Our master's degree program is committed to the study of effective adult educational support strategies for the city's and the nation's workforce.
The MA curriculum provides a focused yet flexible pathway to developing an understanding of the changing nature of what, how, and where adults learn. With required foundational courses in learning theory and research methods, the 36-point master's program includes opportunities to build on your business background to develop a learning portfolio that demonstrates competencies for roles related to:
- Assessing learning needs
- Designing both classroom- and non-classroom- based teaching and learning strategies
- Supporting learning outside the academic and the organizational classroom
- Applying teaching skills
- Designing and developing appropriate curricula
- Evaluating learning outcomes, instructional strategies, teaching performance, and curricula
Degree Requirements
The following four segments comprise the MA degree in Business Education. The Workplace Learning Certificate Program of 18 credits is made up of courses selected from Part 3. Courses taken for the certificate program may be applied to the MA program.
| Professional Education and Level of Service (Restricted electives by advisement; 9 points) | |
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Coursework selected from applied psychology, educational sociology, philosophy of education, history of education, or higher and postsecondary education. |
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| Content (Restricted electives by advisement; 9 points) |
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Content courses may be taken at the Stern School of Business, or in NYU Steinhardt in the student's field of specialization. Examples: information systems, organizational behavior, management, marketing, business communications, educational technologies. |
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| Specialization (Required courses; 15 points) |
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HPSE-GE 2088* |
Research Approaches and Techniques in Postsecondary Education |
| HPSE-GE 2010 * | Supporting Learning in the Workplace |
| HPSE-GE 2122 | Learning in Higher and Workplace Education |
| HPSE-GE 2035 | Business Education at the College Level |
| HPSE-GE 2046 | Curriculum Development in Business Education |
| HPSE-GE 2020 | Colloquium in Workplace Education |
| HPSE-GE 2081 | Designing & Managing Organizational Learning Programs |
| HPSE-GE 2086 | Measurement & Evaluation in Business Education |
| HPSE-GE xxxx | (by advisement) |
| Terminal Experience (required; 3 points) |
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| HPSE-GE 3004 | Evaluation of Current Literature in Business/Education |
| HPSE-GE 2103 | International Business Education |
| HPSE-GE 2105 | Internship in Business Education I/II |
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