18 Master's degrees offered by the university

The Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) from Georgia Southern University leads to initial teaching certification in Middle Grades Education (4-8) and a master’s degree for those persons who hold a bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited institution. 

Georgia Southern University’s Nursing - Nursing Education Education degree is designed to prepare individuals for a nurse educator role including knowledge of curriculum design and development, teaching methodologies, educational needs assessment and learner-centered theories and methods. 

During the Special Education Grades P-12 program from Georgia Southern University, you will be required to complete field experiences including student teaching/internship. All field experience requirements for any M.A.T. program must be completed in the state of Georgia.

If you are a classroom teacher interested in increasing your curricular and instructional skills, the M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction - Accomplished Teaching from Georgia Southern University was designed for you.  In this fully online program, courses are offered on a continuous basis allowing for part-time enrollment, and you will not be required to visit campus to complete the program.

The MAT’s Health and Physical Education Grades P-12 program from Georgia Southern University is offered as an online program.

During the Elementary Education program from Georgia Southern University, you will be required to complete field experiences including student teaching/internship. All field experience requirements for any M.A.T. program must be completed in the state of Georgia.

As a graduate student in Psychology - Experimental Psychology at Georgia Southern University, you’ll conduct experiments and study human behavior- the way we think and learn, our attention, motivation, feelings, decisions, responses to our social environments, and more.

The master’s in Reading Education online program (M.Ed.) from Georgia Southern University combines theory with practice and prepares its graduates for the fast changing world of literacy preparation at all levels, PK-12.

The Counselor Education Program at Georgia Southern University is a full-time residential program offered on the Statesboro campus with two concentrations: School Counseling and Clinical Mental Health Counseling. 

While completing 36 semester hours of classes and practicum experience, Higher Education Administration students from Georgia Southern University are exposed to a broad overview of the roles that academic affairs, student services, and business affairs have in the practice of higher education administration.

The MAT Secondary Education concentration from Georgia Southern University is offered as on online program.

A fully online program, the Master of Education in Secondary Education from Georgia Southern University is designed for individuals who currently hold a renewable Induction or Professional Level Four Certificate or equivalent in one of the following teaching fields: biology, broad field science, chemistry, economics, English, geography, history, mathematics, physics, or political science.

The Instructional Technology program of the Georgia Southern University offers two P-12 certifications recognized by the Georgia PSC: the school library media certification and the instructional technology certification.

This 14 month program in Kinesiology, Coaching Education is taught by full-time Georgia Southern University faculty with coaching experience and offers totally online courses in performance enhancement, coaching administration, athletic training and coaching effectiveness.

The Educational Leadership program of the Georgia Southern University is designed to prepare Educational Leadership candidates for Tier I initial leadership positions that include P-12 school level assistant principals or the equivalent, or other Local Unit of Administration staff.

The Spanish Education Grades P-12 program of the Georgia Southern University is for candidates who already hold a bachelor’s degree in Spanish.

The Special Education master’s program from Georgia Southern University can be completed in either one year (Sum/Fall/Spg/Sum) or over two years.

This Middle Grades Education master’s program from Georgia Southern University is based upon the concept of developmentally appropriate practices and the value of diverse, intensive field experiences working with diverse student populations.