Program Description

The Masters program in English Education leads to New York State certification for grades 7-12. Staffed by experts in language and literature who are all experienced secondary teachers, the program emphasizes transactions between content mastery and teaching methods in order to provoke critical thought and inquiry-based learning. Extensive school-based fieldwork is required prior to student teaching. This helps 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. Here M.A. students mentored by their cooperating teachers, NYU field supervisors and methods teachers are given responsibility for teaching in the New York City public schools.

Admission Requirements

All students admitted to the Masters program in English Education will have completed a bachelor's degree with a major of at least 30 credits in English or a closely related field. This should include 12 credits in the study of literature, 3-6 credits in language study, and 3-6 credits in writing. In certain instances, the program will accept students who have not satisfied all of the above requirements, but students will be required to complete all outstanding coursework, in addition to their program requirements, prior to their graduation from NYU. 36 credits in English are required for certification.

I. General Pedagogical Core (13 credits)

E27.2010 Inquiries into Teaching and Learning (4) (min. 15 hours of field experience)
E63.2272 Adolescent Development (3) (min. 15 hours of field experience)
E75.2162 Educating Students with Disabilities in Middle Childhood and Adolescent Settings (3) (min 15 hrs)
E20.2015 Education as a Social Responsibility (3) (15 hours of field experience)
E23.2145 Humanities and the Social Studies (3)

II. Pedagogical Content Knowledge Core (9 credits or more by advisement)

Courses Selected from among the following:
E11.2023 Language and Learning Across the Curriculum (3)
E11.2049 Teaching English in the Inner City (3)
E11.2139 Language Development and Reading Literature (3)
E11.2505 Foundations of Educational Linguistics (3)
E11.2507 Dramatic Activities in the English Classroom (3)
E11.2509 Teaching Reading in the English Classroom (3)
E11.2511 Practicum: Teaching Expository Writing (3)
E11.2521 Literature and the Adolescent Experience (3)
E11.2577 Pluralistic Approaches to Cultural Literacy (3)
E23.2145 Integrating Humanities and Social Studies (3)
E27.2275 Language and Literacy Acquisition and Development (3)

III. Specialized Pedagogical Core (9 credits)

E11.2041 Teaching and Learning English Language Arts in the Middle School (3)
E11.2042 Teaching and Learning English Language Arts in the High School (3)
E11.2501 MA Seminar in English Education (3)

IV. Student Teaching (8 credits)

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

V. Culminating Experience (3 credits)

E11.2120 Negotiating the Curriculum (3)

VI. Social Responsibilities of Teachers (0 credit)

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

Sample Program of Study