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 - Mathematics

Year 1

Fall SemesterSpring Semester
CourseCredits
See NOTE 1 regarding General Education requirements0
EDI233 Education Seminar (recommended)1
ENG160 Composition I (GE Basic Communication prereq, if needed)3
MAT181 Precalculus (GE: Math), if needed4
General Education course3
General Education course3
Total14
CourseCredits
See NOTE 1 regarding General Education requirements0
MAT140 Mathematics for Elementary School Teachers I3
ENG170 Writing & Rhetoric (4) or equiv (3-4) - GE Basic Comm3-4
MAT251 Calculus I (Mathematics)4
EDS371 Child Psych & Developm't (GE Social Sci) - see NOTE 23
General Education course3
Total16-17

Year 2

Fall SemesterSpring Semester
CourseCredits
EED371 Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Childhood3
EDS340 Soc & Phil Fdns of Educ (GE United States Studies)3
EED415 The Development of Symbolic Representation, Language, and Literacy3
MAT260 Introduction to Proof3
MAT252 Calculus II4
Total16
CourseCredits
EED370 Educ Div Pops - Early Chld & Elem Schools (Diversity)3
EED412 Preschool and Kindergarten Curriculum3
GEO202 Physical Geography (GE Natural Science)3
MAT240 Math for Elem School Teachers 2 (GE Mathematics)3
MAT331 Axiomatic Geometry3
Total15

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
MAT304 Foundations of Algebra3
General Education course3
General Education course3
Total16
CourseCredits
EED380 Teaching Mathematics, Science and Technology in Elementary School6
EED302 Fieldwork 2 (Math, Science & Technology Fieldwork)1
Upper-division Math elective3-4
CPS210 Comp Sci or CPS104 Visual Programming3-4
General Education course3
Total16-18

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
MAT241 Intro to Statistics (GE Mathematics)3
General Education course3
Elective1
Total14
CourseCredits
EED404 Student Teaching, Primary 1-36
EED405 Student Teaching, Intermediate 4-66
EED406 Student Teaching Seminar1
Total13

Notes

1 - Students can often complete their General Education requirements at any time, based on course availability, individual preference and/or advisor input. However, ENG160 and ENG170 (or equivalent) should be taken in Year 1, and courses that fulfill both GE and major requirements should be take in the term your advisor recommends. See the Undergraduate Catalog for detailed General Education requirements.

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

Total Credits: 120-123