Education Concentration

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EDUCATION CONCENTRATION

Bachelor Of Arts In Psychology With A Concentration In Education (130 Credits)

 

The Undergraduate Dual Education Concentration Program (ECP) is offered to NYSCAS students through Touro College's School of Education and Psychology. The ECP is for students who plan to pursue New York State teacher certification along with their bachelor's degree. Students who are interested in ECP should contact the Chair of Education at NYSCAS. Since education is not a major, students must also pursue a major in Psychology.

The ECP seeks to prepare elementary school teachers who have the knowledge and skills to create a productive learning environment in the classroom that reflects an understanding of New York State Learning Standards. ECP students are trained to monitor and assess student learning and address the special needs of students, including those from different cultural and ethnic backgrounds, those from homes where English is not spoken, students with disabilities, as well as gifted and talented students.

 

ECP students may choose either of the following tracks:

a) Early Childhood, Birth-Grade 2; or

b) Childhood, Grades 1-6.

 

This is a dual program. Any student completing the ECP, whether on the Early Childhood or Childhood track, will meet the academic course requirements for New York State teacher certification in BOTH general education and special education.

 

Students who complete the Touro ECP successfully and who meet all current New York State Education Department (NYSED) requirements will be able to apply for Initial New York State Teacher Certification.

 

Requirements for ECP Admission.Students must:

• have an overall GPA of 3.0 (B) or higher;
• have a 3.3 GPA or higher in each education course;
• have received a grade of "B" or better in both English Composition I and English Composition II;
• establish writing proficiency by writing an acceptable short essay at the interview;
• bring a current transcript to the interview.

 

Continuing Eligibility:

Students in the program must meet with an education advisor each semester before registering for any additional education or special education courses.

 

Core Requirements for Education Students:

Education concentration students must complete a modified core as follows:

(Please note that the Major/Concentration form in Education should be approved by the Education Department.)

 

Core Requirements (49-50 credits):

GCA 101	Public Speaking	3
GCA 153	Introduction to the Arts	3
GCO 122	Computer Literacy and Information Retrieval	3
GHS 205	Emergence of the Modern World	3
GLL 121	College Writing I	4
GLL 122	College Writing II	4
GLL 205	Emergence of Modern Literature	3
GSM 130	College Mathematics*	3
GSM 140	Statistics	3

 

One of the following: 3-4

 

GBE 101	Principles of Macroeconomics	3
GBE 102	Principles of Microeconomics	3
GHS 105	History of the U.S. from Settlements to 1877	4
GPL 200	Introduction to American Government	3
GPS 224	Psychology of the Family	3
GSO 121	General Survey of Sociology and Anthropology	4
(various) Ethnic or Judaic Studies		3

The following two Science courses with lab: 8

 

GPS 301	Experimental Psychology with Lab
GSB 111	Human Biology I with Lab

 

A language other than English** 6

Two courses in the same language, such as:

 

GLL 141	Spanish I
GLL 142	Spanish II

 

Approved Liberal Arts electives including (18-19 credits***):

 

GHS 450	American Cultural History	4
GLL 202	Introduction to American Literature	3
GLL 221	Expository Writing	3

Additional Liberal Arts electives 8-9

*If a student is exempt from College Math, he or she is required to take GSM 134, Pre-Calculus.

 

**Students who have passed a three-year New York State Regents examination in a foreign language are exempted from the six-credit ECP core language requirement, but must take six (6) elective credits to reach the 130 credit total.

***One-credit workshops or "topics" courses offered with any of the courses listed on pages 93-94 count as Liberal Arts.

 

General Education Core (both Early Childhood and Childhood Concentrations) (15 credits)

GED 201	Psychosocial Foundations of Growth, Development, and Learning, Birth ade 6	3
GED 380	Computers and Educational Technology in General Education and Special Education	3
EdSE 600	History and Philosophy of Education and Special Education	3
EdSE 640	Assessment of Individual Differences in General Education and Special Education: A Socio-Cultural Perspective	3
SpEd 602	Introduction to Special Education	3
GED 510	Seminar in Substance Abuse	0
GED 511	Seminar in Child Abuse	0
GED 512	Seminar on Child Safety Education	0
GED 513	Seminar on School Violence Prevention	0

 

General Education and Special Education Specific Concentrations (26 credits each)

Students may choose either track - Early Childhood or Childhood as follows:

Early Childhood, Birth to Grade 2 (26 credits):

GED 209	Foundations of Parenting	3
GED 311	Principles of Early Childhood Education	3
GED 312	Methodology of Early Childhood Education	3
GED 316	Language Acquisition and Emergent Literacy I Birth-Pre-K	3
GED 317	Language Acquisition and Emergent Literacy II K-Grade 2	3
GED 318	Field Experience and Student Teaching I	2
SpEd 313	Developmentally Appropriate Learning Experiences for Young Exceptional Children	3
SpEd 314	Addressing Challenging Behaviors of Young Exceptional Children	3
SpEd 418	Field Experience and Student Teaching II	3

 

Childhood, Grade 1-6 (26 credits)

GED 301	Teaching Reading and Language Arts, Grades 1-6	3
GED 302	Remediation of Reading Disabilities, Grades 1-6	3
GED 303	Teaching the Social Studies Spectrum Subjects, Grades 1-6	3
GED 304	Math, Science, and Technology: Teaching and Remediation, Grades 1-6	3
GED 306	Teaching the Arts and Physical Education, Grades 1-6	3
SpEd 309	Principles of Curriculum Development for Students with Disabilities, Grades 1-6	3
SpEd 310	Principles of Classroom Management for Students with Disabilities, Grades 1-6	3
EdSE 319	Field Experience, Grades 1-6	2
SpEd 419	Student Teaching, Grades 1-6	3

 

Students who concentrate in Education should choose Psychology as their major.

See below (22 credits):

 

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PSYCHOLOGY MAJOR FOR EDUCATION STUDENTS

Requirements for major (25 credits):

GPS 110	General Survey of Psychology	4
GPS 351	Biological Psychology	3
GPS 493	Advanced Topics in Psychology	3

 

Choose five electives: 15

The following Psychology courses are strongly recommended:

GPS 204	Child Psychology	3
GPS 224	Psychology of the Family*	3
GPS 231	Psychological Testing	3
GPS 325	Psychology of Minority Families	3
GPS 401	Psychology of the Exceptional Child	3

*If taken as part of the Education core, the student must select another elective.

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