Academic Majors and Related Certification Fields

Teacher candidates who are not certain about which certification fields to pursue may find some guidance in the document referenced at the end of this page. This document contains the names of almost 1000 college majors matched with titles of closely related Georgia teacher certification fields. Your college major may have been named so uniquely that you don't find it in the list. If that is the case, refer to a major in the list similar to yours. For example if your major was “Applied Mathematics” (not found in the document), you would refer to “Applied Mathematical Sciences” which is related to eight different certification fields.

The document also contains the names of tests which are required for certification fields. If you find your major in this list, and if it is aligned with a certification field which requires one or more content tests, you must pass those tests before you can obtain your first Georgia certificate. To take the first steps toward achieving your certification, choose a teaching field which best suits your interests and register for the associated test. Click here for directions to register for a required test.

The document also makes reference to a professional pedagody test. This is a test which you may take in addition to the certification field tests, but it is necessary only if you wish to pursue certification through the route of a PSC-approved supervised practicum arranged by your employing school system. Please check with your employing school system to see if this optional practicum-based certification route is available to you.

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