The
University of Georgia College of Education (
COE) is one of fifteen colleges and schools within the
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The COE comprises the schools of Health and Human Performance, Leadership and Lifelong Learning, Professional Studies, and Teacher Education.
The COE was founded in 1908 by the University Board of Trustees and Chancellor David Barrow as the Peabody College of Education.
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The
University of Georgia College of Education (
COE) is one of fifteen colleges and schools within the
University of GeorgiaThe University of Georgia is a public research university located in Athens, Georgia, the oldest and largest of the state's institutions of higher learning. Founded in 1785, UGA claims to be the oldest public university in the United States....
(UGA) in
AthensAthens-Clarke County is a unified city-county in Georgia, U.S., in the northeastern part of the state. The University of Georgia is located in this college town and is responsible for the initial creation of Athens and its subsequent growth...
,
GeorgiaGeorgia is a state in the United States. One of the original Thirteen Colonies that revolted against British rule in the American Revolution, it had been the last of the Thirteen Colonies to be established, in 1733. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January...
,
United StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
.
The COE comprises the schools of Health and Human Performance, Leadership and Lifelong Learning, Professional Studies, and Teacher Education.
History
The COE was founded in 1908 by the University Board of Trustees and Chancellor David Barrow as the Peabody College of Education. Its original head was Professor Thomas J. Woofter who had served on the UGA faculty as the Chair of Philosophy and Education since 1903. The school's first building was George Peabody Hall on UGA's North Campus.
In the fall of 1918, the school was the first at UGA to admit women as full-time students.
Departments
The following departments are part of the COE:
- Communication Sciences and Special Education
- Counseling and Human Development Services
- Educational Psychology and Instructional Technology
- Elementary and Social Studies Education
- Kinesiology
- Language and Literacy Education
- Lifelong Education, Administration and Policy
- Mathematics and Science Education
- Workforce Education, Leadership and Social Foundations.
Undergraduate
The following undergraduate degrees are offered by the COE:
- Bachelor of Science
A Bachelor of Science is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for completed courses that generally last three to five years ....
in Education (B.S.Ed.)
Graduate degrees
The following
graduateA graduate school is a school that awards advanced academic degrees with the general requirement that students must have earned a previous undergraduate degree...
degrees are offered by the COE:
- Master of Arts
A Master of Arts is a postgraduate academic master degree awarded by universities in many countries. The degree is typically studied for in English, Fine Arts, History, Nursing, Humanities, Geography, Philosophy, Social Sciences or Theology and can be either fully-taught, research-based, or a...
in twelve programs
- Master of Science
A Master of Science is a postgraduate academic master's degree awarded by universities in a large number of countries...
in Exercise Science
- Master of Arts for Teachers (M.A.T.) in Workforce Education
- Master of Education
The Master of Education is a postgraduate academic master's degree awarded by universities in a large number of countries. This degree in education often includes the following majors: curriculum and instruction, counseling, and administration...
(M.Ed.) in twenty-seven programs
- Master of Art Education (M.A.Ed.)
- Master of Music Education (M.M.Ed.)
- Specialist in Education (Ed.S.) in twenty programs
- Doctor of Education
The Doctor of Education degree is a discipline-based doctorate that prepares the student for academic, administrative, clinical or research positions in education. Like other doctorates, , the Ed.D./D.Ed...
(Ed.D) in eleven programs
- Doctor of Philosophy
Doctor of Philosophy, abbreviated PhD , for the Latin , meaning "teacher of philosophy", or alternatively, DPhil, for the equivalent , is an advanced academic degree awarded by universities...
(Ph.D.Ph.D. or PHD may stand for:* Doctor of Philosophy, an academic degree* Ph.D. , a 1980s British group* Piled Higher and Deeper, a web comic strip* PhD: Phantasy Degree, a Korean comic series* Parisada Hindu Dharma, an Indonesian organization...
) in twenty-five programs