2007-2008 Undergraduate Catalog

Dec 21, 2024

2007-2008 Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

Childhood Education (1-6) [CHD]

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The childhood education major prepares students to become lelmentary school teachers in grades 1-6. Students learn to develop curriculum in all areas of the New York State Learning Standards.

Career Potential

Elementary school teacher
Educational resource coordinator
Sales representative in training and educational programs

A. College-wide and General Education Courses: 50 credit hours

Foreign Language (six credit hours)

COR 101 - The Cortland Experience: A First Year Seminar (1 cr. hr.)

General Education Program

GE 5: Western Civilization

Any GE 5 course

GE 6: Contrasting Cultures

ANT 102 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (3 cr. hr.)
or
GRY 120 - Cultural Geography (3 cr. hr.)
or
GRY 125 - Human Geography and Global Development (3 cr. hr.)

GE 7: The Humanities

Any GE 7 course

GE 8: The Arts

Any GE 8 course

GE 9: Foreign Language

Program Requirement: foreign language through the 102 level (six credit hours)

GE 10: Basic Communication

Select either CPN 100 or 102 and CPN 101 or 103.

Additionally select one course fulfilling the Presentation Skills Requirement.

GE 11: Prejudice and Discrimination

Any GE 11 course
(Recommended: FSA 103: Race, Class and Gender Issues in Education)

GE 12: Science, Technology, Values and Society

EDU 315 - Critical Media Literacy: Values, Education and Society (3 cr. hr.)

GE 13: Natural Science - Second Science Requirement

SCI 141 - Integrated Earth Science and Biology (4 cr. hr.).
and
SCI 142 - Integrated Physics and Chemistry (3 cr. hr.)

B. Content Core: 31 credit hours

ENG 302 - Writing About Literature (3 cr. hr.)
or
ENG 306 - Advanced Writing Workshop (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 200 - The United States to 1877 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 201 - The United States Since 1877 (3 cr. hr.)
HLH 265 - Health and the Child (3 cr. hr.)
INT 270 - Exploring Education (3 cr. hr.)
MAT 102 - Concepts of Elementary School Mathematics II (3 cr. hr.)
PED 245 - Activities for Children (1 cr. hr.)
PSY 101 - General Psychology I (3 cr. hr.)
PSY 231 - Child Psychology (3 cr. hr.)
or
PSY 332 - Educational Psychology (3 cr. hr.)
SCI 141 - Integrated Earth Science and Biology (4 cr. hr.).
and
SCI 142 - Integrated Physics and Chemistry (3 cr. hr.)
SPE 270 - Introduction to Special Education (3 cr. hr.)

Select either:

ECO 105 - Political Economy and Social Thought (3 cr. hr.)
or
POL 100 - Introduction to American Government and Politics (3 cr. hr.)

C. Pedagogy Courses: 40 credit hours

LIT 371 - Teaching Elementary School Reading and Language Arts I (3 cr. hr.)

Methodology Block I: 14 credit hours

EDU 314 - Teaching With Computers in Elementary and Middle School (2 cr. hr.)
EDU 373 - Teaching Elementary School Mathematics (3 cr. hr.)
EDU 374 - Teaching Elementary School Science (3 cr. hr.)
EDU 375 - Teaching Elementary School Social Studies (3 cr. hr.)
LIT 372 - Teaching Elementary School Reading and Language Arts II (3 cr. hr.)

Methodology Block II: 10 credit hours

EDU 430 - Measurement and Evaluation in Education (3 cr. hr.)
EDU 477 - Elementary School Practicum (1 cr. hr.)
EDU 478 - Classroom Discipline for Personal and Social Responsibility (3 cr. hr)
FSA 400 - Foundations of Education: The School in American Society (3 cr. hr.)

Application and Reflection on Teaching: 13 credit hours

EDU 490 - Student Teaching I (6 cr. hr.)
EDU 491 - Student Teaching II (6 cr. hr.)
EDU 492 - Seminar in Student Teaching (1 cr. hr.)

D. Concentration in an Approved Liberal Arts Area: 30-33 credit hours

30-33 credit hours with a minimum of 18 hours at the 300 and 400 level.

Credit hours vary depending on area chosen. Requirements in General Education and content core may reduce the number of credit hours in a concentration. Approved concentrations include: biology, earth science, English language arts, environmental studies, French, humanities, mathematics, social sciences and Spanish.

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