Undergraduate Catalog

Eight Semester Plan

This eight-semester plan (see important details) is intended to guide students through a four-year undergraduate career, with completion of an academic major and all college-wide degree requirements. The plan is designed as an advising tool – a starting point for careful discussions between students and their academic advisors. In consultation, a student and advisor will adjust the plan to accommodate the student’s prerequisite needs, transferred credits, and other such variables.

The plan below reflects General Education (GE4) requirements in effect as of Fall 2019. Students who matriculated prior to that date will find the previous plan associated with their majors here. For a summary of GE4 requirements, see New Paltz General Education Requirements.

Students are responsible for reviewing their Progress Reports each semester to track their own progress toward degree requirements.

Early Childhood & Chld Ed B-6 - English

Year 1

Fall SemesterSpring Semester
CourseCredits
Gen Ed: Composition (COMP)3
EDI293 Education Seminar1
MAT140 Math for Elem School Teachers I - Note 13
Gen Ed: The Arts (ART)3
Gen Ed: Foreign Languages (FLNG)3
Gen Ed: Humanities (HUM)3
Total16
CourseCredits
Gen Ed: Composition (COMP)3
EED415 Development of Symbolic Rep, Language & Lit. - Note 23
EDS371 Child Psych & Development (GE: SSCI) - Note 23
MAT240 Math for Elem School Teachers 2 (GE: MATH)3
Gen Ed: Foreign Languages (FLNG)3
Total15

Year 2

Fall SemesterSpring Semester
CourseCredits
GEO202 Physical Geography (GE: NSCI)3
EED371 Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Childhood3
EDS340 Sociological and Philosophical Foundations of Education (United States Studies)3
ENG303 Introduction to British Literature4
English: Writing Requirement Course3
Total16
CourseCredits
EED370 Educ Div Pops in Early Chld & Elem Schools(GE:DIV)3
EED412 Preschool and Kindergarten Curriculum3
ENG333 Introduction to American Literature4
English: Writing Requirement Course3
Gen Ed: Natural Sciences (NSCI)3
Total16

Year 3

Fall SemesterSpring Semester
CourseCredits
EED375 Teaching Reading in Elem School I (WI)3
SPE350 Creating Inclusive Elementary School Classrooms3
EED301 Fieldwork I (Pre-K-2)1
English: Writing Requirement Course3-4
ENG353 Multienthnic&DiasporicLit or ENG343 Transnational Lit4
Total14-15
CourseCredits
EED380 Teaching Mathematics, Science and Technology in Elementary School6
EED302 Fieldwork 2 (Math, Science & Technology Fieldwork)1
English: Pre-1800 Course3-4
English: Writing Requirement Course3
Gen Ed: World Civilizations and Cultures (WRLD)3
Total16-17

Year 4

Fall SemesterSpring Semester
CourseCredits
EED376 Teaching Reading/Language Arts in the Elementary School II3
EED379 Teaching Social Studies in the Elementary School3
EED303 Fieldwork Experience 31
English: 400-level Literature Elective3-4
Gen Ed: Western Civilization (WEST)3
Elective1
Total14-15
CourseCredits
EED404 Student Teaching, Primary Setting6
EED405 Student Teaching, Intermediate Setting6
EED406 Student Teaching Seminar1
Total13

Notes

Assuming a Math Placement Level of 3 or higher.

In freshman semesters 1 & 2, registration in an upper-division course needs the instructor's permission with an electronic override..

Total Credits: 120-123