---Option C: 33-45 credits
---This option is for students who have a baccalaureate degree in a liberal arts and sciences major, or 36 credits in a liberal arts and sciences concentration and demonstrated undergraduate preparation in English, science, mathematics, the social sciences, and foreign language, and do not possess Initial Certification in any teacher certification area.
Students must complete 33 to 45 credits in the following courses: Education 7205T, 7679T, 7440T, 7213T, 7214T, 7674T, 7672T, 7676T, 7678T, 7664T, 7677T, 7680T, 7675T, 7657T, and Education 7681T Seminar and Student Teaching: Students with Special Needs.
Students must complete at least 100 hours of supervised field experience and at least 40 days of student teaching. In addition students must complete a research project under advisement of a faculty member in Education 7657T.
---Option D: 39 credits
---This option is for students who have a baccalaureate degree in a liberal arts and sciences major, or 36 credits in a liberal arts and sciences concentration and demonstrated undergraduate preparation in English, science, mathematics, the social sciences, and foreign language who are teaching or have secured a position teaching students with special needs and qualify for New York State Alternative Certification as a Teacher of Students with Disabilities in Childhood Education or holding such certification. Students should take the following courses in the recommended order: Education 7653T, 7674T, 7679T, 7440T, 7672T, 7205T, 7213T, 7676T, 7677T, 7678T, 7680T, 7657T, 7664T.
This option is consigned to students sponsored by entities such as the New York City Teaching Fellows program.
In addition, students must complete a research project under advisement of a faculty member in Education 7657T.
---Option E: 44 credits
---This option is for students who have a baccalaureate degree in a liberal arts and sciences major, or 36 credits in a liberal arts and sciences concentration and demonstrated undergraduate preparation in English, science, mathematics, the social sciences, and foreign language who are teaching or have secured a position teaching students with special needs and qualify for New York State Alternative Certification as a Teacher of Students with Disabilities in Childhood Education or holding such certification. Students should take the following courses in the recommended order: Education 7653T, 7674T, 7679T, 7440T, 7672T, 7205T, 7213T, 7676T, 7677T, 7678T, 7680T, 7657T, 7664T and 7695T, 7696T, 7697T, and 7698T Inclusive Teaching Practicum.
In addition, students must complete a research project under advisement of a faculty member in Education 7657T.
M.S. in Education degree program: teacher of students with disabilities in early childhood education (birth-grade 2)
HEGIS code 0808; SED program code 26726
The graduate program in special education prepares candidates to work in schools and other educational settings that serve individuals with disabilities and their families. Candidates are provided experiences in varied educational settings that prepare them to work in culturally diverse urban school settings. A range of 30-45 credits is required. The number of credits and their sequence are determined by the candidate's previous teacher preparation.
Applicants are admitted to this program in the spring and fall semesters. Applications for the spring semester must be received by November 1 and applications for the fall semester must be received by March 1.
---Matriculation requirements
---Applicants must obtain and file an application form in the program office in addition to the regular college admissions form. ---Applicants are interviewed and must submit three appropriate letters of recommendation.
Applicants must present a minimum undergraduate grade point average of 3.00. A minimum grade point average of 3.00 in graduate education courses is required to maintain matriculation. International applicants for whom English is a second language are required to pass the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) with a minimum score of 550 on the paper-based test or 213 on the computer-based test or 79 on the
internet-based test, before being considered for admission.
Applicants who do not meet these standards may be considered for admission based on other evidence of high capacity for graduate studies.
Applicants must have successfully completed a New York State Initial Certificate in one of the following New York State approved teacher certification areas:
a) early childhood education, b) childhood education,
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c) middle childhood education, d) adolescence education, e) special subjects, or
f) teacher of students with speech and language disabilities, or the equivalent preparation and/or certification.
Applicants must submit scores on the Liberal Arts and Science Test (L.A.S.T).
Applicants are interviewed and required to demonstrate written proficiency in English.
Students should note additional requirements found at the beginning of this section as well as in the sections "Admission" and "Academic Regulations and Procedures."
---Degree requirements
---Thirty or 33 or 33 to 45 credits are required for the degree. Students take different education courses and credit options depending on their previous course work, teaching experience, and the certificates they hold.
During the first term students in either option (30, 33, or 33 to 45 credits) must file a program of study approved by the head of the Program in Teaching Students with Disabilities in Early Childhood and Childhood Education.
- Thirty credit option:
This option is for students holding an Initial Certificate in one of the New York State approved teacher certification areas and an Initial Certificate in Teaching Students with Disabilities.
Students complete 15 credits in the following courses: Education 7676T, 7677T, 7679T, 7680T, and 7657T; and 6 credits in elective courses in teaching students with disabilities. The remaining 9 credits consist of Education 7405T, 7203T, and 7300T or 7305T with approval from program heads of the Programs in Childhood Education: Liberal Arts, Childhood Education: Science and Environmental Education, and Childhood Education:
Mathematics.
Students are required to complete an independent research project under advisement of a faculty member in Education 703.33T.
- Thirty-three credit option:
This option is for students holding an Initial Certificate in one of the New York State approved teacher certification areas, and having had no course work in teaching students with disabilities and no student teaching experience with students with disabilities in grades 1-6.
Students must complete 33 credits in the following courses, which should be taken in this order: Education 7674T and 7672T; 7676T and 7680T ; 7679T and 7664T; 7677T and 7680T; 7675T and 7657T; and Education 7681T, Seminar and Student Teaching: Students with Special Needs.
Students must complete at least 50 hours of supervised field experience and at least 20 days of student teaching (teaching students with disabilities in childhood). In addition, students must complete a research project under advisement of a faculty member in Education 7657T.
33 to 45 credit option:
This option is for students who have a baccalaureate degree in a liberal arts and sciences major, or 36 credits in a liberal arts and sciences concentration and demonstrated undergraduate preparation in English, science, mathematics, and the social sciences, and foreign language.
Students must complete 33 to 45 credits in the following courses: Education 7214T, 7674T, 7672T, 7676T, 7678T, 7664T, 7677T, 7680T, 7675T, 7659T and Education 7681T, Seminar and Student Teaching: Students with Special Needs.
Students must complete at least 100 hours of supervised field experience and at least 40 days of student teaching. In addition students must complete a research project under advisement of a faculty member in Education 7657T.
M.A. degree program in education: social studies teacher (7-12) HEGIS code 2201.01; SED program code 26753
This program leads to New York State Initial or Professional Certification to teach social studies, grades 7-12. The length of the program depends on the individual's prior preparation: 30 credits for an individual entering with less than 21 credits in history and initial teaching certification; 30-45 credits for an individual who does not possess initial certification. Non-degree programs are available which lead to certification for individuals with a prior master's degree and less than 21 credits in history and/or geography. Graduates must hold more than 21 credits in history and/or geography to be recommended for NYS certification. Individuals entering without initial certification spend two terms student teaching-one term in a middle/junior high school; one term in a senior high school. All students should consult with the School of Education for the current requirements.
The profession of teacher education is licensed by the New York State Education Department. Therefore, program requirements are subject to change. All students should consult with the School of Education for the current requirements.
---Matriculation requirements
---Applicants must offer a distribution approved by the coordinator of at least 21 credits in upper division undergraduate or graduate courses in one or more of the following: economics, geography, history, sociology, and/or political science, preferably including 15 credits in history.
Applicants must also offer (a) or (b) or (c):
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(a) New York State Initial Certification in teaching social studies for grades 7¬12;
(b) Courses in education that meet the New York State standards for the pedagogical core. These courses include study of the following: history of education and philosophy of education or principles of education or educational sociology; educational psychology or developmental psychology or psychology of adolescence or adolescent development; classroom management; teaching students with special needs and English language learners;
6 credits in literacy and language acquisition; curriculum development and methods of assessing student learning; uses of technology in the classroom; methods of teaching social studies in grades 7-12; 100 hours of fieldwork; 40 days or 300 hours of student teaching of social studies in grades 7-12 or one year of full-time teaching of social studies in grades 7-12; and submission of scores on the L.A.S.T.;
(c) An undergraduate degree with an appropriate major or appropriate course work in the appropriate subject areas, and submission of scores on the L.A.S.T. Applicants must have a minimum undergraduate grade point average of 3.00. A minimum average of 3.00 in graduate courses is required to maintain matriculation. Applicants who have not completed all the specific course requirements are given individual consideration and may be admitted with conditions, with the approval of the head of adolescence education and special subjects in the School of Education and the coordinator of social studies.
International applicants for whom English is a second language are required to pass the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) with a minimum score of 650 on the paper-based test or 280 on the computer-based test or 114 on the internet-based test, before being considered for admission.
Applicants must consult matriculation requirements for adolescence education and special subjects in the School of Education section of the Bulletin, and should see the head of adolescence education and special subjects in the School of Education for counseling.
General matriculation and admission requirements of the Division of Graduate Studies are in the section "Admissions."
---Degree requirements
---A minimum of 30 credits is required for the degree.
Eighteen credits must be chosen from the field of the Social Studies: History, Political Science, Economics. Students must choose at least one course from each of the distribution areas listed below, with a minimum of nine credits in history (not all courses will run every semester):
1) Economics: Economics 7215X, 7055X and History 7120X, 7441X.
2) U.S. Constitution: History 7412X, 7448X and Political Science 7200X, 7210X.
3) European History: History, 7210X, 7220X, 7120X, 7230X, 7310X, 7320X, 7370X, 7380X and Sociology 7322X.
4) Global: History 7110X, 7512X, 7515X, 7517X, 7540X, 7550X, 7552X, 7562X, 7580X, 7530X and Political Science 7610X, 7650X, 7720X, 7780X.
5) US History: History 7411X, 7412X, 7420X, 7425X, 7430X, 7440X, 7442X, 7446X, 7448X, 7441X, 7450X, 7460X; Political Science 7030X, 7320X, 7330X, 7470X, 7570X; Sociology 6101X, 6102X, 7342X, 7352X.
Students must complete a minimum 12 credits in courses in the School of Education. Students take different education courses and sequences of courses depending on their previous course work, teaching experience, and the certificates they hold.
Students who possess Initial Certification in teaching social studies must complete 9 credits in Group II and 3 credits in Group III, below.
Students who do not possess Initial Certification in teaching social studies or equivalent course work and teaching experience or who are teaching but do not possess Initial Certification in teaching social studies must have the appropriate course work and credits in the subject area and must complete the appropriate courses in Group I before taking courses in Group II and III, below.
Students pursuing Initial Certification in teaching social studies must take Education 7503X, Teaching Writing Across the Curriculum, in Group III.
Students who already have a master's degree but wish Initial Certification in teaching social studies must take appropriate courses in Group I and Group III, below, as determined at the time of matriculation by the program head of adolescence education and special subjects in the School of Education.
Group I: Education 7500X, 7501X, 7532T, 7542T, 7515T, 7543T.
Group II: Education 7502T, 7509T, 7522T.
Group III: Education 7005X, 7546T, 7671X, 7527T, 7684T, 7545X, 7503X, 7548X (and/or English 7507X), Education 7549X (and/or Theater 7141X), Education 7038X.
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Students must complete a research project under advisement of a faculty member in Education 7522T. This project meets the Comprehensive Examination/Thesis requirement for the program.