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Education Programs and Degrees

Program
Degree
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Gain a deeper understanding of Deaf history and culture, improve your communication and visual perception skills, and learn a new language in this undergraduate minor.

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Learn advanced quantitative research techniques and apply them to critical policy issues across social, behavioral, and health sciences.

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Join our community of artists, educators, and activists in the historic Lower East Side and Greenwich Village⁠ – epicenter of social activism, radical education, and cutting-edge art in New York City!

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Prepare to work with students from diverse linguistic and educational backgrounds through a career as a K–12 bilingual education teacher or researcher.

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Examine critical education issues and gain the skills and experience to thrive as a teacher in today's urban classrooms.

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Computer science is a rapidly growing field, and skilled teachers are in demand – you can become one of them.

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Prepare for a career as a dance educator and teaching artist in schools, studios, and community settings in New York City, the dance capital of the world.

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Our degrees will prepare you to create quality care for all children by developing your teaching practice as a reflective practitioner and researcher.

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Rooted in economics and sociology, this program has a strong emphasis on using quantitative methods to ascertain causal effects of programs and policies.

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Explore and understand the broader context of education and its link to social change, and the role you can play in making change possible.

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Prepare to create, use, and evaluate media and technology through academic and leadership positions in research, technology, and education.

schoolleaders

Prepare for leadership positions in education and policy at the community, school, district, state, and national levels.

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Build on your performing skills and learn to create transformative theatre arts programs in schools, cultural institutions, and community settings.

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Foster classroom environments where literacy flourishes, reading comes alive, and students develop personally and socially significant ideas.

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Our Environmental Conservation Education program prepares you for a career in formal or nonformal environmental education, environmental consulting, and nonprofit work.

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This interdisciplinary undergraduate minor gives students a deeper understanding of critical social, cultural, economic, political, legal, and policy issues in education.

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Our Higher and Postsecondary Education degrees prepare you for leadership and professional roles in a variety of postsecondary settings.

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The program develops education experts who understand the implications of their responsibilities and can utilize knowledge across international boundaries.

literacy

Build on your experience as a teacher to become a literacy specialist and integrate the teaching of reading and writing into your curriculum or research.

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Fulfill the critical demand for outstanding math teachers in middle through high school, practicing educators, and doctoral researchers in math education.

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Prepare to become a music educator in school, international, studio, and community settings as you develop your artistic and instructional skills in NYC.

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Enhance your major with an undergraduate Music minor. Study a range of topics in the Department of Music and Performing Arts Professions.

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Music Therapy at NYU Steinhardt helps you combine your love of music and your commitment to helping others for a rewarding professional career.

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Degrees within the Nutrition and Dietetics program combine basic science, nutritional science, food science, and research to prepare you for many career paths.

peace

This undergraduate minor gives you the tools to better understand the world, analyze global conflicts and contribute to global peace efforts.

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Prepare for a career as a social scientist, with strong quantitative training and exposure to interdisciplinary methods to examine setting-level phenomena.

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Get the education and clinical training to become a professional pre-K–12 school counselor, working in schools, colleges, and community agencies.

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Become an effective science educator and leader in schools and nonprofits, and turn your passion for science into a career that makes a difference.

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Gain the skills you need to teach history and the social sciences and develop your research skills in the field of social studies education.

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In this program you will learn to analyze educational problems and issues, such as educational equity, using a sociological lens.

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Learn to develop child-centered educational environments for students of all abilities and gain firsthand teaching experience with diverse student populations.

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Prepare for a career as a teacher or researcher in English as a New Language (ENL), working with learners from diverse linguistic and educational backgrounds.

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Prepare for a career as a teacher of Chinese, French, Italian, Japanese, or Spanish to learners in diverse national and international settings.