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 September 8, 2018

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, Jon Durr, Michael Everson, Corey Gilchrist, Luo Han, ZhaoHong Han, Robin Harvey, Shih-chang Hsin, Li-yi Huang, Chuanren Ke, Sihui (Echo) Ke, Yujen Lien, Jennifer Liu, Songhao Liu, Nicole Loh, Yuan-Yu Morgan, VanNess Simmons, Catherine Snyder, Madeline Sping, Yuwen Su, Shouhsin Teng, Xiaohong Wen, Paula Winker, Su-Mei Wu, Weiping Wu, Xiaoqiu Xu, Tao-chung Yao, Robin Yang, Xiao Ye, Yueming Yu, Karl Kuan Zhang, Phyllis Zhang, Weidong Zhang, Yanhui Zhang

Special thanks go to Sisi Peng, the Shanghai International Studies University, who helps to update this page.

 

Arizona State University

MA, two tracks: Literature, Linguistics, and Culture (Area 1);

and Pedagogy (Area 2)

https://silc.clas.asu.edu/graduate/asian-languagescivilizations-chinese-ma

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

https://silc.clas.asu.edu/graduate/chinese-phd

 

Baptist University, Hong Kong, Master of Arts in Language

Studies

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

 

Brandeis University

http://www.brandeis.edu/gsas/programs/chinese-programs-chart.html

 

California State University, Long Beach, MA in Asian Studies

http://www.cla.csulb.edu/departments/aaas/graduate-credential/

 

California State University, Long Beach, MA in Linguistics ¨C

Special Concentration

http://web.csulb.edu/divisions/aa/catalog/current/cla/linguistics/lingma01.html

 

Carnegie Mellon University, Masters in Applied Second

Language Acquisition

http://www.cmu.edu/dietrich/modlang/graduate/ma/index.html  

 

Chinese University of Hong Kong, Master of Arts (PhD & MPHil) Programme in Chinese Language and Literature

http://www2.cuhk.edu.hk/gss/download/pdf/programmeList/Art/CHI(eng).pdf

 

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

http://eng.cycu.edu.tw/data.asp?id=93&c=2&style=5&num=79&kind=81&i=6

 

Clarkson University, Master of Arts in Teaching

 http://graduate.clarkson.edu/program/masters-arts-teaching/

 

City University, Hong Kong, Master of Arts in Language Studies

(Language and Law/ Linguistics/ Translation and

Interpretation/ Translation with Language Information

Technology)

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

 

Master of Arts in Language Studies (Language and

Law/ Linguistics/ Translation and Interpretation/ Translation with Language Information Technology)

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)

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

 

Columbia University, Program in Applied Linguistics at

Teachers College

http://www.tc.columbia.edu/a%26h/TesolAl/index.asp?Id=Degrees&Info=Master+of+Arts

 

George Mason University, Chinese Language Licensure Program

http://gse.gmu.edu/foreign-language-and-latin/academics/masters-education-curriculum-and-instruction-foreign-language-chinese 

 

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

http://www.ied.edu.hk/matcil/

 

Hong Kong University, Master of Arts in Applied Lingusitics

http://www2.caes.hku.hk/maal/

 

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

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

 

Indiana University Bloomington

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

 

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

http://www.mfu.ac.th/school2013/liberal-arts/

 

Michigan State University, Master of Arts in Foreign Language and PhD Program in Second Language Studies

http://maflt.cal.msu.edu/

 

Middlebury Language Schools Graduate Programs

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

 

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

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

 

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

www.ntnu.edu.tw/tcsl

 

New York University, Foreign Language Education

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

http://deall.osu.edu/programs/graduate/chinese-language-pedagogy

 

Polytechnic University, Hong Kong,

Master of Arts in Chinese Language and Literature (with a specialism in Chinese Language Teaching for Teachers of Non-Chinese Speaking Students)

http://www51.polyu.edu.hk/eprospectus/tpg/2015/72017-tn

 

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

http://www51.polyu.edu.hk/eprospectus/tpg/2015/72017-clf-cl

 

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

https://www.cla.purdue.edu/slc/documents/AppLing%20grad%20brochure.pdf

 

Rutgers University, MAT in Chinese

http://asianlanguages.rutgers.edu/graduate/master-of-arts

 

Seton Hall University, MasterĄ¯s in Asian Studies with a concentration in Teaching Chinese

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

 

Stanford University

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

 

Union Graduate College

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

 

University of Kentucky

https://mcl.as.uky.edu/chinese-teacher-certification-scholarship-applications

 

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

http://hawaii.edu/eall/chinese-graduate-programs/

 

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

http://web.edu.hku.hk/programme/med/fields-of-studies

http://web.edu.hku.hk/f/tab/839/2015-16_MEd%20web_TCSL.pdf

 

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

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

 

University of Oregon, MA Program in Chinese Linguistics and Pedagogy

http://lts.uoregon.edu

 

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

 http://www.ealc.illinois.edu/programs/graduate/

 

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

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

http://www.education.uiowa.edu/teach/foreign-esl/programs/phd

 

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

http://www.education.uiowa.edu/teach/foreign-esl/programs/mat

 

University of Kansas

http://ct.soe.ku.edu/sites/ct.soe.ku.edu/files/docs/academics/foreign-language/GLP%20-%20Chinese%20PK-12%20advising%20sheet.pdf

 

University of Massachusetts at Amherst, MA Program in Chinese Linguistics and Pedagogy

http://www.umass.edu/asianlan/programs/grad_program.html

 

University of Texas, Foreign Language Education

http://www.edb.utexas.edu/education/departments/ci/programs/lls/

 

University of Utah, Masters of Arts in World Languages

http://http://languages.utah.edu/graduate/world-languages/

 

Valporaiso University, Master of Arts in Chinese Studies Specialized Track for K-12 Teachers

http://www.valpo.edu/grad/macs/macsteacher.php

 

William Patterson University, Department of Asian Studies

http://www.wpunj.edu/cohss/departments/asia/chinese-teacher-preparation-program.dot