MA or Ph.D. in TCFL

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

Updated Annually

Acknowledgements

Special 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

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

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, Master'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