Department of Teaching and Learning

Foreign Language Education

Master's Degree Program

Admission Requirements

Students seeking New York State certification should have completed a bachelors degree in the target foreign language, a bachelors degree in one of the liberal arts and science areas with a concentration in the target foreign language, or an equivalent of 30 points in the target foreign language.

Students not seeking New York State certification should have completed a bachelors degree with a major in one of the liberal arts or sciences, have a strong GPA in their undergraduate studies, and demonstrate advanced proficiency in the target language.

Students seeking enrollment in the dual Teacher Certification Program in Teaching a Foreign Language and Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages must have completed a bachelor's degree with a major in the target language or have 30 points or equivalent. In addition, students must have taken as part of their general education courses at least 3 points each in mathematics, science, and social studies.

Please note that we are not currently accepting applications for German, Hebrew, Latin, or Russian while these programs are under faculty review.