Adolescence Education: English

The Adolescence Education (Sequence Two) program is designed for students who wish to become secondary education teachers in biology, English, mathematics, or social studies but have not completed the coursework required for initial certification. Upon satisfactory completion of the program, students will have met the academic requirements for initial certification in a subject area of Adolescence Education. 

Double Counting Policy - English Adolescence Education

Undergraduate students majoring in English who are interested in applying to the CSI Adolescence English Education MSEd program are eligible to take up to 14 credits of graduate-level courses in English and Education: up to 8 in English; and up to six in Education (EDD). Credits earned in English may be substituted for undergraduate (300-level) course requirements in English; credits earned in Education will be registered as electives toward the undergraduate degree. The Education courses students may take include EDP 660 Teaching Students with Special Needs; EDD 610 Adolescence Development & Learning; or EDD 602 Studies in Urban Education. Completed credits from both English and Education courses will satisfy course requirements in the Adolescence English Education MSEd program upon admission.

Criteria:  

• Current enrollment in the bachelor’s degree in English at the College of Staten Island and completion of three years of study with 75 or more earned credits.  

• Cumulative GPA of 3.25 or higher, overall and in the major. 

• Completion of at least one 300-level literature course with a grade of B or better (preferably including ENL 323: Coming of Age Narratives)

Approval will be determined jointly by the SOE Adolescence Education Program Coordinator and English Department MA Program Coordinator.