Canisius College

For permanent certification only

This is a 33-credit-hour master of science in education program, which is restricted to those students who already possess New York State provisional certification or to those who merely want to complete a master’s degree without certification, such as business people, health-service workers or corporate trainers. This program does not lead to provisional teacher certification. It will expire in the year 2011. Students who come under the new regulations discussed earlier in this publication may not enroll in this program.

In the spirit of the new teacher certification regulations, students enrolled in General Education are encouraged to take up to 12 credit hours in an academic discipline to strengthen their content knowledge or to secure an extension to expand their grade levels upward or downward.

Students are encouraged to use their three electives and, under guidance of their program director or advisor, substitute other courses to meet the spirit of the new regulations.