To earn a Bachelor of Science Degree in Childhood Education,
students complete 132-133 credits, including core, major-sequence
and content courses. For more information about courses,
please see The School of Education section of our
undergraduate bulletin.
Common Core — 27 Credits
| Discover New York | | 3 |
| ENG | 1000C | English | 3 |
| ENG | 1100C | English | 3 |
| HIST | 1000C | History | 3 |
| SCI | 1000C | Science | 3 |
| PHI | 1000C | Philosophy | 3 |
| PHI | 3000C | Philosophy | 3 |
| THE | 1000C | Theology | 3 |
| SPE | 1000C | Speech | 3 |
Distributed Core — 18 Credits
| | | | |
| Foreign Language | | | 6 |
| PHI | 2200 C | Philosophy | 3 |
| THE | 2000 level | Theology | 3 |
| THE | 3000 level | Theology | 3 |
| HIST | 1302 | History | 3 |
Additional Liberal Arts Courses — 12
Credits
| | | | |
| MATH | Per Advisor | | 6 |
| BIO | 1050 | Biology | 3 |
| ART or MUS | 1000 | Art or MUS | 3 |
Major Sequence — 51-52 Credits
| EDU | 101 | Introduction to Education 1-12 | 1 |
| EDU | 1000 or 1000H | Foundations of Education (1-12) | 3 |
| EDU | 1001 | Learning and Development (1-6) | 3 |
| EDU | 1003 | Field Work: Observation Analysis and Creative Activities
(1-6) | 3 |
| EDU | 1004 | Language Acquisition and Literacy (1-6) | 6 |
| EDU | 1005 | Planning, Teaching & Assessing Literacy Across the
Curriculum (1-6) | 3 |
| EDU | 1006 | Methods of Teaching Mathematics (1-6) | 3 |
| EDU | 1007 | Methods of Teaching Science (1-6) | 3 |
| EDU | 1008 | Special Education Foundations & Accommodating Student
Needs (1-12) | 3 |
| EDU | 1010 | Planning, Teaching & Assessing Social Studies (1-6) | 3 |
| EDU | 1011 | Human Relations in Inclusive & Multicultural
Settings (1-12) | 3 |
| EDU | 1015 | Technology and Society: School Community (1-12) | 3 |
| EDU | 1016 | Art and Music in Inclusive Settings (1-6) | 3 |
| EDU | 1021 | Student Teaching and Seminar/Childhood Education (1-6) | 12 |
Content Area — 24 to
30 credits(by advisement)
Students should select one content area from the following in
consultation with an advisor: English, Mathematics, Modern
Foreign Language, Psychology, Sociology, Science or Social
Studies.
(Workshops in fingerprinting, violence prevention, Autism
(Special Education majors) and child abuse
are also required to obtain NYS certification.)