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BS, World Language Education

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The 128-credit  BS in Teaching World Language Education, Grades 7-12 (Initial Certification) program provides students with the opportunity to specialize in Chinese, French, Italian, Japanese, or Spanish. The program aims to prepare future educators with a thorough understanding of language development, native cultures, and the importance of multilingual and multicultural awareness. Participants will be exposed to current research and various language acquisition methodologies, equipping them to make well-informed instructional decisions and develop the cross-cultural sensitivity required in this field.

Core Course Sequence

This program's comprehensive coursework covers a wide range of areas, including the NYU CORE, liberal arts, humanities, and social sciences studies, foundational classes in education and education policy, and pedagogical content in language and education. The curriculum ensures that graduates enter teaching with a strong grasp of the special education and educational policy issues that affect schooling. The program of study culminates in two semesters of teaching in a public school middle and high school setting, which provides approaches, theories, and practical strategies for teaching middle and high school students. 

Program Requirements

Course Title Credits
Liberal Arts Requirements
Foreign Language8
Expository Writing
EXPOS-UA 1Writing as Inquiry4
ACE-UE 110Advanced College Essay: Educ & The Professions4
Foundations of Contemporary Culture
Texts and Ideas4
Cultures and Contexts4
Societies & the Social Sciences4
Expressive Culture4
Foundations of Scientific Inquiry
Physical/Life Sciences (two 4-credit courses, for a total of 8 credits)8
Mathematics Courses (two 4-credit courses, for a total of 8 credits)8
Additional Requirements
SAHS-UE 1New Student Seminar0
Writing Proficiency Examination
Specialization Requirements
Content Core
Students will take a total of 36 credits in the Content Core. Eight credits of foreign language in the Liberal Arts and 28 additional credits in target language to be selected by advisement.28
Common Pedagogical Core
Select one of the following:4
SOED-UE 1015
Educ as Soc Institution
HSED-UE 610
Educ/American Dream: Historical Perspectives
TCHL-UE 41
American Dilemmas: Race, Inequality, and the Unfulfilled
TCHL-UE 1Inquiries Into Teaching & Learning I4
TCHL-UE 5Field Observ in Schools and Other Educ Settings0
TCHL-UE 1030Lang Acquis and Literacy Educ/Multi & Multi Cntxt4
TCHL-UE 1999Drug, Alcohol Ed/Child Abuse ID/School Violence/DASA:1
APSY-UE 20Human Development I2
APSY-UE 23Human Development II: Early Adolescents and Adolescents2
SPCED-UE 1005Teach Stu With Disabili in General Ed Class Rm4
Specialized Pedagogical Core
LANED-GE 2201The Second Language Classroom: Elementary and Secondary Schools4
WLGED-UE 1911Student Teaching World Language Education: Middle/High School I4
WLGED-UE 1922Student Teaching World Language Education: Middle/High School II4
WLGED-UE 1999Teaching World Language: Theory and Practice4
Unrestricted Electives15
Total Credits128

Sample Plan of Study

Plan of Study Grid
1st Semester/TermCredits
SAHS-UE 1 New Student Seminar 1 0
EXPOS-UA 1
or EXPOS-UA 4
 Writing as Inquiry
or International Writing Workshop I
 4
World Language (in target language) 4
Physical/Life Science 2 4
Quantitative Reasoning 2 4
 Credits16
2nd Semester/Term
TCHL-UE 5 Field Observ in Schools and Other Educ Settings 0
ACE-UE 110
or EXPOS-UA 9
 Advanced College Essay: Educ & The Professions
or International Writing Workshop II
 4
Texts and Ideas 2 4
Quantitative Reasoning 2 4
World Language (in target language) 4
 Credits16
3rd Semester/Term
Physical/Life Science 2 4
HSED-UE 1005 Introduction to US Education (or any Steinhardt or CAS Societies & Social Sciences course) 4
World Language (in target language) 4
TCHL-UE 1 Inquiries Into Teaching & Learning I 4
 Credits16
4th Semester/Term
APSY-UE 20 Human Development I (must take section 003) 2
APSY-UE 23 Human Development II: Early Adolescents and Adolescents (must take section 001) 2
HSED-UE 1033 Global Culture Wars (or CORE-UA 5XX, or any Steinhardt approved course) 4
MPAET-UE 60 Theatre as Art Form (or CORE-UA 7XX, or Steinhardt approved course) 4
World Language (in target language) 4
 Credits16
5th Semester/Term
TCHL-UE 1030 Lang Acquis and Literacy Educ/Multi & Multi Cntxt 4
World Language (in target language) 4
Unrestricted Electives 4
TCHL-UE 1999 Drug, Alcohol Ed/Child Abuse ID/School Violence/DASA: 1
WLGED-UE 1999 Teaching World Language: Theory and Practice 3-4
 Credits17
6th Semester/Term
World Language (in target language) 4
World Language (in target language) 4
LANED-GE 2201 The Second Language Classroom: Elementary and Secondary Schools 4
SOED-UE 1015
or HSED-UE 610
or TCHL-UE 41
 Educ as Soc Institution
or Educ/American Dream: Historical Perspectives
or American Dilemmas: Race, Inequality, and the Unfulfilled
 4
 Credits16
7th Semester/Term
WLGED-UE 1911 Student Teaching World Language Education: Middle/High School I 3-6
World Language (in target language) 4
World Language (in target language) 4
Unrestricted Electives 4
 Credits16
8th Semester/Term
SPCED-UE 1005 Teach Stu With Disabili in General Ed Class Rm 4
WLGED-UE 1922 Student Teaching World Language Education: Middle/High School II 3-6
Unrestricted Electives 4
Unrestricted Electives 3 3
 Credits15
 Total Credits128
1

Must take specific T&L section.

2

Or Steinhardt approved course.

3

BILED-UE 1001 Bilingual Multicultural Education: Theory and Practice recommended.

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