Liberal Arts Requirements

Childhood Education and Childhood Education/Students with Disabilities

1. Three (3) credits in Developmental Psychology 1: PS 113.
2. Six (6) credits in Mathematics: MA 228CG, Dawn of Mathematics, and one other course under advisement.
3. Six (6) credits in Natural Sciences: one course in the Biological Sciences and one course in the Physical Sciences.
4. Six (6) credits in English: EN 454, Literature for Children and Adolescents, plus at least three (3) credits by placement.
5. Social Sciences: Nine (9) credits: one course from American history (including New York history); one course from HI 453P, PO 330P, PO 337P, SO 333P; and either SO 223V or 224V.
6. Six (6) credits in foreign language.
7. Three (3) credits in artistic expression and three (3) credits in history/appreciation of the arts (from G.E.C. II offerings).
8. Three (3) credits in Speech.

Adolescence Education and Adolescence Education/SWD Generalist (7-12)

1. Six (6) credits in foreign language.
2. Six (6) credits in Natural Sciences: one course in the Biological Sciences and one course in the Physical Sciences.
3. Three (3) credits in artistic expression.
4. Six (6) credits in Math, (3) by placement and (3) by advisement.
5. Six (6) credits in English: EN 454 plus at least three (3) credits by placement.
6. Three (3) credits in Speech.
7. Three (3) credits in Developmental Psychology 1: PS 113 and three (3) credits in Adolescent Psychology: PS 115
8. Three (3) credits in Social Sciences--one course from HI 453P, PO 330P, PO 337P or SO 333P

Qualifications for Student Teaching

1. Candidates for student teaching must apply to the Coordinator of Field Placements by September 20th for the following spring semester and by February 1st for the following fall semester.
2. Eligibility will be contingent upon:
   1. Completion of all course requirements for certification.
   2. No grade lower than a "C+" in Education courses, in specified liberal arts courses, and in the major/concentration.
   3. Maintenance of a minimum cumulative index of 2.7.
   4. Satisfactory performance evaluations in pre-student-teaching field placements.
   5. Satisfactory skills acquisition in methods courses.
   6. Report of current physical examination.
   7. Completion of fingerprinting process.
   8. The recommendation of the faculty in Teacher Education and in the relevant major or area of concentration.
3. Students will be required to spend sixteen (16) weeks full-time in supervised student teaching, including two eight (8) week experiences on different levels appropriate to the area(s) of certification. An orientation session and scheduled seminars are also required in conjunction with student teaching. Student teaching placements are assigned at the discretion of the Teacher Education Division.

Students with substantial prior teaching experience may be eligible to present that experience in lieu of part of the student teaching requirement by means of the College's Portfolio Preparation process. A maximum of five credits in student teaching may be earned in this way. For a student to be granted such credits, the Portfolio must be completed and approved at least by the end of the academic term before the application for student teaching is submitted.