教学艺术硕士课程的设计目的是为了获得纽约州在中学（7-12年级）教授意大利语的认证，并为5-6年级提供扩展选项。该计划是与大学的欧洲语言，文学和文化系，专业发展学院以及专业教育计划合作提供的，旨在为那些以前很少或没有教育课程或没有正规课堂教学经验的人设计。
The Master of Arts in Teaching Foreign Languages programs are designed as courses of study leading to New York State certification for teaching Spanish, Italian and French in the secondary schools (grades 7-12), with an extension option for grades 5-6. This program, which is offered in collaboration with the University's Department of Hispanic Languages and Literature, the Department of European Languages, Literatures and Cultures and the University's Distributed Teacher and Leader Education program, is designed for those who have little or no previous coursework in education or formal classroom teaching experience