Master's Degree Program
Bilingual Education, MA
The Bilingual Education Program is inter-disciplinary in its approach to preparing educational personnel to function in linguistically different settings with a special focus on the global dimensions of immigrant education. The program emphasizes teacher preparation at the master's level along with research, educational technology, cultural awareness, language acquisition, and educational leadership. Students take a common core of foundation courses in language and language education and then are individually advised to take courses in related areas.
The Master of Arts program prepares teachers to use bilingual approaches with their students in such areas as early childhood education, childhood education, middle childhood education, adolescence education, a special subject (mathematics, science, social studies), literacy education, career education, and technical education.
Bilingual Extension
The NY State Bilingual Extension to an existing certification can be earned through post-BA, MA or post-MA Advanced certificates. View the complete program of study here.. For more information, e-mail Dr. Frank Lixing Tang at frank.tang@nyu.edu.
Financial Aid Opportunities
Students in bilingual education may apply through the program for the following grants or scholarships: special education for speakers of Asian languages, teacher training of educational personnel for Latino students, Spanish bilingual special education, graduate training for Asian bilingual special education teachers, ITIBE and Title VII funds when available.
Career Opportunities
Graduates of our programs are in great demand as teachers, program coordinators, curriculum specialists, and evaluators in elementary and secondary schools, community colleges, and universities throughout the New York metropolitan area, across the country, and worldwide. As immigration increases, more people are seeking to broaden their skills through language learning and cultural awareness. Opportunities are rapidly growing in many non-school settings as well, such as community associations, immigrant resettlement agencies, publishing, training programs for multinational corporations, and international agencies both here and abroad.
Study Abroad
Multilingual Multicultural Studies and the Program in International Education jointly offer a three-week, 6-point summer study abroad program in Shanghai, China. The curriculum offers educators an opportunity to examine the intercultural perspectives in multilingual multicultural education in China and to explore the teaching of language, particularly English and Chinese, across all school levels. The program is designed for graduate students, teachers, and curriculum specialists in TESOL, bilingual education, foreign language education, English education, and international education. Teaching and learning activities include classes and seminars taught by NYU faculty members and lectures by faculty members from local higher institutions such as Shanghai Teachers University.