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Whether you’re an experienced educator or have little to no teaching experience, TC has a graduate program in Social Studies for you.
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You’ll benefit from a curriculum infused with social justice, pedagogical content courses, and a focus on teaching in urban environments.
See Your Future
Thanks to a unique curriculum and student teaching in NYC public schools, you’ll be prepared to be an effective social studies educator.
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Welcome to the Social Studies Education program
Social Studies education at Teachers College is one of the originators of the field. Today, we take advantage of our location in the New York City to guide students’ inquiries about the social world. Through your graduate education at TC, you’ll combine coursework with inquiry and hands-on experiences in NYC public schools and educational institutions to create a powerful and equity-driven pedagogies and research. Like the dynamic, global city around us, you will be a future-focused leader in social studies education. You’ll join a diverse community of learners who come from all over the world to advance their knowledge and hone their skills and abilities. You share a motivation to be highly effective educators, educational leaders, and researchers who reshape social studies education.
Summer Masters in Social Studies Education
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Admissions Information
Application Requirements
- Master of Arts
- Teaching of Social Studies Non-Certification
- Teaching of Social Studies Initial Cert: Social Studies 7-12
- Teaching of Social Studies Professional Cert: Social Studies 7-12
- Teaching of Social Studies (INSTEP) Professional Cert: Social Studies 7-12
- Teaching of Social Studies (Peace Corps Fellows) Transitional B Cert: Social Studies 7-12
- Master of Education
- Doctor of Education
- Doctor of Philosophy