Overview

Childhood and Early Childhood Curriculum and Instruction from Buffalo State SUNY aims to provide you with excellent instruction that furthers your fund of knowledge and fosters your development as accomplished reflective educators.

Key Facts

As a graduate student, you’ll have many opportunities to participate in clubs and activities outside the classroom. Opportunities for childhood and early education undergraduate and graduate students include but are not limited to:

Elementary Education Club: Enables education students to socialize and organize volunteer and service-learning activities in the Buffalo area.
Global Book Hour: Student-facilitated program provides weekly book-focused sessions integrating geography, arts, and healthy eating for local children.
Kappa Delta Pi: The international honor society is a prestigious organization dedicated to scholarship and excellence in education.
TeachLivE™: This virtual-reality classroom provides teachers the opportunity to develop their pedagogical practice in a safe environment that doesn’t place real students at risk.
Service Learning: Under the tutelage of Buffalo State faculty and staff, service-learning initiatives are available through many organizations located on Buffalo’s West Side.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Teaching Writing: B-12

Literacy Instruction in the Upper Grades

Literacy Instruction in the Primary Grades

Developing Literacy Through Literature

Technological Literacy

Instructional Technologies

Instructional Design and Problem Solving with Technology

Authoring for Educators

Internet for Educators

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-08-25 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-07-01 00:00:00
Starting 2027-01-26 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-11-01 00:00:00

More details

Rolling admission for national students.

Language

English

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Credits

30 SCH

30-33

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Buffalo, United States

Disciplines

Early Childhood Education Instructional Design View 352 other Masters in Instructional Design in United States

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Academic requirements

GPA

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

A bachelor’s degree in early childhood and/or childhood education from an accredited college or university with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 (4.0 scale).

Professional resume

Three letters of reference on special department forms that attest to the applicant’s potential as a graduate student.

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A copy of the applicant's passport bio page.

Financial Statement (FSA-4) (.pdf)

Applicants for whom English is a second language must submit a score of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), the International English Language Testing System (IELTS), or Duolingo English Test as documentation of English language proficiency.

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

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Applies to you

Non-residents

23790 USD / year

≈ 23790 USD / year
Out-of-State

23790 USD / year

≈ 23790 USD / year
Domestic

Applies to you

In-State

11310 USD / year

≈ 11310 USD / year

Living costs

Buffalo

United States

920 - 1560 USD / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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Key information

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Credits

Delivered

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Academic requirements

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