Before - Stream D: Master of Arts Degree in Science Education, Initial Certification: Transitional B Option

If admitted Spring 2007 or earlier

Program requirements are the same as Stream A (admitted 2007 or earlier) with the exception of student teaching is replaced with year-long classroom support. (Two-hundred hours of course work and 20 hours of field work are required prior to classroom teaching.)

Any changes or deviations from the above program requirements must obtain written advisor approval.

Program requirements are the same as Stream A (admitted 2007 or earlier) with the exception of student teaching is replaced with year-long classroom support. (Two-hundred hours of course work and 20 hours of field work are required prior to classroom teaching.)

Any changes or deviations from the above program requirements must obtain written advisor approval.

If admitted after Spring 2007 but before summer 2011

• Total Credits: 31
• Required Courses (19 credits):

EDUC 0502A: Adolescent Learning in the Urban Context (3 credits)
EDUC 0600A: Issues for Secondary School Teachers: Special Education, Second Language Acquisition and Literacy (3 credits)
EDSE 1200E: Reading and Writing Across the Curriculum (3 credits)
EDSE 3100E: Teaching Science in Secondary Schools (4 credits)
EDSE 3901I: Curriculum and Instruction in Science Education (3 credits)
EDUC 0602G: Student Teaching and Teacher Education Seminar (0 credits)*
EDSE 0200I: Masters Project (3 credits)

• Required Science Courses for the Science Certification Areas (6 credits):

• Elective Courses in Science (6 credits)#

* Prerequisites for student teaching include completion of education course work, standardized exams, and meeting with science education advisor and field work coordinator early in the semester preceding student teaching.

# Selected in consultation with a program advisor. Courses designated "for middle school teachers" can not count.

^ Science Education Courses are graduate science courses (BIO, CHEM, EAS, PHYS, or SCI) which are specifically intended for teachers. Note that Science Education courses are a subset of Science courses.

If admitted for summer 2011 but before summer 2013

• Total Credits: 33
• Required Courses (21 credits):

EDUC 0502A: Adolescent Learning in the Urban Context (3 credits)
EDSE 0600A: Issues for Secondary School Teachers (2 credits)
EDLS 5000K: Introduction to Inclusive Education (3 credits)
EDSE 1200E: Reading and Writing Across the Curriculum (3 credits)
EDSE 3100E: Teaching Science in Secondary Schools (4 credits)
EDSE 3901I: Curriculum and Instruction in Science Education (3 credits)
EDUC 0602G: Student Teaching and Teacher Education Seminar (0 credits)*
EDSE 0202I: Masters Project: Science (3 credits)

• Required Science Courses for the Science Certification Areas (6 credits):

• Elective Courses in Science (6 credits)#

* Prerequisites for student teaching include completion of education course work, standardized exams, and meeting with science education advisor and field work coordinator early in the semester preceding student teaching.

# Selected in consultation with a program advisor. Courses designated "for middle school teachers" can not count.

^ Science Education Courses are graduate science courses (BIO, CHEM, EAS, PHYS, or SCI) which are specifically intended for teachers. Note that Science Education courses are a subset of Science courses.

Any changes or deviations from the above program requirements must obtain written advisor approval.  

Please contact Professor Yael Wyner at ywyner@ccny.cuny.edu with any questions.