Program
Description
Medaille
College offers a program leading to a Bachelor of Science in Education
degree and New York State Certification Pre K-6 or a program leading
to New York State Certification Pre K-6.
The Requirements for the program are:
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six semester hours of college-level credit in each of the following subjects: English, mathematics, science, social studies;
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a satisfactory concentration of 36 hours of college-level credit in one of the liberal arts and sciences (includes six of the hours from one of the subject areas listed above);
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one year of college-level study or its equivalent of a language other than English;
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30 semester hours in professional education, which must include six semester hours of study in the teaching of reading; and
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college-supervised student teaching at both the lower (Pre K-3) and upper (4-6) elementary grades or its equivalent.
Each applicant for a provisional certificate is required to achieve a satisfactory level of performance on the liberal arts and sciences portion and on the written assessment of teaching skills portion of the New York State Certification Examinations.
As a requirement for the Educational Preparation Program Pre K-6 (B.S. in Ed.), all students must complete their last 30 hours of course work at Medaille College and attain a 2.50 cumulative average.
| Please note: At the time of publication of this Catalog, the College had submitted modified requirements for the program as required by the New York State Education Department (NYSED). Check with the department chairperson or your academic advisor for updated requirements as approved by the NYSED. |
Credit
Distribution
Bachelor
of Science in Education
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Credit
Hours
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| Liberal Arts or Science Concentration |
30
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| English |
6
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| Mathematics |
6
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| Science |
6
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| Social Studies |
6
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| One Year Non-English |
6
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| Student Teaching |
12
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| Pedagogy |
30
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| EDU 232 | Basic Concepts of Reading Instruction I (3) | |
| EDU 233 | Basic Concepts of Reading Instruction II (1) | |
| EDU 340 | Child Abuse, Drug Awareness, and Other Current Issues in Education (2) | |
| EDU 350 | Education Methods and Materials: Creative Arts (1) | |
| EDU 351 | Education Methods and Materials: Generic Core (3) | |
| EDU 352 | Education Methods and Materials: Language Arts (1) | |
| EDU 353 | Education Methods and Materials: Mathematics (2) | |
| EDU 354 | Education Methods and Materials: Science (2) | |
| EDU 355 | Education Methods and Materials: Social Studies (2) | |
| EDU 370 | Creative Curriculum Planning (1) | |
| Education Electives as Advised (9) | ||
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