Prospective Students
Welcome!
Welcome to the Department of Curriculum and Teaching at Teachers College, Columbia University. The faculty and staff of the Department welcome your interest in our programs, and we hope that you will find our web site to be helpful and informative.
The Department of Curriculum and Teaching has a long and rich history. We were founded in 1938, the first department of our kind ever created. In the more than seven decades that have elapsed since then, faculty of the Department of Curriculum and Teaching have been leaders in scholarship and practice in the fields of curriculum, teacher education, early childhood education, early childhood special education, gifted education, and literacy, areas in which we continue to excel to this day.
We offer a range of programs, which I invite you to explore by clicking on the following links:
If you do not have a background in education but aspire to a career in teaching, we offer the following Master of Arts programs:
If you are a graduate of a teacher-education program and are seeking a Master of Arts degree for professional certification or another purpose, we urge you to consider the following programs:
We also offer a 60-credit Master of Education degree:
Our doctoral program offers a range of concentrations for students who aspire to various leadership positions in the field of education:
Please do not hesitate to get in touch with us if you have any questions about any of our programs. Along with my colleagues on the faculty and staff of the Department of Curriculum and Teaching, I wish you great success in your scholarly and professional endeavors.
James H. Borland, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
Department of Curriculum and Teaching
The Department of Curriculum and Teaching has a long and rich history. We were founded in 1938, the first department of our kind ever created. In the more than seven decades that have elapsed since then, faculty of the Department of Curriculum and Teaching have been leaders in scholarship and practice in the fields of curriculum, teacher education, early childhood education, early childhood special education, gifted education, and literacy, areas in which we continue to excel to this day.
We offer a range of programs, which I invite you to explore by clicking on the following links:
If you do not have a background in education but aspire to a career in teaching, we offer the following Master of Arts programs:
Early Childhood Education
Early Childhood Special Education
Elementary & Secondary Inclusive Education
Elementary Inclusive Education with the Extension in Gifted Education
Early Childhood Special Education
Elementary & Secondary Inclusive Education
Elementary Inclusive Education with the Extension in Gifted Education
If you are a graduate of a teacher-education program and are seeking a Master of Arts degree for professional certification or another purpose, we urge you to consider the following programs:
Professional-certification Program in Elementary Education
Professional-certification Program in Secondary Education
Literacy
Gifted Education
Professional-certification Program in Secondary Education
Literacy
Gifted Education
We also offer a 60-credit Master of Education degree:
Please do not hesitate to get in touch with us if you have any questions about any of our programs. Along with my colleagues on the faculty and staff of the Department of Curriculum and Teaching, I wish you great success in your scholarly and professional endeavors.
James H. Borland, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
Department of Curriculum and Teaching