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Elementary Education Degree Requirements
Childhood Education (Grades 1-6)

The following patterns represent overall course requirements for elementary education majors.

I. Professional Education Sequence

Pre-methods

EDUC 106 Issues in Education     3 s.h.   
EDUC 201 Diversity and Teaching     3 s.h.   
EDUC 206 Philosophy and Foundations of Education     3 s.h.   
EDUC 284 The Development of Language & Literacy (prereq: pass CWE)    3 s.h.   
EDUC 235 Reading and Literacy I (prereq: EDUC 284)    3 s.h.   

Methods

EDUC 220 Curriculum Integration & Assessment     3 s.h.   
EDUC 222 Social Studies and the Arts     3 s.h.   
EDUC 236 Reading and Literacy II     3 s.h.   
EDUC 240 Math and Technology in Elementary Education     3 s.h.   
EDUC 260 Science and Technology in Elementary Education    3 s.h.   

Student Teaching

EDUC 395 Student Teaching & Capstone    

15 s.h.

Sub Total   

45 s.h.

II. Related Work Fulfilling General Education 2000 Requirements

EPSY 229 Survey of Exceptional Children     3 s.h.   
EPSY 240 Child Growth and Development    3 s.h.   

EPSY 275 Psychological Foundations of Education: Learning and Motivation

3 s.h.   
Health   

EDUC 213 Education Law Requirements Related to Health and Safety Issues

1 s.h.

Math   
MATH 108 Concepts of Mathematics I     3 s.h.   
MATH 109 Concepts of Mathematics II     3 s.h.   
Technology   
CSCI 100 Introduction to Computer Technology or   
Choose 3 from the following (each 1 s.h.)   
INTD 106 Fundamentals of Word Processing   
INTD 107 Introduction to Spreadsheet Applications   
INTD 108 Introduction to Database Applications   
INTD 150 Library and Internet Research   
Science   
2 Science courses with labs in different departments [NL2 attribute]   

6 s.h.

Humanities   
One course in literature or philosophy [AH2 attribute]   

3 s.h.

Basic Writing   
COMP 100 Composition    

3 s.h.

Social Science   
GEOG 100 Introductory Geography or GEOG 230 Cultural Geography and HIST 266 History of New York State    

6 s.h.

American History   
HIST 144 U. S. History I or HIST 145 U. S. History II    

3 s.h.

Western Civilization   
HIST 100 Western Civilization I or HIST 101 Western Civilization II    

3 s.h.

Other World Civilizations (choose one)   

3 s.h.

ALS/ANTH 202 Peoples and Cultures of Africa   
ALS/ANTH 203 Peoples and Cultures of Caribbean   
HIST 120 The Making of the Modern World   
HIST 271 Colonial Latin America   
HIST 272 Modern Latin America   
HIST 274 Women in Africa and the Middle East   
HIST 281 The Islamic World to 1800    
Fine Arts (Arts, Music, Theater)   
One course in these departments, not performance [AA2 attribute]   

3 s.h.

Foreign Language   
See advisor to meet NY State/College requirements    

0-6 s.h.

Sub Total   

49-55 s.h.

III. Concentration

Students are required by NYSED to complete one of thirteen designated concentrations:  Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science and Technology, Earth Science, English, French, General Science, Geography, Liberal Arts, Mathematics, Political Science, Social Studies, Spanish.

30 s.h.

Total    

124-130 s.h.

Elementary Education & Reading
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