Overview

The Teaching Students with Disabilities - Applied Behavior Analysis programme from Columbia University prepares graduates to be dually certified in general and special education from birth to Grade 6 in New York State and reciprocating states and also prepares students to sit for the exam leading to NYS licensure in ABA.

Students who successfully complete the M.A. core courses will satisfy the requirements to sit for the Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) exam.

All students accepted into the programme are placed in teacher assistant positions in model schools and classrooms that practice teaching as applied behavior analysis.

The Master's degree in Applied Behavior Analysis is accredited by the Association for Behavior Analysis International Accreditation Board.

Key facts

Utilize research-based procedures for all aspects and subject areas of teaching preschool and elementary-age children.

Manage classrooms and schools such that children are well behaved and motivated to learn, using positive and non-coercive practices.

Master the existing science of learning and teaching as it is applied to the varied needs of children.

Master protocols to identify and induce missing language developmental cusps and capabilities that result in children learning to learn material they could not learn before and how to learn in new ways (e.g., by observation and incidental experiences).

Master how to use key educational standards and how to match existing tested curricula and tested teaching practices to categories of students and individual students in order to ensure that the standards are achieved.

Master how to continuously and directly measure all students’ progress in achieving standards and new developmental stages and use that measurement to drive instructional practice, including the selection of alternative scientific practices when initial best practices are not successful with children.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Verbal Development, Curriculum, and Pedagogy

Research Methods in Pedagogy, Curriculum, and Management

Curricular and Pedagogical Operations for Teaching Advanced Functional Academic Literacy

Record-Keeping in Applied Behavior Analysis

Working with Families of Children with Autism

Professional and ethical issues in behavior analysis

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-02 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-07-01 00:00:00 , National
- Apply before 2026-05-15 00:00:00 , International

Language

English

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Credits

47 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Manhattan, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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General requirements

Online Degree Application, including Statement of Purpose and Resume

Transcripts and/or Course-by-Course Evaluations for all Undergraduate/Graduate Coursework Completed

Results from an accepted English Proficiency Exam (if applicable)

$75 Application Fee

Two (2) Letters of Recommendation

Tuition Fees

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38358 USD / year

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38358 USD / year

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38358 USD / year

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Living costs

Manhattan

United States

2638 - 5751 USD / month

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