About the Institution
Iona College opened its doors in 1940, with nine Christian Brothers and six lay faculty greeting the first class. The Christian Brothers named the College after Iona, the island monastery of St. Columba [in Irish: St. Colmcille] located off the west coast of Scotland. Columba founded the monastery in 563 CE. The Congregation of Christian Brothers was itself founded in 1802 by Blessed Edmund Ignatius Rice in Waterford, Ireland.
In 1940, the idea - and ideal - of the College's founding community of Brothers was to start a small, affordable college for the sons of New York's working class. At the time, the Christian Brothers taught in seven high schools in the Archdiocese of New York, including Iona Prep, All Hallows, Rice High School, and Power Memorial. They recognized that many of their graduates could not afford the cost of local universities, and so they started Iona, opening new paths to economic and social advancement.
Graduate Programs / Areas offered :
MS in Teaching (for career changers) in Childhood (Grade 1-6)
MS in Teaching (for career changers) in Early Childhood/Childhood
MS in Teaching (for career changers) in Childhood 1-6/Special
Education 1-6
MS in Teaching (for career changers) in Adolescence Education (Grade 7-12)
specialization in Biology (New Rochelle only)
specialization in English
specialization in Mathematics
specialization in Spanish (New Rochelle only)
specialization in Italian
MS in Education in Secondary Subjects
specialization in Biology (New Rochelle only)
specialization in English
specialization in Mathematics
specialization in Social Studies
specialization in Spanish (New Rochelle only)
specialization in Italian
MS in Education in Educational Leadership
MS in Education in Literacy/Special Education.
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