Childhood Education (Grades 1-6), General Science Concentration, B.S.

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Hegis Code 0802

Courses in Professional Education, General Education, and Related Work:

The following patterns represent overall course requirements for Childhood Education majors.

Professional Education Sequence: 25 s.h.

Methods Block: 15 s.h.

Student Teaching: 15 s.h.

EDUC 395 - Student Teaching and Capstone 15 s.h.

Required Related Work: 6-10 s.h.

MATH 108 - Concepts of Mathematics I 3 s.h.
AHIS 266 - History of New York State 3 s.h.
CHEM 111 - General Chemistry I 4 s.h. (Biology concentration only)
COMP 100 - Composition 3 s.h. (English concentration pre-requisite)

General Education Coursework: 30 s.h.

Select at least 30 s.h. from the courses below. In addition, these 30 s.h. must represent each of the first six general education attributes (M3, FL3, BC3, A3, NS3, and H3) and at least one of the remaining four (SS3, AM3, WC3, and OW3) in order to meet NYS Education Content Core requirements.

Math: 3 s.h.

MATH 109 - Concepts of Mathematics II 3 s.h.

Foreign Language: 0-6 s.h.

Any Foreign Language at the 102 level or higher ~OR~ meeting the education foreign language requirement in related work via a proficiency score of 250 or higher

Basic Communication: 3 s.h.

Any COMP course with a BC3 attribute.

Fine Arts: 3 s.h.

Any Fine Arts with an A3 attribute

Science: 3-4 s.h.

Any Science course with an NS3

Humanities: 3 s.h.

Any course with an H3 attribute

At Least 3 s.h. in at Least One of the Following General Education Attributes: 3 s.h.

Any course with a SS3 attribute
Any course with an AM3 attribute
Any course with a WC3 attribute
Any course with an OW3 attribute

Concentration: 30 s.h.

See Concentration requirements below.

Electives: 9-10 s.h.

Total: 122-126 s.h.

General Science Concentration: 33-34 s.h.

Required: 12 s.h.

Choose One Course: 4 s.h.

Choose One Course: 3-4 s.h.

Required: 14 s.h.

GEOL 220 - Earth History and the Fossil Record 4 s.h.
10 s.h. at 200 or higher level with advisement. Coursework in this section must be from at least 2 different departments and programs: ASTR, BIOL, CHEM, ENVS, ESCI, GEOL, METR, PHYS, NUTR 10 s.h.