Childhood Education, Grades 1-6 Bilingual (Chinese/English) - MSEd

Admission Requirements

1. A bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution acceptable to Hunter College with a GPA of 3.0 or better.
    
2. A liberal arts or sciences major or interdisciplinary concentration fo at least 30 credits.
    
3. A general core in the liberal arts and sciences of at least 27 credits, distributed as follows: 9 credits in math and science with at least one course in math and one course in science (a college course in calculus meets 6 credits of this requirement); 6 credits in English including one course in English composition with a grade of B plus a writing intensive course in any discipline with a grade of B or better; 6 credits in social studies (of which one course must be in history or geography); 3 credits in the arts; and 3 credits in information retrieval (library studies, research, computer literacy, or educational technology).
    
4. Completion of a satisfactory writing sample in English and in Chinese as part of the application process.
    
5. An on-site writing sample in English and in Chinese and an interview conducted with at least two professors.

Progress Standards

A. 12-Credit Progress Standards for Matriculated Students

1. Students must maintain an overall GPA of 3.0.
    
2. Students with more than one course grade below B in the first 12 credits of SEDC or SEDF course work will not be allowed to continue in the program.
    
3. Students who receive a grade of F in any course, including arts and sciences courses, in the first 12 credits will not be allowed to continue in the program.
    
4. Students with one grade of IN (Incomplete) within the first 12 credits are restricted from registering for more than one additional course. Those with two or more INs will not be allowed to register for any courses.
   
   Note: It is recommended that students with two or more INs take an official leave of absence.
    
5. All students must take the Liberal Arts and Sciences Test (LAST) of the New York State Teacher Certification Examinations and submit their scores to the Office of Educational Services before they complete 12 credits of course work. Any student who does not receive a passing score on the LAST must enroll in the school’s reading/writing workshop before being permitted to register for any courses.

B. Fieldwork Benchmarks

All field experiences and student teaching will take place in the New York City public schools.

Any student who receives a grade of B-, C+ or C in a supervised field experience or student teaching or practicum course must apply to the chairperson of the department for permission to repeat that course, which may be repeated only once. Any student who receives a grade of F or WU may not reregister and will not be allowed to continue in the program.

Childhood Education with a Bilingual Extension: Course of Study

Total Credits: 37-49*

• CEDF 70900 - Child Development Grades 1-9
• BILED 70100 - Foundations of Bilingual Education
• CEDCF 70050 - The Art and Science of Effective Teaching
• CEDC 70400 - Teaching Developmental Reading
• SPED 70800 - Teaching Students with Special Needs in Inclusive Settings
• BILED 77900 - Multicultural Education
• CEDC 72950 - Fieldwork in Childhood Education for Bilingual Educators
• BILED 77100 - Psychology of Language Learning and Teaching
• CEDF 70800 - Social, Historical, Philosophical Foundations of Education: The American School
• BILED 71300 - Bilingual Literacy-Chinese
• BILED 71150 - Fieldwork in Bilingual Literacy
• CEDC 72250 - Social Studies Curriculum and Instruction: Integrating Literature, the Arts, and Technology
• CEDC 70500 - Mathematics Curriculum and Methods
• CEDC 70300 - Teaching Science in the Elementary School
• CEDC 71300 - Health Education for the Classroom Teacher
• BILED 71700 - Language Assessment for English Language Learners
• BILED 76900 - Instruction through the Native Language-Chinese
• BILED 78000 - Bilingual Research Seminar

Take Either

• BILED 78200 - Supervised Student Teaching Grades 1–3 and 4–6

Or One of the Following

• BILED 78300 - Practicum in Grades 1–3
• BILED 78500 - Student Teaching in Grades 1–3

Plus One of the Following

• BILED 78400 - Practicum in Grades 4–6
• BILED 78600 - Student Teaching in Grades 4–6

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  * Master’s candidates who have completed some pedagogical courses may be exempted from up to 12 credits of coursework by providing transcripts and course syllabi as evidence that the content is equivalent to courses in the sequence and a grade of at least B has been attained.

Exit Standards

1. An overall GPA of 3.0
    
2. A grade of B or better in student teaching and/or practicum. Any student who obtains a grade of F in student teaching and/or practicum will not be allowed to continue in the program. Any student who obtains a grade of B-, C+, or C must apply to the department chairperson for permission to reregister for student teaching and/or practicum, which may be repeated only once. Any student who does not complete the full complement of required days of student teaching will receive a course grade of IN (Incomplete) and must fulfill the remaining mandated days.
    
3. Completion of the culminating experience 78000  (Bilingual Research Seminar), with a grade of B or better.
    
4. Students must pass the School of Education technology assessment.