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
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
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. |
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To print a copy of the Program Planning Sheet, click here. |
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First Semester - SUNY Ulster | ||
Course Number | Description | Credits |
COM 103 or |
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 |
English Literature I or |
3 | |
Psychology of Child Development |
3 | |
Semester Credits | 16 | |
Fourth Semester - SUNY Ulster | ||
EDU 201 | Introduction to Elementary Schools and Teaching | 3 |
Practical Grammar | 3 | |
ENG 203 or ENG 204 |
American Literature I or American Literature II |
3 |
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. |
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* 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. |
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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.
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Curriculum for French Concentration Click on the Course Number for the course description. |
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To print a copy of the Program Planning Sheet, click here. |
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First Semester - SUNY Ulster | ||
Course Number | Description | Credits |
ENG 101 | College English I | 3 |
FRE 201 * | Intermediate French I | 4 |
HIS 101 or |
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 |
3 |
Semester Credits | 17 | |
Third Semester - SUNY Ulster | ||
EDU 200 | Applied Child Development for Education Majors | 1 |
FRE 207 | Advanced Conversational French | 4 |
Physical Geography | 3 | |
HIS 103 or |
American History I or American History II |
3 |
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. |
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* 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. |
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To print a copy of the Program Planning Sheet, click here. |
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First Semester - SUNY Ulster | ||
Course Number | Description | Credits |
COM 103 or |
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 |
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 |
Applied Child Development for Education Majors |
1 | |
American Government |
3 | |
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 |
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. |
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* 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. |
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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.
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Curriculum for Spanish Concentration Click on the Course Number for the course description. |
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To print a copy of the Program Planning Sheet, click here. |
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First Semester - SUNY Ulster | ||
Course Number | Description | Credits |
College English I |
3 | |
HIS 101 or |
Western Civilization I or Western Civilization II |
3 |
MAT 140 | Foundations of Elementary School Mathematics | 3 |
PSY 101 | General Psychology | 3 |
Intermediate Spanish I |
4 | |
Oral Interpretation or |
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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 |
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 |
American History I or American History II |
3 |
Advanced Conversational Spanish I |
4 | |
Psychology of Child Development |
3 | |
Semester Credits | 17 | |
Fourth Semester - SUNY Ulster | ||
EDU 201 | Introduction to Elementary Schools and Teaching | 3 |
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 |
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. |
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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.
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