Social Studies Education, BS
Social studies classes should be the locus of middle and high school student learning about American society and the world, past and present. It is in social studies that students are supposed to prepare for their role as citizens by studying history, economics, geography, and government. The opportunities for exciting learning in social studies seem unlimited, since students can grapple with the great issues of our world: war and peace; democracy versus autocracy; poverty; racial, class, and sexual inequality; prejudice; technological change; and corporate economic dominance. Our Program in Teaching Social Studies, Grades 7-12, is dedicated to producing a new generation of middle and high school teachers who are equipped to take students beyond the world of bland textbooks and multiple choice tests and to generate real student interest in history, the social sciences, and the challenges of active citizenship.
Social Studies Education, MA
The Master's Program in Social Studies Education is dedicated to revitalizing the teaching of history and social sciences in middle and secondary schools. Toward this end, the program begins with course work designed to ensure that NYU-trained social studies teachers have a strong mastery of history - an understanding that history is more than a compilation of names and dates but is also a field that fosters critical thought, debate, and dialogue between the present and the past. By learning to teach with primary sources and competing, divergent historical interpretations, students become social studies teachers whose classes are exciting, inquiry-based history workshops that bring the past to life.
The Woodrow Wilson-Rockefeller Brothers Fund Fellowships for Aspiring Teachers of Color offers support for students of color to complete a master's degree program in education and become excellent educators who ensure student success in high-need schools. NYU is both a nominating institution for graduating seniors who wish to apply for this Fellowship program and a recipient institution for successful applicants who are awarded the Fellowship for their graduate education. NYU Steinhardt is the only New York City university or college designated as a recipient institution for WW-RBF Fellows. Learn more.
Teaching and Learning with a focus on History, Social Studies, and Global Education, PhD
Doctoral programs in the Department of Teaching and Learning aim to prepare students to assume a variety of leading roles in education, research, and policy across the United States and throughout the world.
Social Studies Education Minor
The Social Studies Education Minor enables you to complete coursework as an undergraduate in CAS that will reduce the number of credits required of an NYU Steinhardt M.A. degree in Teachers of Social Studies, Grades 7-12 that will fulfill the requirements for Initial teacher certification. The master's degree will require 30 credits including student teaching internships beyond the bachelor's degree.