Master of Arts in Early Childhood Education and Early Childhood Special Education, Birth-Grade 2, Initial Certification

You must have completed the following content core requirements for your intended teaching certification area, as regulated by the New York State Education Department, prior to enrollment:

• Liberal arts major or 30 semester hours in a single liberal arts concentration
• 3 semester hours of English
• 3 semester hours of mathematics (includes statistics)
• 3 semester hours of natural or physical sciences
• 3 semester hours of social science/studies
• 3 semester hours of a language other than English (American Sign Language is acceptable)

We review all applications individually and holistically, but our expectation is that successful candidates for admission to any NYU Steinhardt MA program in teacher education will have a minimum 3.0 undergraduate grade point average. Special consideration may be granted to strong candidates with a GPA below 3.0.