Master in Spanish Language Teacher Education (Master's)

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This programme prepares candidates for initial certification to teach Spanish in secondary schools grades 7-12. It focuses on teaching Spanish as both a foreign language and a heritage language, with attention to literature and cultural studies from Peninsular, Latin American, and Latino contexts. Students engage in fieldwork across multiple courses and complete a master's project or student teaching. The programme offers five distinct pathways based on prior academic and certification background.

Focus areas include Teaching Spanish as a foreign language, Teaching Spanish to heritage language learners, Curriculum design in world language teaching, Reading and writing instruction in Spanish, Inclusive education practices, Second language acquisition theories.

The programme requires 30 to 42 credits depending on the pathway, with credits divided between education courses, Spanish content courses, fieldwork, and student teaching. The master's project or student teaching is a required component for most tracks.

Graduates enter roles as certified secondary school Spanish teachers in public and private institutions across New York State.

Applicants must hold a bachelor's degree with specific prerequisites in Spanish coursework and education. Those without a Spanish major must complete 15 upper-level Spanish credits before admission. Proof of proficiency in Spanish and submission of official transcripts are required.

The programme totals about 30 credit hours. On-campus, full-time or part-time, with typical duration of 1 to 2 years depending on the track. For international students, tuition is below the median for US programmes. The institution admits about 58% of applicants.

The City College of New York began in 1847 as the Free Academy and became the founding institution of the City University of New York. Its history includes several firsts in American higher education, including the first college founded on the ideal of educating the “whole people,” the first documentary film program in the United States, the first intercollegiate lacrosse game in the country, and the first student government in the nation.

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