The curriculum and the eight-semester recommended course sequence for the Childhood Education program are described below. The program requires a specified number of courses in the college’s core curriculum and area studies, 10 courses in one of the seven academic disciplines (academic concentration) and appropriate professional education courses (pedagogical core).
Middle Childhood Extension for Candidates in Childhood, Childhood/Early Childhood, Childhood/Special Education
Candidates wishing to obtain an extension to teach grades 7-9 (thus enabling candidates to teach middle childhood grades 7-9) must take EMC 352 and EMC 391 in addition to the courses listed below. Also, candidates must pass the New York State Content Specialty Test in their concentration area.
Codes
EDE -- Childhood Education
EDY -- Early Childhood Education
EDU -- Teacher Education (applies to several or all programs)
EDS -- Adolescence Education
EMC -- Middle Childhood Education
SPE -- Special Education
PED -- Physical Education
HED -- Health Education
HHP -- Health & Human Performance
ATH -- Athletic Training
AS -- Area Studies
M -- Major
CN -- Concentration
FE -- Free Elective
Curriculum
| 1. | College Core: ENG 101, ENG 102, PHI 101, RST 101 (4 courses) |
(12) | |||
| 2. | Area studies: One course each from AS I, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII (except from AS II); Plus, choose three more AS courses, but not more than one from any area, and none from AS II. (9-10 courses) | (27-32) | |||
| 3. | Concentration: English, French, German, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, or Spanish (8-10 courses) | (24-36) | |||
| 4. | Pedagogical Core: (17 courses) | (52) | |||
| EDE 100 Human Growth and Social Development: Birth through Childhood | |||||
| EDE 121 Children’s Literature | (3) | ||||
| EDU 122 Technology in Education | (3) | ||||
| EDE 221 Teaching Literacy in Elementary Schools I | (3) | ||||
| EDE 222 Teaching Literacy in Elementary Schools II | (3) | ||||
| EDU 250 Foundations of Education | (3) | ||||
| EDE 311 Science in the Schools | (3) | ||||
| EDE 317 Teaching Math in Elementary Schools | (3) | ||||
| EDE 331 Teaching Social Studies in Elementary Schools | (3) | ||||
| SPE 341 Inclusive Strategies | (3) | ||||
| EDE 390 Cognition, Learning, and Assessment Birth-Childhood | (3) | ||||
| EDE 412 Managing the Elementary School Classroom | (3) | ||||
| EDE 432 Seminar in Teaching and Assessment - Elementary | (3) | ||||
| EDE 450, 451, 452 Student Teaching Seminar | (1) | ||||
| EDE 455 Student Teaching | (12) | ||||
| Total | (42 courses) | (127-138) | |||
Recommended Schedule:
| Fall | Spring | |||||
| Freshman Year | ||||||
| ENG 101 | 3 | ENG 102 | 3 | |||
| EDE 121 or EDU 122 | 3 | EDU 122 or EDE 121 | 3 | |||
| AS or RST 101 | 3 | RST 101 or AS | 3 | |||
| CN | 3 | CN | 3 | |||
| AS | 3 | AS | 3 | |||
| Total | 15 | Total | 15 | |||
| Sophomore Year | ||||||
| EDE 221 & 222 or two CN |
6-7 | EDE 221 & 222 or two CN |
6-7 | |||
| EDU 250 or EDE 100 | 3 | EDE 100 or EDE 250 | 3 | |||
| PHI 101 or AS | 3 | AS or PHI 101 | 3 | |||
| CN | 3 | AS | 3 | |||
| AS | 3 | |||||
| Total | 18-19 | Total | 15-16 | |||
| Junior Year | ||||||
| EDE 317 or 311 | 3 | EDE 311 or 317 | 3 | |||
| EDE 331 or EDE 390 | 3 | EDE 390 or 331 | 3 | |||
| CN | 3 | CN | 3 | |||
| CN/FE2 | 3 | CN/AS | 3 | |||
| AS | 3 | AS | 3 | |||
| FE | 3 | FE | 3 | |||
| Total | 18 | Total | 18 | |||
| Senior Year | ||||||
| EDE 432 | 3 | EDE 450, 451 ,452 | 1 | |||
| EDE 412 | 3 | EDE 455 | 12 | |||
| SPE 341 | 3 | |||||
| AS | 3 | |||||
| CN | 3 | |||||
| Total | 15 | Total | 13 | |||
| Total | 130 |