Academic Programs

The University at Buffalo (UB) awarded its first master's and doctoral degrees more than 50 years ago. Since then, UB's Graduate School of Education (GSE) has evolved into a thriving graduate center that is as important to the Western New York area as it is to the university itself. Today the school offers an extensive array of courses, opportunities for independent study and supervised experiences, and master's and doctoral degree programs, with study toward New York State certification in twenty-one fields.

Instruction and research in the Graduate School of Education are organized into four departments:


Counseling, School, and Educational Psychology

Program Title Doctorate Master's Certification Master's/
Certification
Counseling Psychology and School Psychology checkmark      
Counselor Education checkmark      
Educational Psychology checkmark checkmark    
Mental Health Counseling   checkmark    
Rehabilitation Counseling   checkmark    
Rehabilitation CounselingOnline   checkmark    
School Counseling   checkmark checkmark  
School Psychology       checkmark
Singapore School Counseling   checkmark    


Educational Leadership and Policy

Program Title Doctorate Master's Certification Master's/
Certification
Educational Administration checkmark checkmark checkmark  
General Education (Social Foundations)   checkmark    
Higher Education checkmark checkmark    
Higher Education (Student Affairs concentration) checkmark checkmark    
Social and Philosophical Foundations checkmark      


Learning and Instruction

Program Title Doctorate Master's Certification Master's/
Certification
Biology: Adolescence (7-12 or 5-12)   checkmark checkmark  
Chemistry: Adolescence (7-12 or 5-12)   checkmark checkmark  
Childhood (Grade 1-6)   checkmark checkmark checkmark
Childhood with Bilingual Extension (1-6)   checkmark checkmark checkmark
Early Childhood (Birth-grade 2)   checkmark   checkmark
Early Childhood with Bilingual Extension   checkmark   checkmark
Early Childhood/Childhood (Birth-6)   checkmark   checkmark
Earth Science: Adolescence (7-12 or 5-12)   checkmark checkmark  
Elementary Education checkmark      
English Education checkmark      
English for Speakers of Other Languages   checkmark   checkmark
English: Adolescence (7-12 or 5-12)   checkmark checkmark checkmark
Foreign and Second Language checkmark      
French: Adolescence (7-12 or 5-12)   checkmark checkmark checkmark
General Education (Learning and Instruction)   checkmark    
German: Adolescence (7-12 or 5-12)   checkmark checkmark checkmark
Gifted Education Online     checkmark  
Latin: Adolescence (7-12 or 5-12)   checkmark checkmark checkmark
Literacy Specialist   checkmark    
Mathematics checkmark      
Mathematics: Adolescence (7-12/5-12)   checkmark checkmark checkmark
Music   checkmark checkmark checkmark
Physics: Adolescence (7-12 or 5-12)   checkmark checkmark  
Reading checkmark      
Science checkmark      
Science and the PublicOnline   checkmark    
Social Studies: Adolescence (7-12/5-12)   checkmark checkmark  
Spanish: Adolescence (7-12 or 5-12)   checkmark checkmark checkmark
Special Education checkmark      
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages   checkmark    


Library and Information Studies

Program Title Doctorate Master's Certification Master's/
Certification
MLS (Master of Library Science)   checkmark    
MLS Online   checkmark    
MLS - Library Media Specialist concentration   checkmark checkmark  
MLS/JD (Law) dual major   checkmark    
MLS/MA (Music) dual major   checkmark    


Teacher Education Institute

Program Title  
 
Undergraduate Minor in Education  

Advanced Certificates

Program Title  
 
Gifted EducationOnline  
Library and Information Science  
School Business and Human Resource Administration  
Teaching and Leading for Diversity