (including the practicum experience) and are eligible to enroll in EDEP-670 Teaching Internship, may gain provisional graduate admission for study in the summer term, prior to the completion of the teaching internship which leads to initial certification.  Once initial certification is granted, students will be allowed to continue to be enrolled in graduate-level courses.

• EDEP-640 Best Practices for the Induction Teacher
• EDEP-670 Teaching Internship
• NOTE: Students successfully completing EDU-330 Literacy Foundations & Instruction in Grades PK-3 and EDU-331 Literacy Processes & Instruction in Grades 2-6 as undergraduates may be exempted from EDRD-729 Literacy Methods & Instructional Strategies on the graduate level.  Students successfully completing EDU-336 Teaching Reading in Content Areas as undergraduates may also be exempted from EDRD-641 Teaching Reading and Writing in the Content Areas at the graduate level.