The Universities and Colleges Offering MA or Ph.D. Degrees Leading to Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language (TCFL)

 

List created June 5, 2011 and updated June 13, 2011

By Xie Tianwei (txie@csulb.edu)

Any updating information is appreciated!

 

Acknowledgements

 

Thanks go to the following professors and friends who have contributed the information about TCFL programs:

Jianhua Bai, Der-lin Chao, Dongdong Chen, Michael Everson, Luo Han, ZhaoHong Han, Robin Harvey, Shih-chang Hsin, Li-yi Huang, Chuanren Ke, Yujen Lien, Jennifer Liu, Songhao Liu, Nicole Loh, Yuan-Yu Morgan, VanNess Simmons, Catherine Snyder, Madeline Sping, Shouhsin Teng, Xiaohong Wen, Su-Mei Wu, Weiping Wu, Xiaoqiu Xu, Tao-chung Yao, Robin Yang, Yueming Yu, Karl Kuan Zhang, Phyllis Zhang, Weidong Zhang, Yanhui Zhang

 

·         Arizona State University

o   MA, two tracks: Literature, Linguistics, and Culture (Area 1); and Pedagogy (Area 2) http://silc.clas.asu.edu/graduate/degrees/ma-chinese

o   Ph.D. in East Asian Languages and Civilizations: China 

http://silc.clas.asu.edu/graduate/degrees/phd-chinese

 

·         Baptist University, Hong Kong, Master of Arts in Language Studies

o   http://buar.hkbu.edu.hk/uploads/files/pg_prospectus/lang.pdf

 

·         California State University, Long Beach, MA in Asian Studies

o   http://www.csulb.edu/colleges/cla/departments/aaas/graduate_programs/

 

·         California State University, Long Beach, MA in Linguistics - Special Concentration

o   http://www.csulb.edu/colleges/cla/departments/linguistics/ma_program/SpecialOption.html

 

·         Carnegie Mellon University, Masters in Applied Second Language Acquisition

o   http://ml.hss.cmu.edu/ml/MA/ma-about.html

 

·         Chinese University of Hong Kong, Master of Arts (MA) Programme in Chinese Linguistics and Language Acquisition

o   http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/lin/new/en/lin/pg/programmes/ma_chi_lin/index.htm

 

·         Chung Yuan Christian University, Taiwan, MA program, Dept. of Teaching Chinese as a Second Language

o   http://tcsl.office.cycu.edu.tw/master.html 

 

·         City University, Hong Kong

o   Master of Arts in Language Studies (Language and Law / Linguistics / Translation and Interpretation/ Translation with Language Information Technology)

o   http://www.sgs.cityu.edu.hk/programme/P30

o   Master of Arts in Language Studies (Language and Law / Linguistics / Translation and Interpretation/ Translation with Language Information Technology)

o   http://www.sgs.cityu.edu.hk/programme/P34

 

·         City University, Hong Kong, Master of Arts in Chinese (Chinese Language and Literature / Chinese for Professional Purposes / Chinese for Educational Purposes)

o   http://www.sgs.cityu.edu.hk/programme/P34

 

·         Columbia University, Program in Applied Linguistics at Teachers College

o   http://www.tc.columbia.edu/academic/a&hdept/AppliedLinguistics/detail.htm?Id=Admission+Information&Info=Special+Application+Requirements%2FInformation

 

·         George Mason University, Chinese Language Licensure Program

o   http://gse.gmu.edu/programs/chinese/Academics/chinese/

 

·         Hong Kong Institue of Education, Master of Artis in Teaching Chinese as an International Language

o   http://www.ied.edu.hk/matcil/

 

·         Hong Kong University, Master of Arts in Lingusitics

o   http://www0.hku.hk/linguist/pro/ma_lin.html

 

·         Hunter College, City University of New York, MA in the Teaching of Chinese (M.A. degree and NY state certificate program)

o   http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/classics/chinese/MAprogram

 

·         Indiana University Bloomington

o   http://www.indiana.edu/~ealc/graduate/ma3.shtml

 

·         Mae Fah Luang University (Thailand), School of Liberal Arts, MA Program in Chinese Language Pedagogy

o   http://www.mfu.ac.th/school/liberalarts/P-Graduate.html

 

·         Middlebury Language Schools Graduate Programs

o   http://www.middlebury.edu/ls/grad_programs/chinese

 

·         Middlebury-Monterey: Chinese MA in Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language

o   http://www.miis.edu/academics/programs/tfl/middoption

 

·         National Taiwan Normal University Ph.D. and MA programs in TCFL

o   www.ntnu.edu.tw/tcsl

 

·         New York University, Foreign Language Education

o   http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/teachlearn/foreign/ma

 

·         The Ohio State University, M.A. and Ph.D. programs in Chinese focusing on language pedagogy as a field of specialization

o   http://deall.osu.edu/programs/graduate/default.cfm

o   http://ehe.osu.edu/edtl/academics/med/fled/

 

·         Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, Master of Arts in Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language

o   http://www28.polyu.edu.hk/aseprospectus/jsp/prog_detail.jsp?prog_id=6102&org_id=6102&scheme_id=201014&websiteId=1&schemeId=201014&langId=11014&langId=1

 

·         Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, Master of Arts in Chinese Linguistics

o   http://www28.polyu.edu.hk/aseprospectus/jsp/prog_detail.jsp?scheme_id=201014&prog_id=6081&prog_blk_title_id=501&org_id=6081&websiteId=1&schemeId=201014&langId=1

 

·         Purdue university, Applied linguistics in the foreign languages and literatures department, MA and Ph.D. degrees in teaching Chinese as a foreign language

o   http://www.cla.purdue.edu/fll/main/graduate/

 

·         Rutgers University, MAT in Chinese

o   http://asianlanguages.rutgers.edu/programs/chinesemat/index.html

 

·         Seton Hall University, Master’s in Asian Studies with a concentration in Teaching Chinese

o   http://www.shu.edu/academics/artsci/ma-asian-studies/curriculum.cfm

 

·         Stanford University

o   http://suse-step.stanford.edu/academics/secondary/curriculum-outline

 

·         Union Graduate College

o   http://www.uniongraduatecollege.edu/pages/schools/education/Master_of_arts_degree_in_teaching_MAT_educator_d

 

·         University of Hawaii, MA in East Asian Languages and Literatures specializing in either Chinese Literature or Linguistics

o   http://www.hawaii.edu/eall/chn/index.html

 

·         University of Hong Kong, Faculty of Education, MEd and PhD programs for TCSL

o   http://web.edu.hku.hk/programme/med/

o   http://web.edu.hku.hk/programme/med/docs/2011_MEd_PCAES_Teaching_Chi_as_second_language.pdf

 

·         University of Houston, Department of Modern and Classical Languages, Masters Degree in World Cultures and Literatures with a Chinese concentration

o   http://www.class.uh.edu/MCL/wclprogram/graduate.asp#chinese

 

·         University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Graduate Program in East Asian Languages and Cultures

o   http://www.ealc.uiuc.edu/ealc/program/graduate.htm

 

·         University of Iowa, MA in Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language

o   http://clas.uiowa.edu/dwllc/asll/graduate-programs/asian-civilization-ma/chinese-studies-teaching-foreign-language

 

·         University of Iowa, Ph.D. program focusing on  Chinese SLA

o   http://international.uiowa.edu/centers/flare/

 

·         University of Iowa, College of Education, MAT degree in Chinese (K-12 teacher licensure + graduate degree).

o   http://www2.education.uiowa.edu/teach/flesled/programs/undergrad-licensure.aspx

 

·         University of Texas, Foreign Language Education

o   http://www.edb.utexas.edu/education/programs/fle/