MA/MS in Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language

The TESOL master's degree (EdM) sits in the Graduate School of Education and trains future language teachers. Its graduates teach ESL in colleges and in adult education for newcomers to the country, and they also find positions in schools around the world. Instruction centers on helping learners who speak another first language acquire English. The university presents the degree as the standard top professional qualification in this teaching field. Completion takes 33 credit hours, with a stated timeline that begins at 1 year. Every course is taught in person. Students may enroll either full time or part time. Applying costs $50. New York State has officially registered the program. Interested applicants can use the program page to ask for more information or begin an application, and the listed contact office can answer questions about requirements, catalog details and the steps that follow.