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    Acting MFA
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    Acting (MFA)

    The New School for Drama

    This intensive three-year graduate program based on the principles of Stanislavsky challenges actors to grow as artists. Students begin with a course of self-discovery, explore technical craftsmanship in the second year, and finish by acting in fully staged productions and developing business plans to prepare for professional careers.

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    Architectural Design BFA
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    Architectural Design (BFA)

    Parsons The New School for Design

    A rigorous pre-professional design education, incorporating collaboration, research, and critical thinking, distinguishes this Parsons program. Students are prepared for professional study and careers in architecture, landscape and urban design, exhibition design, interior design, environmental enterprises, and related fields.

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    Architecture M.Arch
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    Architecture (M.Arch)

    Parsons The New School for Design

    This three-year NAAB-accredited program combines contemporary studio practice with design history and theory, technology, and representation. Designers are encouraged to experiment with the logic of building in diverse cultural and environmental contexts. Graduates typically open their own practices or join prominent firms worldwide or design and planning organizations.

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    Architecture & Lighting Design Dual Degree
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    Architecture and Lighting Design Dual Degree

    Architecture & Lighting Design Dual Degree (M.Arch/MFA)

    Parsons The New School for Design

    This unique four-year graduate program combines Parsons' NAAB-accredited MArch with an MFA in Lighting Design. Graduates typically open their own architecture or interior design studios, join prominent international design firms, or go to work for engineering or specialty lighting companies and lighting manufacturers.

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    Art, Media, and Technology BFA
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    Art, Media, and Technology

    Art, Media, and Technology (BFA)

    Parsons The New School for Design

    Students explore the dynamic intersections of design, art, media, and technology in a complex world. Through studio projects in cross-disciplinary contexts, the program enables students to develop the skills needed to engage with art and design as a transformative enterprise. Graduates can pursue careers in interactive and social media, film and television, motion graphics, animation, game design, advertising, graphic arts, and fine arts.

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    The Arts BA
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    The Arts (BA)

    Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts

    This integrated program is an opportunity to study visual and performing arts in a liberal arts context. It combines academic inquiry and research with creative practice and regards the arts as a powerful tool for self-discovery and advocacy. Students choose one of five concentrations: Dance, Music, Theater, Visual Arts, or Arts in Context.

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    Classical Music BM/BS/Non-Degree
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    Classical Music (BM/BS/Non-Degree)

    Mannes College The New School for Music

    Programs at Mannes College combine rigorous classical music conservatory training with a liberal arts curriculum, supported by the resources of a full university. Mannes promotes creativity and entrepreneurship and encourages students to make a positive difference in the rapidly changing world of music. The school offers the BM, BS, and undergraduate diploma in Orchestral Instruments, Piano, Harpsichord, Voice, Classical Guitar, Orchestral Conducting, Composition, and Theory.

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    Classical Music MM/Graduate Certificate
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    Classical Music (MM/Graduate Certificate)

    Mannes College The New School for Music

    Mannes College's full-time graduate and postgraduate programs offer advanced training to a select group of musicians, preparing them for careers as professional artists. An individual curriculum is designed for each student consisting of intensive study in one of these concentrations: Orchestral Instruments, Piano, Harpsichord, Vocal Accompaniment for Pianists, Orchestral Conducting, Choral Conducting, Voice, Classical Guitar, Composition, and Theory.

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    Communication Design BFA
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    Communication Design

    Communication Design (BFA)

    Parsons The New School for Design

    Students prepare for careers in electronic, print, and interactive media by learning to create compelling messages and convey them effectively. The curriculum includes typography, print design, data mapping, motion and sound design, branding, packaging, advertising, and spatial and environmental graphics.

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    Creative Arts Therapy Certificate
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    Creative Arts Therapy (Certificate)

    The New School for Public Engagement

    Creative arts therapists integrate music, drama, visual arts, and dance/movement into the practice of psychotherapy and social work in clinical settings. This program, which students can take full-time or part-time, is designed for college graduates and current undergraduate students as preparation for advanced education as licensed therapists or as career development for social workers, educators, and other human services professionals, and visual and performing artists. (noncredit option)

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    Creative Writing MFA
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    Creative Writing (MFA)

    The New School for Public Engagement

    This unique graduate program draws on The New School's many decades of teaching writing to new generations of professional writers. Students are guided in workshops and seminars by a faculty of distinguished writers in the literary capital of the United States. Concentrations are offered in Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, and Writing for children.

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    Design and Technology BFA
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    Design and Technology (BFA)

    Parsons The New School for Design

    This program focuses on new and emergent art and design practices, media storytelling, and interaction technologies. Courses, internships, and collaborations with external partners emphasize the ways in which media and technology drive and are driven by social and cultural change. Graduates find careers in interactive and social media, film and television, motion graphics, game design, advertising, computing software and hardware design, and graphic arts.

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    Design Business Graduate Certificate
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    Design Business (Graduate Certificate)

    Parsons The New School for Design

    This one-year online program is aimed at business professionals who are interested in developing design products and services for the global economy and/or managing innovation-focused creative business firms. The curriculum of six courses is devoted to strategic design management, leadership, innovation, and entrepreneurship.

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    Directing MFA
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    Directing (MFA)

    The New School for Drama

    Students in this three-year graduate program work collaboratively with actors and playwrights to bring their visions alive on stage. The curriculum explores the dramatic storytelling process by blending theater history with training in acting, movement, and script analysis and hands-on direction of fully staged productions.

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    Dramatic Arts BFA
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    Dramatic Arts (BFA)

    The New School for Drama

    This studio-based undergraduate program will provide aspiring theater artists with integrated training in acting, directing, playwriting, aesthetic inquiry, design, and new dramatic media. The program reflects The New School's rich history of social engagement and its deep connections to the modern theater. It offers a new model of dramatic arts training in New York City.

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    Education Studies BA
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    Education Studies (BA)

    Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts

    Students explore the relationship between education and society through an interdisciplinary curriculum that considers the theory and practice of teaching and learning in schools, communities, after-school programs, and nonprofit organizations. Graduates are prepared to pursue advanced studies, K-12 teacher certification, and careers in cultural, community, youth, and advocacy organizations.

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    English as a Second Language Certificate
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    English as a Second Language (Certificate)

    The New School for Public Engagement

    The New School offers English language instruction for speakers of other languages. This curriculum for students from the low-intermediate to the advanced level integrates grammar, conversation and listening, and reading and writing skills. It can be taken full time or part time. Students who complete 100 hours in the classroom can obtain a certificate. (noncredit only)

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    ESL + Design Certificate
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    ESL + Design (Certificate)

    The New School for Public Engagement

    This is a pre-enrollment program for international undergraduate students who plan to attend an art and design school in the United States and need to improve their TOEFL scores or otherwise wish to refresh their English while being exposed to university life in the U.S. Students who successfully complete the program receive a Certificate in English as a Second Language and earn 3 transferrable credits for the design studio component.

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    Fashion Design AAS
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    Fashion Design (AAS)

    Parsons The New School for Design

    This program, intended for career changers, offers instruction in the processes, skills, and language of fashion design. Students move from concept to production, learning drawing, draping, patternmaking, sewing, tailoring, haute couture, and specialty techniques. Graduates bring fresh perspective to the industry's established firms and frequently launch their own collections.

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    Fashion Design BFA
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    Fashion Design (BFA)

    Parsons The New School for Design

    Parsons has a holistic approach to fashion design. Students explore silhouette, process, history, and systems of fashion design, including current social and environmental imperatives. The goal is to create innovative, sustainable, and practical fashions for the global market. Senior-year collections are seen by industry professionals. Graduates find jobs with the industry's leading labels or, often, establish their own labels.

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    Fashion Marketing AAS
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    Fashion Marketing (AAS)

    Parsons The New School for Design

    This two-year program emphasizes the intimate connection of design, merchandising, and marketing in the fashion business. Curricula cover fashion history, textiles, and color theory as well as principles of product development and merchandising. Graduates are prepared to work in all areas of the fashion industry, including public relations, trend forecasting, product placement, and other marketing-related careers.

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    Film Production Certificate
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    Film Production (Certificate)

    The New School for Public Engagement

    The New School awards a certificate to students who complete a sequence of courses in which they master the art and craft of film design, directing, and postproduction. This program, which students can take part-time, is open to anyone who aspires to make a motion picture, including people with and without college degrees and current undergraduate students. (noncredit option)

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    Fine Arts BFA
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    Fine Arts (BFA)

    Parsons The New School for Design

    The Parsons fine arts program prepares young artists to make an original contribution to our visual culture. Students develop knowledge and skills of color, form, space, and composition, but curricula also emphasize critical aesthetic thinking, interdisciplinary approaches to creating artwork, and the social engagement of the artist. Students interact at many levels with the larger New York City and international art world.

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    Fine Arts MFA
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    Fine Arts (MFA)

    Parsons The New School for Design

    Students typically use this graduate program to develop the formal, intellectual, and conceptual aspects of their art and acquire the professional knowledge and experience necessary to make a career as a visual artist. The curriculum focuses on making, presenting, and interpreting artwork that meets the highest standards. Students have access to a multitude of exhibition venues in New York City and to fellowships and residencies through faculty and institutional networks.

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    Graphic Design AAS
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    Graphic Design (AAS)

    Parsons The New School for Design

    People interested in launching new careers as designers, art directors, and illustrators can master the concepts and craft of graphic design in this two-year program. Assignments mirror the real world, including online and multimedia applications, interactive design, typography, page layout, and publishing applications. The faculty of accomplished working designers offers guidance for success in the industry.

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    Illustration BFA
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    Illustration (BFA)

    Parsons The New School for Design

    Students in this program develop their abilities to express ideas and emotions visually in both traditional and emerging media. In addition to intensive studio work, curricula include art and design history and theory and cultivate awareness of social and cultural influences on visual art. Graduates find employment in print and electronic publishing, advertising, motion graphics, product design, and fine art.

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    Interior Design AAS
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    Interior Design (AAS)

    Parsons The New School for Design

    This pre-professional curriculum is aimed at career changers. Students explore design concepts for residential, institutional, and commercial interiors and acquire skills in computer rendering and knowledge of sustainable design and materials. There are opportunities to intern at prominent firms and undertake projects with external partners.

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    Interior Design BFA
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    Interior Design (BFA)

    Parsons The New School for Design

    Parsons, a leader in interior design education, takes a research-oriented approach to creating physical spaces. Students work in small groups to design a range of interiors. Graduates are prepared to enter established design and architecture studios, open their own design practices, and work as designers and consultants with public and private institutions.

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    Interior Design MFA
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    Interior Design (MFA)

    Parsons The New School for Design

    This graduate studio program challenges designers to play a transformative role in the profession. The curriculum is based on analyzing and constructing interior spaces within a framework of human behavior. Graduates go to work in established design and architecture studios, develop new design practices, serve as institutional consultants, and educate succeeding generations of practitioners.

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    Jazz and Contemporary Music BFA
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    Jazz and Contemporary Music (BFA)

    The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music

    Performance and professional experience are hallmarks of this undergraduate music program, which combines intensive ensemble and individual performance work with courses in analysis, composition, music history, and liberal arts. Students are mentored by a faculty of renowned musicians and can make connections as artists and interns in New York City's music world.

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    Liberal Studies MA
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    Liberal Studies (MA)

    The New School for Social Research

    Contextual thinking and fine writing are two keys to this interdisciplinary graduate program. Other than two required thematic courses, students develop an individualized curriculum by choosing courses from the other graduate programs of the university. Usually they focus on intellectual history, cultural studies, and critical writing. Liberal Studies is designed as a terminal MA program for people interested in careers as writers, editors, and teachers.

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    Lighting Design MFA
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    Lighting Design (MFA)

    Parsons The New School for Design

    This master's program explores theory and technical applications in the design of natural and artificial lighting, including social and environmental factors such as energy conservation. Graduates enter the profession in engineering and interior design firms; as theatrical and exhibition lighting specialists, and as research experts in equipment design and manufacturing enterprises.

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    Literary Studies BA
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    Literary Studies (BA)

    Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts

    Students in this program learn to understand the written word from both critical and creative perspectives. All students take two Introduction to Literature courses that provide a common language and academic experience as they proceed to a concentration in either Literature or Writing. They emerge prepared for advanced studies and to pursue careers in writing, journalism, publishing, and communication.

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    Media Management MS/Graduate Certificate
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    Media Management (MS/Graduate Certificate)

    The New School for Public Engagement

    In the graduate program, students acquire a solid foundation in managerial skills and learn to critically analyze media industries and their products. Topics of study include production, media economics, marketing, distribution, and ethics. Students are prepared to enter or advance careers in television, film, music, advertising, news, video gaming, and social media. In the professional training program, students explore media industry strategies, economics, technologies, and corporate responsibility. Courses are offered on campus and online, with an option to complete the program entirely online.

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    Musical Theater BFA
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    Musical Theater (BFA)

    The New School for Public Engagement

    The New School awards the Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre to graduates of the American Musical and Dramatic Academy (AMDA) integrated program. Working actors and musicians can complete a bachelor's degree in liberal arts on campus in New York City, online, or through a combination of online and on-campus courses. (Graduates of the AMDA studio program can enter the Bachelor of Science in Liberal Arts program.)

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    Photography BFA
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    Photography (BFA)

    Parsons The New School for Design

    Aspiring professionals develop technical and conceptual skills, exploring analog and digital technologies. Students focus on fine art, fashion, commercial, or editorial photography alongside opportunities for exhibitions, studio visits, and projects with international collaborators. Parsons connects the craft of photography with design, fine art, and film and video. Graduates a prepared for a wide range of careers in the field, depending on their specializations. Many pursue advanced study.

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    Photography MFA
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    Photography (MFA)

    Parsons The New School for Design

    The graduate program in photography is a 21st-century think tank that reflects the evolving role of photography in contemporary media. Students develop an individual vision in a collaborative and interdisciplinary environment in which they master the language of photography and the technology driving it. Faculty and institutional networks helps students make important connections in their fields. Parsons MFA graduates are prominently represented in commercial, documentary, and fine art photography internationally.

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    Playwriting MFA
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    Playwriting (MFA)

    The New School for Drama

    This graduate program prepares a select group of students for professional careers as skilled dramatic writers for theater, film, and television. The curriculum involves active collaboration with student actors and directors and leads to a portfolio of produced and polished pieces that reflects each author's distinctive voice.

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    Pre-College (Mannes)Non-Degree
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    Pre-College (Non-Degree)

    Mannes College The New School for Music

    Mannes offers preparatory music training for children and young adults ages 4–18 at all levels of skill. Courses are taught by a faculty dedicated to creating a sense of community and helping young people reach their full potential. Students are admitted through an audition process and typically enroll in the fall semester for a full-year term.

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    Pre-College (Non-Degree)

    Parsons The New School for Design

    Young people, in grades 3–12, can build their art and design skills on Saturdays throughout the year and in two intensive summer sessions. Courses are offered in areas such as fashion, graphics, interior design, drawing, painting, cartooning, and photography. High school students applying to art and design schools can enroll in a portfolio development certificate program.

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    Product Design BFA
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    Product Design (BFA)

    Parsons The New School for Design

    Through the study of materials, fabrication, aesthetics, and social engagement, students cultivate the technical and intellectual skills to design products such as toys, medical devices, and furniture, and to understand global manufacturing. Curricula address sustainability and technological change as challenges facing product designers today. Opportunities for internships, collaborations, and international study help prepare students for careers in product conception, development, and manufacturing.

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    Screenwriting Certificate
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    Screenwriting (Certificate)

    The New School for Public Engagement

    This New School awards a certificate to students who complete a structured sequence of courses that takes them through the entire process of creating a screenplay for a full-length motion picture. This program, which students can take part-time, is open to anyone who aspires to write a film script for the commercial market, including people with and without college degrees and current undergraduate students. (noncredit option)

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    Strategic Design and Management BBA
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    Strategic Design and Management (BBA)

    Parsons The New School for Design

    This program educates students in entrepreneurial side of design and the design aspects of business. The curriculum brings design studio courses and management seminars together with a liberal arts foundation. Students learn through the integration of research and collaborative projects. Graduates are prepared for careers with design-oriented companies, civic organizations, and independent businesses.

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    Summer Intensive Studies (Non-degree)

    Parsons The New School for Design

    This intensive program is open to all students who wish to deepen their knowledge of art and design. Courses include five full days a week of studio classes, homework assignments, and degree-preparation and career-exploration events. The Parsons summer program in Paris at ESRA (Ecole Superieure de Realisation Audiovisuelle) is also open to all students.

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    Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages Certificate
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    Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (Certificate)

    The New School for Public Engagement

    The demand for teachers of English to speakers of other languages continues to grow. This highly-regarded, one-year certificate program for aspiring and working ESOL teachers introduces the latest theories and methods of language learning and teaching. It is offered to college graduates and current undergraduate students. (noncredit option)

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    Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages MA
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    Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (MA)

    The New School for Public Engagement

    English has become the language of international communication, and the demand for teachers trained to work with speakers of other languages continues to grow. Drawing on the expertise of a renowned international faculty, this graduate program in teaching English to adult learners offers concentrations in Teaching and Curriculum Development. Courses are offered online and on campus; the degree can be completed entirely online or through a combination of on-campus and online study.

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    TESOL Summer Institute (Certificate)

    The New School for Public Engagement

    This professional development program brings teachers of English to speakers of other languages to New York City for two weeks in the summer. They receive a noncredit certificate for completing a topical workshop taught by one of our world-renowned ESOL professors and participating in a variety of co-curricular and cultural activities.

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