These programs integrate practical experience and hands-on knowledge with a rich theoretical understanding of how children learn and how they can best be taught. We prepare our students to meet the challenges of teaching and leadership in today’s demanding educational environment.

Your advisor is Theo Massie. You can reach him at theo.massie@nyu.edu.

Whether your major is Early Childhood/Special Education (Birth-Grade 2 Certification) or Childhood/Special Education (Grades 1-6 Certification), your first year curriculum will look like like this, with changes subject to advisement (all terms and sessions are required):

Spring Term 

Field Observations

Science in Our Lives

Counting and Chance OR Cracking the Code

Societies and Social Sciences

Writing as Inquiry

New Student Seminar

Summer Terms I and II 

Science in Our Lives

Two Liberal Arts Core Courses from the following areas:

  • Expressive Cultures
  • Cultures and Contexts
  • Foreign Language

Advanced Writing and Research