Liberal Arts & Sciences: Humanities and Social Science - Early Childhood Education and Childhood Education B-6

Associate in Arts Degree Program

Hegis Code: 5649	Admissions: 1-800-724-0833 ext. 5018 or 5022
NYSED Code: 27046	admissions@sunyulster.edu

Program Description
Students who complete this program earn an Associate in Arts degree in Humanities and Social Science: Early Childhood and Childhood Education B-6, with a concentration in English, French, History or Spanish. This program should be followed by students who plan to transfer to a four-year college to study elementary education. The program is a jointly-registered program with SUNY New Paltz. A student who completes the program and meets transfer requirements will be admitted into the elementary education program at New Paltz. Students planning to transfer to a college other than SUNY New Paltz will receive individual advisement to facilitate their transfer.

Program Outcomes
At the completion of the Liberal Arts & Sciences: Humanities & Social Science-Early Childhood & Childhood Education B-6 Degree program: a student will be able to

Acquire a broad base of knowledge in French, Spanish, and History;
Decide if teaching early childhood or childhood education is a realistic career for them;
Interpret developmental theories to understand the learning, behavior, culture, and ability of children in the diverse classroom through observations in kindergarten through grade 6;
Practice writing relevant and innovative lesson plans using the New York State Learning Standards;
Recognize the importance of the children's literature at the elementary level;
Develop a personal philosophy based on reading, research, and class assignments;
Integrate critical thinking, problem solving, and creative skills with information and theories about education;
Develop a strong liberal arts background to aid in passing the New York State teacher certification tests.

Employment Potential
Graduates of the program who go on to earn a baccalaureate degree from SUNY New Paltz or another four-year institution and a New York State teaching certificate will be qualified to teach at the elementary school level.

Requirements for Program Entry

High school diploma or equivalent
Satisfactory placement in Entering Student Assessment

Developmental Assistance Available

For students who do not meet basic reading and math requirements or who have other learning issues, extra assistance is available through the Learning Center, The Gary and Janaki Math Center, the Writing Center, the Peer and Friend Tutor Program, and English as a Second Language (ESL) tutors.

For More Information

For more information contact Admissions here or the Department here.

Effective Fall of 2008, all students in the Early Childhood Education Programs must be fingerprinted before they register for their field placement course, which is taken in the second semester: EDU 200: Applied Child Development for Education majors. The results will be valid for SUNY Ulster, SUNY New Paltz, and for New York State teacher licensing.

Note: All Liberal Arts and Sciences: Humanities and Social Science concentrations continue with the fifth through eighth semester sequence at SUNY New Paltz. The New Paltz curriculum follows the SUNY Ulster concentrations curricula below and can be viewed by clicking here.

Curriculum for English Concentration Click on the Course Number for the course description.
To print a copy of the Program Planning Sheet, click here.
First Semester - SUNY Ulster
Course Number	Description	Credits
COM 103 or COM 105	Oral Communication or Public Speaking	3
ENG 101	College English I	3
MAT 140	Foundations of Elementary School Mathematics	3
HIS 101 or HIS 102	Western Civilization I or Western Civilization II	3
Elective *	Foreign Language Elective	3
Semester Credits		15
Second Semester - SUNY Ulster
ENG 102	College English II	3
LIB 111	Information Literacy	1
MAT 240	Foundations of Elementary School Geometry	3
PSY 101	General Psychology	3
COM 204 or THE 110	Oral Interpretation of Children's Literature or Introduction to Acting	3
Elective *	Foreign Language Elective	3
Semester Credits		16
Third Semester - SUNY Ulster
EDU 203	Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education	3
EDU 200	Applied Child Development for Education Majors	1
ENG 217 or ENG 218	Children's Literature (for Early Childhood students preferably) or Classics of Children's Literature (for Childhood students preferably)	3
GEG 101	Physical Geography	3
ENG 201 or ENG 202	English Literature I or English Literature II	3
PSY 200	Psychology of Child Development	3
Semester Credits		16
Fourth Semester - SUNY Ulster
EDU 201	Introduction to Elementary Schools and Teaching	3
ENG 209	Practical Grammar	3
ENG 203 or ENG 204	American Literature I or American Literature II	3
Elective	Other World Civilizations	3
Elective **	Natural Science Elective	3
Semester Credits		15
Total Credits - SUNY Ulster		62
NOTE: Through advisement, students will also fulfill General Education Requirements.
* Students who take one 200-intermediate level foreign language satisfy their foreign language requirement. They may then substitute any Humanities course in place of the second foreign language. ** Students who take GEG 101 may not take ESC 101 as their Natural Science elective because of overlapping course content.
Minimum grades for New Paltz: B in ENG 101 & 102, EDU 201; B- in EDU 200 & 201; C in PSY 200, MAT 140, MAT 240, GEG 101, EDU 203, and foreign languages.

Curriculum for French Concentration Click on the Course Number for the course description.
To print a copy of the Program Planning Sheet, click here.
First Semester - SUNY Ulster
Course Number	Description	Credits
ENG 101	College English I	3
FRE 201 *	Intermediate French I	4
HIS 101 or HIS 102	Western Civilization I or Western Civilization II	3
MAT 140	Foundations of Elementary School Mathematics	3
COM 103 or COM 105	Oral Communications or Public Speaking	3
Semester Credits		16
Second Semester - SUNY Ulster
PSY 101	General Psychology	3
ENG 102	College English II	3
FRE 202	Intermediate French II	4
LIB 111	Information Literacy	1
MAT 240	Foundations of Elementary School Geometry	3
COM 204 or THE 110	Oral Interpretation of Children's Literature or Introduction to Acting	3
Semester Credits		17
Third Semester - SUNY Ulster
EDU 200	Applied Child Development for Education Majors	1
FRE 207	Advanced Conversational French	4
GEG 101	Physical Geography	3
HIS 103 or HIS 104	American History I or American History II	3
PSY 200	Psychology of Child Development	3
Semester Credits		14
Fourth Semester - SUNY Ulster
EDU 201	Introduction to Elementary Schools and Teaching	3
FRE 208	Advanced French Grammar and Composition	3
EDU 203	Social & Philoshophical Foundations of Education	3
Elective *	Natural Science Elective	3
Elective	Other World Civilizations Elective	3
Semester Credits		15
Total Credits - SUNY Ulster		62
NOTE: Through advisement, students will also fulfill General Education Requirements.
* Students who take GEG 101 may not take ESC 101 as their Natural Science elective because of overlapping course content. Minimum grades for New Paltz: B in ENG 101 & ENG 102; B- in EDU 200 & EDU 201; C in PSY 200, MAT 140, MAT 240, GEG 101, EDU 203, and foreign language.

Curriculum for History Concentration Click on the Course Number for the course description.
To print a copy of the Program Planning Sheet, click here.
First Semester - SUNY Ulster
Course Number	Description	Credits
COM 103 or COM 105	Oral Communication or Public Speaking	3
ENG 101	College English I	3
MAT 140	Foundations of Elementary School Mathematics	3
HIS 103 or HIS 104	American History I or American History II	3
Elective	Foreign Language Elective	3
Semester Credits		15
Second Semester - SUNY Ulster
ENG 102	College English II	3
PSY 101	General Psychology	3
LIB 111	Information Literacy	1
MAT 240	Foundations of Elementary School Geometry	3
HIS 103 or HIS 104	American History I or American History II	3
Elective	Foreign Language Elective	3
Semester Credits		16
Third Semester - SUNY Ulster
GEG 101	Physical Geography	3
EDU 200	Applied Child Development for Education Majors	1
POS 201	American Government	3
PSY 200	Psychology of Child Development	3
Elective **	Natural Science Elective	3
Elective	Other World Civilizations	3
Semester Credits		16
Fourth Semester - SUNY Ulster
EDU 201	Introduction to Elementary Schools and Teaching	3
HIS 101 or HIS 102	Western Civilization I or Western Civilization II	3
HIS 206	Immigration and Ethnicity in American History	3
EDU 203	Social & Philosophical Foundations of Education	3
COM 204 or THE 110	Oral Interpretation of Children's Literature or Introduction to Acting	3
Semester Credits		15
Total Credits - SUNY Ulster		62
NOTE: Through advisement, students will also fulfill General Education Requirements.
* Students who take one 200-intermediate level foreign language satisfy their foreign language requirement. They may substitute any Humanities course in place of the second foreign language. Students who take GEG 101 may not take ESC 101 as their Natural Science elective because of overlapping course content. * Student should take only one Western Civilization, either HIS 101 or 102, not both.
Minimum grades for New Paltz: B in ENG 101 & ENG 102, B- in EDU 200 & EDU 201; C in PSY 200, MAT 140, MAT 240, GEG 101, EDU 203, and foreign language.

Curriculum for Spanish Concentration Click on the Course Number for the course description.
To print a copy of the Program Planning Sheet, click here.
First Semester - SUNY Ulster
Course Number	Description	Credits
ENG 101	College English I	3
HIS 101 or HIS 102	Western Civilization I or Western Civilization II	3
MAT 140	Foundations of Elementary School Mathematics	3
PSY 101	General Psychology	3
SPA 201	Intermediate Spanish I	4
COM 103 or COM 105	Oral Interpretation or Public Speaking
Semester Credits		16
Second Semester - SUNY Ulster
PSY 101	General Psychology	3
ENG 102	College English II	3
LIB 111	Information Literacy	1
MAT 240	Foundations of Elementary School Geometry	3
SPA 202	Intermediate Spanish II	4
Semester Credits		14
Third Semester - SUNY Ulster
EDU 203	Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education	3
EDU 200	Applied Child Development for Education Majors	1
GEG 101	Physical Geography	3
HIS 103 or HIS 104	American History I or American History II	3
SPA 207	Advanced Conversational Spanish I	4
PSY 200	Psychology of Child Development	3
Semester Credits		17
Fourth Semester - SUNY Ulster
EDU 201	Introduction to Elementary Schools and Teaching	3
SPA 208	Advanced Spanish Grammar & Composition	3
COM 204 or THE 110	Oral Interpretation of Children's Literature or Introduction to Acting	3
Elective *	Natural Science Elective	3
Elective	Other World Civilizations Elective	3
Semester Credits		15
Total Credits - SUNY Ulster		62
NOTE: Through advisement, students will also fulfill General Education Requirements. * Students who take GEG 101 may not take ESC 101 as their Natural Science elective because of overlapping course content.
Minimum grades for New Paltz: B in ENG 101 & ENG 102; B- in EDU 200 & EDU 201; C in PSY 200, MAT 140, MAT 240, GEG 101, EDU 203, and foreign language.

SUNY New Paltz Curriculum
Fifth Semester - SUNY New Paltz
Course Number	Description	Credits
EED371	Developmentally Appropriate Practices for Grades 1-6	3
MAT240	Geometry: A Modern Introduction	3
	Liberal Arts Major Courses	12
Semester Credits		18
Sixth Semester - SUNY New Paltz
EED375	Teaching Reading in the Elementary School	3
SPE350	Creating Inclusive Elementary School Classrooms	3
	Liberal Arts Major Courses	9
Semester Credits		15
Seventh Semester - SUNY New Paltz
EED381	Teaching English, Language Arts and Social Studies in the Elementary School	6
EED380	Teaching Mathematics, Science and Technology in the Elementary School	6
Semester Credits		12
Eighth Semester - SUNY New Paltz
EED404	Student Teaching, Primary Setting	6
EED405	Student Teaching, Intermediate Setting	6
Semester Credits		12
Total SUNY New Paltz Credits		57
Total Degree Credits		121-125
NOTE: After completing any of these concentrations at SUNY New Paltz, students must successfully pass the Liberal Arts and Sciences Test (LAST) and the Assessment of Teaching Skills/Written (ATS/W) of the New York State Certification Examination in order to be eligible for provisional certification. Additional testing, which includes the Content Specialty Test (CST) and the Assessment of Teaching Skills/Performance (ATS/P), is required for permanent certification. Rev. 07/2011