Education Curriculum

Bachelor of Arts (A. B.) or Bachelor of Science (S. B.)

In addition to the required number of credits needed to complete the major, all students must also fulfill the general degree requirements in order to graduate.

Elmira College offers the following undergraduate teacher education certificate programs

Childhood Education
(Grades One Through Six)

Adolescence Education
(Grades Seven Through Twelve)

Biology 7-12
Chemistry 7-12
English Literature 7-12
French 7-12
Mathematics 7-12
Social Studies 7-12
Spanish 7-12

Visual Arts (formerly titled Art Education K-12)
(All Grades)

Speech and Language Certification

Athletic Coaching Certificate

To be eligible for institutional recommendation to the New York State Department of Education for teacher certification under any one of the aforementioned titles, students must successfully complete all degree requirements for the specific certification title being sought. These include the Teacher Education requirements (Pedagogical Core), the approved Major or Concentration requirements (Content Core), and the college-wide General Degree Requirements (Liberal Arts and Sciences Core). Each of these programs is designed to provide an excellent liberal arts foundation as well as to provide a strong teacher preparation program that will enable beginning teachers to meet the challenge of educating children in today’s society.

Because the requirements for each certificate title are complex and leave little room for error, students must assume an active participatory role in their academic advising. According to the subsection on Student Responsibility under Academic Services and Regulations in The Elmira College Bulletin, students must fully understand and adhere to the following policy:
“Although the academic advisor as well as other members of the faculty and administration are available to help the student plan a program and work toward the completion of a degree, ultimate responsibility for knowing and complying with these regulations and for meeting all requirements rests with the students.”

Additional Requirements for Certification
To better ensure that all students fulfill their responsibilities, they must contact Elmira College’s Office of Teacher Education for:

Current information regarding their specific teacher education program;
Language-Other-than-English (LOTE) requirements (6 college credits) or equivalent;
Applications for taking the mandatory New York State Teacher Examina- tions, include the Liberal Arts and Sciences Test (LAST) (required prior to Student Teaching I), the Assessment of Teaching Skills-Written (ATS-W), and the Content Specialty Test (CST) specific to certificate title. The ATS- W and CST exams should be taken prior to the Spring Term of the student’s senior (fourth) year;
Forms, including the Introductory Fieldwork and Seminar in Education Appli- cation, the Teacher Education Program Application, the Student Teaching I Application and the Student Teaching II Application, requirements, proced- ures, policy statements, application deadlines, and so forth; and
Other requirements, such as required GPA for acceptance into the Teacher Education Program and Student Teaching (a 2.7 GPA is required in both the academic major or concentration and in the Teacher Education program) and New York State Teacher Certification requirements.

Childhood Education (Grades One Through Six)
Optional Extension for the Childhood Education Certificate: Extension to Teach a Subject in Grades Seven Through Nine.

Required Courses		credits
PSY 1010	Introductory Psychology	3.0
EDU 1010	Foundations of Education	3.0
EDU 1920	Introductory Fieldwork and Seminar in Education	3.0
PED 1162	Physical Education for the Classroom Teacher	1.5
PSY 2060	Child and Adolescent Psychology	3.0
EDU 2020	Teaching Students With Disabilities in the Inclusive Classroom	3.0
EDU 3335	Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment in Childhood Education: Social Studies and The Arts (W course)	3.0
EDU 3345	Literacy Acquisition and Development for Preschool and Elementary School Learners	3.0
EDU 3355	Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment in Childhood Education: Mathematics, Science and Technology	3.0
EDU 3365	Teaching Literacy in the Elementary Schools	3.0
EDU 3935	Student Teaching I and Seminar: Childhood Education	5.0
EDU 3955	Literacy Intervention and Enrichment: Childhood Education	1.0
EDU 4395	Student Teaching II and Seminar: Childhood Education	12.0

Additional Requirements for Childhood Education Certification
To better ensure that all students fulfill their responsibilities, they must contact Elmira College’s Office of Teacher Education for:

Current information regarding their specific teacher education program;
Language-Other-than-English (LOTE) requirements (6 college credits) or equivalent;
Applications for taking the mandatory New York State Teacher Examinat- ions, include the Liberal Arts and Sciences Test (LAST) (required prior to Student Teaching I), the Assessment of Teaching Skills-Written (ATS-W), and the Content Specialty Test (CST) specific to certificate title. The ATS- W and CST exams should be taken prior to the Spring Term of the student’s senior (fourth) year;
Forms, including the Introductory Fieldwork and Seminar in Education Appli- cation, the Teacher Education Program Application, the Student Teaching I Application and the Student Teaching II Application, requirements, proced- ures, policy statements, application deadlines, and so forth; and
Other requirements, such as required GPA for acceptance into the Teacher Education Program and Student Teaching (a 2.7 GPA is required in both the academic major or concentration and in the Teacher Education program) and New York State Teacher Certification requirements.

In addition to completing the requirements listed above for Childhood Education, students also must complete their general distribution requirements and one of the following approved academic majors or concentrations:

Majors (for required coursework in approved majors, see the specific major listed in the Bulletin)	Concentrations (for required coursework in concentrations, see “Listing of Approved Concentrations for Childhood Education” in this section of the Bulletin)

American Studies	Biology
Biology	English Literature
Chemistry	Mathematics
English Literature	Social Studies
Foreign Language (French or Spanish)	Visual and Performing Arts
History
International Studies
Mathematics
Political Science
Social Studies
Sociology and Anthropology

Optional Extension for the Childhood Education Certificate
Extension to Teach a Subject in Grades Seven Through Nine

Required Courses		credits
EDU 3336	Curriculum Design and Instruction: Middle Childhood Education	3.0
EDU 3356	Methodologies of Teaching: Middle Childhood Education	3.0

The Extension (grades seven through nine) prepares students in Childhood Education who complete an approved Major that includes thirty hours of study in a subject area (not a concentration) for an extension to teach a subject in grades seven through nine.

NOTE: Childhood Education students pursuing an Extension will need to pass the LAST, ATS-W (elementary), CST (multisubject) and the CST in their content core (e.g., biology).

This Extension requires one of the following majors:

Certificate Extension	Required Major (for required coursework in approved majors, see the specific major listed in the Bulletin)

Biology 7-9 Ext.	Biology
Chemistry 7-9 Ext.	Chemistry
English 7-9 Ext.	English Literature
French 7-9 Ext.	Foreign Languages with a specialization in French
Mathematics 7-9 Ext.	Mathematics
Social Studies 7-9 Ext.	One of the following majors
	a) History
	b) Social Studies
	c) American Studies*
	d) International Studies*
	e) Political Science*
	f) Sociology and Anthropology*
Spanish 7-9 Ext.	Foreign Languages with a specialization in Spanish

*The final four majors approved for the Social Studies Seven Through Nine Extension may require additional coursework. Students must complete 21 credits in History distributed as follows: a minimum of 6 credits each in the areas of United States, European, and Non-Western history (with 9 credits in one of these areas). Further, students pursuing the Social Studies Seven Through Nine Extension must have 21 credits in history and geography.

Listing of Approved Concentrations for Childhood Education

Childhood Education: Biology Concentration

Required Courses

credits

BIO 1020

Biological Concepts I

4.0

BIO 1022

Biological Concepts II

4.0

BIO 1071

Human Biology

4.0

BIO 2050

General Botany

4.0

BIO 3120

Ecology

4.0

BIO 4605

Evolution

3.0

CHE 1010

Introductory Chemistry

4.0

Total credits for required courses:

27.0

Electives

A student will select two of the following courses, including one at the 3000 level
(selection of a field course as one of the electives is strongly recommended)

BIO 1110 Introduction to Microbiology

4.0

BIO 2020 Embryology

6.0

BIO 2902 Field Botany

4.0

BIO 3010 Invertebrate Zoology

6.0

NSC 1902 Marine and Island Ecology

Total credits

8.0-10.0

Total credits required to complete the Biology Concentration

35.0-37.0

Childhood Education: English Literature Concentration

Required Courses

Either

credits

ENG 1075

Introduction to Literature

3.0

ENG 1100

Foundations of Literature: King Arthur

ENG 1101

Foundations of Literature: The Hero

ENG 1102

Foundations of Literature: The American Short Story

ENG-LAL 1104

Foundations of Literature: Ancient, Classical and Biblical

Either

ENG 2010

The Craft of Writing Fiction

3.0

ENG 2015

The Craft of Writing Poetry

ENG 2180

Expository Writing

Either

ENG 2020

Major English Authors I

3.0

ENG 2021

Major English Authors II

ENG 2022

Major English Authors III

Either

ENG 2042

American Literature: Beginning to the Civil War

3.0

ENG 2043

American Literature: Civil War to 1945

ENG 2044

American Literature: 1945 to the Present

Either

ENG 2250

Shakespeare

3.0

ENG 2260

Shakespeare and His Contemporaries

Electives

Five electives chosen from courses in English (ENG), including 6 credits at or above the 3000 level.
ENG 4590 may be taken as one of these courses.

ENG 1050 and ENG 1051 are excluded from the elective courses.

Total credits required to complete the English Literature Concentration:

30.0

Childhood Education: Mathematics Concentration

Required Courses

Either

credits

MAT 1090

Pre-Calculus

4.0

MAT 2010

Calculus I

MAT 2003

Mathematical History: Ancient to Medieval

3.0

MAT 2009

Mathematical History: Renaissance to Modern

3.0

MAT 2090

Statistical Methods

4.0

MAT 2100

Discrete Mathematics

4.0

MAT 3200

Operations Analysis and Modeling

3.0

MAT 3260

Introduction to Classical and Modern Geometry

4.0

Total credits for required courses:

24.0

Electives

Students will select any pair of the following

Either

BIO 1020 Biological Concepts I and

BIO 1022 Biological Concepts II

8.0

CHE 1510-CHE 1511 Basic Chemical Principles I - II

8.0

CHE 1505-1515-1925 General Chemistry I-II-III

11.0

8.0

PHY 2000 Principles of Physics I and

PHY 2010 Principles of Physics II

8.0

CHE 1010 Introductory Chemistry and

PHY 1030 The World of Physics

Total credits

8.0-11.0

Either

ECO 2010

Principles of Microeconomics

3.0

ECO 2020

Principles of Macroeconomics

Total credits required to complete Mathematics Concentration:

35.0-38.0

Childhood Education: Social Studies Concentration

Required Courses

credits

Courses in American History (HIS field code)

6.0

Courses in European History (HIS field code)

6.0

Courses in Non-Western History (HIS field code)

6.0

Elective in History (HIS field code)

3.0

Nine credits in one of the following Social Science disciplines

9.0

Anthropology

Economics

Political Science

Sociology

NOTE: At least 9 credits must be earned in courses numbered at or above 3000 level. HIS 4590 may be taken as one of these courses.

Total credits required to complete Social Studies Concentration:

30.0

Childhood Education: Visual and Performing Arts Concentration (Revised 2010-2011 Bulletin)

Core Requirements

Art

credits

ART 2100

Introduction to Art History: Prehistoric to Gothic

3.0

ART 2101

Introduction to Art History: Renaissance to Modern

3.0

Music

MUS 1101

Music Appreciation

3.0

MUS 1110

Music Theory I (if specializing in music)

3.0

MUS 1920

Fundamentals of Music (if not specializing in music)

Theatre

THE 1010

Introduction to Theatre

3.0

THE 2011

Play Production

AND

3.0

THE 1013

Acting I

Total credits required for core requirements

18.0

In addition to completing the core requirements, need to complete one following specializations

Specialization in Art

ART 1210

Drawing I

3.0

ART 1220

Painting I

3.0

ART 1360

Sculpture I

3.0

Three credits selected from (3.0)

Painting

3.0

Sculpture

ART 3150

Nineteenth Century Art

3.0

ART 3163

Contemporary Art

3.0

Three credits selected from (3.0)

ART 3111

Ancient Art

3.0

ART 3120

Classical Art

ART 3125

Roman Art

ART 4590

Seminar in Art Criticism (W course)

3.0

Total credits required to complete Arts Specialization

24.0

Total credits required for the Visual and Performing ArtsConcentration

with Specialization in Art

42.0

Specialization in Music

MUS 1120

Music Theory II

3.0

MUS 3005

Twentieth Century Music

3.0

MUS 3115

Form and Analysis

3.0

Twelve additional credits of MUS electives required. At least 3.0 credits must be at the 3000 level or above. Course credits may be any combination of 3.0 credits or 1.5 credit courses. The courses may include, but are not limited to, the following courses

12.0

MUS 2010

History and Literature: Ancient to Classical

3.0

MUS 2020

History and Literature: Classical to Modern

3.0

MUS 3001

Counterpoint

3.0

MUS 3004

Advanced Private Composition

3.0

Beginning Private Lessons (may be repeated for credit)

1.5

Advanced Private Lessons (may be repeated for credit)

1.5

Total credits required to complete Music Specialization

21.0

Total credits required for the Visual and Performing ArtsConcentrationwith Specialization in Music

39.0

Specialization in Theatre

Six credits required in Literature (6.0)

THE 2010

Dramatic Literature

3.0

AND

THE 4001

Dramatic Theory and Criticism

3.0

Six credits required in Performance from (6.0)

THE 2113

Acting II

3.0

THE 3013

Acting III - Topics in Acting

3.0

THE 3050

Stage Movement

Six credits required in Design (6.0)

THE 2120

Introduction to Theatrical Design

AND

3.0

Three credits required at the 3000 level or above, selected from (3.0)

THE 3121

Scenic Design (for Theatre Majors)

3.0

THE 3131

Stage Lighting and Sound Design (for Theatre Majors)

THE 3141

Stage Costume Design (for Theatre Majors)

Six additional credits of THE electives required. At least 3.0 credits must be at the 3000 level or above. (6.0)

Total credits required to complete Theatre Specialization

24.0

Total credits required for Visual and Performing ArtsConcentration with Specialization in Theatre

42.0

Adolescence Education (Grades Seven Through Twelve)
Optional Extension for the Adolescence Education Certificate: Extension to Teach a Subject in Grades Five and Six.

Required Courses		credits
PSY 1010	Introductory Psychology	3.0
EDU 1010	Foundations of Education	3.0
EDU 1920	Introductory Fieldwork and Seminar in Education	3.0
PSY 2060	Child and Adolescent Psychology	3.0
EDU 2020	Teaching Students With Disabilities Inclusive Classroom	3.0
EDU 3337	Curriculum Design and Instruction: Adolescence Education (W course)	3.0
EDU 3347	Content Area Literacy in the Middle Schools	3.0
EDU 3357	Methodologies of Teaching: Adolescence Education	3.0
EDU 3367	Content Area Literacy in the Secondary Schools	3.0
EDU 3937	Student Teaching I and Seminar: Adolescence Education	6.0
EDU 4397	Student Teaching II and Seminar: Adolescence Education	12.0

NOTE: ENG 1050, and ENG 1051 are excluded from the elective courses.

Additional Requirements for Certification
To better ensure that all students fulfill their responsibilities, they must contact Elmira College’s Office of Teacher Education for:

Current information regarding their specific teacher education program;
Language-Other-than-English (LOTE) requirements (6 college credits) or equivalent;
Applications for taking the mandatory New York State Teacher Examinat- ions, include the Liberal Arts and Sciences Test (LAST) (required prior to Student Teaching I), the Assessment of Teaching Skills-Written (ATS-W), and the Content Specialty Test (CST) specific to certificate title. The ATS- W and CST exams should be taken prior to the Spring Term of the student’s senior (fourth) year;
Forms, including the Introductory Fieldwork and Seminar in Education Appli- cation, the Teacher Education Program Application, the Student Teaching I Application and the Student Teaching II Application, requirements, proced- ures, policy statements, application deadlines, and so forth; and
Other requirements, such as required GPA for acceptance into the Teacher Education Program and Student Teaching (a 2.7 GPA is required in both the academic major or concentration and in the Teacher Education program) and New York State Teacher Certification requirements.

In addition to completing the Adolescence Education requirements, as previously indicated, students must also complete their general distribution requirements and an academic major approved for certification as listed below:

Certificate Title	Required Major (for required coursework in approved majors, see the specific major listed in the Bulletin)

Biology 7-12	Biology
Chemistry 7-12	Chemistry
English 7-12	English Literature
French 7-12	Foreign Languages with a specialization in French
Mathematics 7-12	Mathematics
Social Studies 7-12	One of the following majors
	a) History
	b) Social Studies
	c) American Studies*
	d) International Studies*
	e) Political Science*
	f) Sociology and Anthropology*
Spanish 7-12	Foreign Languages with a specialization in Spanish

*The final four majors approved for the Social Studies Seven Through Twelve certificate title may require additional coursework. Students must complete 21 credits in History distributed as follows: a minimum of 6 credits each in the areas of United States, European, and Non-Western history (with 9 credits in one of these areas).

Optional Extension for the Adolescence Education Certificate
Extension to Teach a Subject in Grades Five and Six

Required Courses		credits
EDU 3336	Curriculum Desk and Instruction: Middle Childhood Education	3.0
EDU 3356	Methodologies of Teaching: Middle Childhood Education	3.0

The Extension (grades five and six) prepares students in Adolescence Education who complete an approved Major that includes thirty hours of study in a subject to teach that subject in grades five and six.

NOTE: Adolescence Education students pursuing an Extension will need to pass the LAST, ATS-W (secondary), CST (in their content core) state exams.

This Extension requires one of the following majors:

Certificate Extension	Required Major (for required coursework in approved majors, see the specific major listed in the Bulletin)

Biology 5 and 6 Ext.	Biology
Chemistry 5 and 6 Ext.	Chemistry
English 5 and 6 Ext.	English Literature
French 5 and 6 Ext.	Foreign Languages with a specialization in French
Mathematics 5 and 6 Ext.	Mathematics
Social Studies 5 and 6 Ext.	One of the following majors
	a) History
	b) Social Studies
	c) American Studies*
	d) International Studies*
	e) Political Science*
	f) Sociology and Anthropology*
Spanish 7-9 Ext.	Foreign Languages with a specialization in Spanish

*The final four majors approved for the Social Studies Five and Six Extension may require additional coursework. Students must complete 21 credits in History distributed as follows: a minimum of 6 credits each in the areas of United States, European, and Non-Western history (with 9 credits in one of these areas).

Visual Arts (Art Education) (All Grades)

Required Courses		credits
PSY 1010	Introductory Psychology	3.0
EDU 1010	Foundations of Education	3.0
EDU 1920	Introductory Fieldwork and Seminar in Education	3.0
PSY 2060	Child and Adolescent Psychology	3.0
EDU 2220	Teaching in the Inclusive and Diverse Classroom	3.0
EDU 3338	Curriculum Design and Instruction: Visual Arts (W course)	3.0

One of the following two literacy courses
EDU 3345	Literacy Acquisition and Development for Preschool and Elementary School Learners
	OR
EDU 3347	Content Area Literacy in the Middle Schools	3.0

EDU 3358	Methodologies of Teaching: Visual Arts	3.0
EDU 3938	Student Teaching I and Seminar: Visual Arts	6.0
EDU 4398	Student Teaching II and Seminar: Visual Arts	12.0

NOTE: Visual Arts Education students have the option to take either the elementary ATS-W or the secondary ATS-W exams; they will also need to pass the LAST exam and the CST exam in Visual Arts.

Additional Requirements for Certification
To better ensure that all students fulfill their responsibilities, they must contact Elmira College’s Office of Teacher Education for:

Current information regarding their specific teacher education program;
Language-Other-than-English (LOTE) requirements (6 college credits) or equivalent;
Applications for taking the mandatory New York State Teacher Examinat- ions, include the Liberal Arts and Sciences Test (LAST) (required prior to Student Teaching I), the Assessment of Teaching Skills-Written (ATS-W), and the Content Specialty Test (CST) specific to certificate title. The ATS- W and CST exams should be taken prior to the Spring Term of the student’s senior (fourth) year;
Forms, including the Introductory Fieldwork and Seminar in Education Appli- cation, the Teacher Education Program Application, the Student Teaching I Application and the Student Teaching II Application, requirements, proce- dures, policy statements, application deadlines, and so forth; and
Other requirements, such as required GPA for acceptance into the Teacher Education Program and Student Teaching (a 2.7 GPA is required in both the academic major or concentration and in the Teacher Education program) and New York State Teacher Certification requirements.

Visual Arts Education students must also complete the Art courses listed below

ART 1210	Drawing I	3.0
ART 1220	Painting I	3.0
ART 1360	Sculpture I	3.0
ART 2100	Introduction to Art History: Prehistoric to Gothic	3.0
ART 2101	Introduction to Art History: Renaissance to Modern	3.0
ART 3163	Contemporary Art	3.0

Electives	Additional electives, including at least 6 credits at the 3000 level or above selected from
	Art History	3.0
	Painting	3.0
	Sculpture	3.0
	Ceramics	3.0
	Printmaking	3.0
	Media (photography, video art, computer assisted art)	6.0
	Studio Art Specialization	6.0