Graduate Catalog | 2015-2016 Previous Edition
Academically or Intellectually Gifted (AIG), Graduate Certificate
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The Graduate Certificate in AIG provides a consistent, cohesive structure for teachers seeking to add on the North Carolina Standard Professional 1 (SP1) AIG Professional Educator’s license. To be considered for admission to the Graduate Certificate (AIG licensure) Program, applicants must hold or be eligible for a North Carolina teaching license or its equivalent from another state. Applicants will need to hold a teaching position before enrolling in SPED 6124 and SPED 6224 in order to meet course requirements.
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Certificate Admission Requirements
- A bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited college/university
- An Application for Admission to the Graduate School
- Original transcripts that indicate a minimum overall GPA of at least 3.0
- A teaching license from North Carolina or its equivalent from another state
- Recommendation letters and GRE or MAT scores are not required for applications to the Graduate Certificate in AIG, but are required for admission to the M.Ed. program
Notes:
If accepted into the master’s degree program, a maximum of twelve (12) Graduate Certificate hours may be applied toward the M.Ed. degree program in Special Education or to elective requirements in other UNC Charlotte M.Ed. programs, with the permission of the Graduate Program Director and the student’s academic advisor. Admission to the Graduate Certificate program does not ensure admission into a master’s degree program. Applicants must take the GRE or MAT before applying to the Special Education master’s degree program in AIG.
Certificate Requirements
The Graduate Certificate Program in Academically or Intellectually Gifted requires a 12 credit hour sequence of courses.
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