Department of Teaching and Learning

English Education

English Education, M.A.: Admission & Degree Requirements

Admission Requirements

In addition to the general requirements, applicants for the English Education M.A. program must present at least 30 points in college-level English. Applicants for the Certificate of Advanced Study must hold an acceptable M.A. degree in English or English education and must have completed three years of successful teaching.

Degree Requirements

Serving professionals with a wide variety of backgrounds and career goals, we offer the following master's level curricula:

ENGL (42 credits) is designed for:

ENGC (36 credits) is designed for:

ENGP (30 credits) is a professional program for students already with initial certification as an undergraduate and still need an MA for permanent/professional certification.

ENGL REQUIREMENTS

The ENGL program in English Education leads to initial New York State certification for grades 7-12. The program seeks to integrate content mastery with teaching materials in order to provoke inquiry-based learning. It also aims to familiarize students with urban educational environments and enables them to develop classroom strategies that are innovative and appropriate for teaching today's students. The pivotal experience of the program consists of two semesters of student teaching, one at the middle and one at the high school level. M.A. Students, mentored by their cooperating teachers, NYU filed supervisors and methods teachers, are given responsibility for teaching in New York City and public schools. Extensive school-based fieldwork is required prior to student teaching. This program is open to both full-time and part-time students.

Because of reciprocity agreements with other states those certified by New York State are able to teach in most other U.S. states.

Course requirements are divided into six categories:

1. Pedagogical Content Knowledge Core (9 credits or more by advisement)
Courses selected from among the following:
E27.2275 Language and Literacy Acquisition and Development (3)
E11.2505 Foundation of Educational Linguistics (3)
E11.2397 Language Development an Reading Literature (3)
E11.2509 Teaching Reading in the English Classroom (3)
E11.2577 Pluralistic Approaches to Cultural Literacy (3)
E11.2511 Practicum: Teaching Expository Writing (3)
E11.2101 Individualized Writing Instruction (3)
E11.2023 Language and Learning Across the Curriculum (3)
E11.2049 Teaching English in the Inner City (3)
E11.2521 Literature and the Adolescent Experience (3)
E11.2507 Dramatic Activities in the English Classroom (3)

2. General Pedagogical Core (13 credits)
E27.2010 Inquiries into Teaching and Learning III (4)
E63.2272 Adolescent Development (3)
E75.2162 Educationg Students with Disabilities in Middle Childhood and Adolescent Settings (3)
E20.2015 Education as a Social Responsiblity (3)

3. Specialized Pedogogical Core (9 credits)
E11.2501 MA. Seminar in English Education (3)
E11.2041 Teaching and Learning English Language Arts in the Middle School (3)
E11.2042 Teaching and Learning English Language Arts in the High Schools (3)

4. Student Teaching (8 credits)
E11.2642 Supervised Student Teaching in the Middle School (4)
E11.2643 Supervised Student Teaching in the High School (4)

5. Terminal Experience (3 credits)
E11.2540 English Teacher as Reflective Practitioner (3)
E11.2120 Negotiating the Curriculum (3)

6. Other Requirements (0 credits)
E27.2999 Drug and Alcohol Education/Child Abuse Identification/School Violence: Social Responsibilities of Teachers(0)

Prerequisite or corequisite: one semester of a foreign language

ENGC REQUIREMENTS

requires a minimum of 36 credits, including:

E11.2501 Master's Seminar in English Education and (3 credits; fall semester, to be taken at the beginning of the program)
E11.2540 English Teacher as Reflective Practitioner
or
E11.2120 Negotiating the Curriculum
(3 credits; fall or spring semester, to be taken at the end of the program)

Plus 6 credits in courses related to the student's professional goals.

As part of the remainining specialization requirement, students select at least one course from each of the four strands of the English Education curriculum:

Special Requirements for College Teaching

Students in the ENGC program who are preparing for college teaching are encouraged to engage in a one-semester field placement as part of the 36-point program.

M.A. candidates are expected to be members of the National Council of Teachers of English. Full-time students are eligible for student membershop at a reduced rate.

Contact Professor John S. Mayher; 212-998-5245.