Math, Science, and Technology - Elementary Education M.A.

These graduate programs and courses are offered by the Long Island, New York campus of Hofstra University.

The M.A. Program in Elementary Education with specialization in Mathematics, Science, and Technology is designed for New York State certified elementary school teachers who seek the skills, knowledge, and dispositions to integrate the teaching of math, science and technology. Technology includes design technology, which encompasses the work that inventors, engineers and other innovators have created, and information technology, the many electronic resources available for conceptual learning. The degree program is designed to foster broad understandings of the ways in which society both reflects and shapes curriculum and pedagogy in schools.

The program provides advanced study in the elementary curriculum for those currently holding New York State Initial Teacher Certification. Graduate students who enter the program on a nonmatriculated basis prior to making application for acceptance to the program are limited to a maximum of 12 semester hours of course work.