Teacher Education
(Master of Science in Education)

This program is designed to provide a master’s degree leading to permanent or professional teaching certification under New York state requirements. Education courses teach students how to interpret and synthesize educational research. Our 43 graduate programs offer students a wide variety of electives to choose from for this degree.

If you do not currently hold a provisional teaching certification, you should enroll in either the elementary, secondary, special education, art or music education masters’ degree programs, depending on your teaching goals.

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THE SAINT ROSE DIFFERENCE
The Saint Rose School of Education has earned a strong reputation for educating educators. Our alumni have been nominated for local and national teaching awards. Our reputation is built on the efforts of our faculty who are accomplished scholars in their fields and have many years of classroom and administrative experience in a
variety of school settings. Faculty regularly collaborate with local schools on special projects and have contacts with school districts across the country.

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

• complete Saint Rose graduate school application
• a baccalaureate degree from an accredited institution
• official transcripts from all colleges/universities attended
• a grade point average of 3.0 in your undergraduate major
• initial certification in elementary education, secondary education, special education, art or music education
• international applicants must submit English translations and evaluations of transcripts prepared by the college/university of origin or by a professional independent transcript evaluator, and a TOEFL score showing a minimum of 550 on the written or 213 on the computer-based exam.

REQUIRED COURSES

• Educational Research
• Informal Student-Based Assessment
• Curriculum Development and Revision
• Research Seminar and Comprehensive Examination or Thesis

A choice of two courses in the study of Schooling and Society selected from the following:

• Multicultural Education in the United States
• Educating for Morality
• The Sociology of Education
• The History of American Education

9-12 credits of elective course work
You can select these electives to create a focus area (i.e., teaching and learning, educational technology, educational foundations or an academic discipline such as English or history/political science)

FINAL EVALUATION
Final evaluation is based on two criteria:

• satisfactory performance in course work including a grade of B or better in all required courses
• satisfactory performance in the research seminar and comprehensive examination or completion of thesis approved by College thesis committee

STATE CERTIFICATION
This program satisfies the education course work requirements for professional certification as an elementary school, secondary school, special education, music, or art teacher in New York state. All teachers also must pass the appropriate state professional certification exam in order to receive professional certification.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
Secondary education or elementary education teacher (depending on initial certification) in public or private schools.

Deadlines:
While Saint Rose Graduate School applications may be obtained from Graduate and Continuing Education Admissions, we encourage applicants to use our convenient
online application.

June 1:
Preferred Deadline for Fall Admission

October 15:
Preferred Deadline for Spring Admission

March 15:
Preferred Deadline for Summer Admission

There is no guarantee that applications received after deadlines can be reviewed in a timely enough manner to ensure matriculation and registration for the upcoming term.

Financial Aid Opportunities
Graduate Assistantships: Application Deadline
August 19

Merit and Minority Scholarships: Application Deadline May 1

Federal and State Financial Aid Programs: Application Deadline March 1

Deferred Payment Plan

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