The required course work falls under three categories:
A. Education course sequence
B. An approved liberal arts major
C. General Education requirement
A. Education course sequence
The sequence described below is for a full-time student; the program may be taken on a part-time basis, however.
Year One:
General Education requirements (see "C," below)
Liberal Arts major requirements (includes both liberal arts and education prerequisites)
Foreign Language 1 & 2
Year Two:
General Education requirements
Liberal Arts major requirements (includes both liberal arts and education prerequisites)
EDS340 Social & Philosophical Foundations of Education (3)
EDS371 Child Psychology and Development (3)
EED370 Education of Diverse Populations in Early Childhood & Elementary School (3)
EED415 Development of Symbolic Representation, Language & Literacy (3)
GEO273 Physical Geography (3)
MAT140 Mathematics for Elementary School Teachers 1 (3)
MAT240 Mathematics for Elementary School Teachers 2 (3)
Year Three:
Liberal Arts major requirements
EED371 Developmentally Appropriate Practices in Early Childhood & Elementary School (3)
EED375 Teaching Reading in the Elementary School 1 (3)
EED380 Teaching Mathematics, Science & Technology in the Elementary School (6)
EED412 Curriculum II: Preschool and Kindergarten (3)
SPE350 Creating Inclusive Elementary School Classrooms (3)
EED301 Fieldwork 1 (1 credit, 40 hours)
EED302 Fieldwork 2 (1 credit, 20 hours)
Year Four:
EED376 Teaching Reading/Language Arts in the Elementary School 2 (3)
EED379 Teaching Social Studies in the Elementary School (3)
EED303 Fieldwork 3 (1 credit, 60 hours)
EED404 Student Teaching, Primary Setting (6)*
EED405 Student Teaching, Intermediate Setting (6)*
EED406 Student Teaching Seminar (1)
*In order to register for Student Teaching, the student must have received a grade no lower than B- in all education courses and maintained an overall GPA of 2.75.
B. Approved Liberal Arts Majors, 30-38 Credits
Students must complete an approved academic major. Transfer courses for which advanced standing has been given and which are comparable to those meeting major requirements or are appropriate to an individualized major may be acceptable under advisement.
Majors for Early Childhood & Childhood Education (B-6) Students
The majors for Early Childhood & Childhood Education students have been selected from the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences and are in direct accord with New York State Learning Standards:
Art History
Biology
Black Studies (historical core or language arts core)
Earth Science (Geology)
English
French
Geography
History
Mathematics
Political Science
Spanish
These majors provide depth in a content area and a coherent sequence of courses with increased expectations of student performance. The courses are available to students in other programs of study as well as students in the Early Childhood & Childhood Education program.
Art History (B-6) - 30 credits
Required courses......................................24 credits
ARH201 Art of the Western World I (3)
ARH202 Art of the Western World II (3)
ARH358 Early Twentieth Century Art (3)
ARH360 Arts of Asia I: The Formative Periods (3)
ARH381 Arts of Asia II: The Continuing Tradition (3)
ARH382 American Art (3)
OR
ARH370 Art of Hudson Valley (3)
ARS105 Introduction to Drawing and Design I (3)
ARS110 Introduction to Ceramics (3)
OR
ARS120 Introduction to Metal (3)
OR
ARS170 Introduction to Sculpture (3)
Art History Electives................................. 6 credits
Biology (B-6) - 29-34 credits
Required courses......................................16 credits
BIO201 General Biology I (4)
BIO202 General Biology II (4)
BIO320 Genetics (4)
BIO340 Ecology (4)
One of the following................................ 4-5 credits
BIO305 Plant Morphology (4)
BIO307 Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy (5)
One of the following................................ 3 credits
BIO301 Field Biology - Fall (3)
BIO302 Field Biology - Winter/Spring (3)
BIO412 Evolutionary Theory (3)
BIO418 Animal Behavior (3)
Electives.......................................... 6-10 credits
Two upper-division biology electives
Black Studies (B-6) - 30 credits
The Early Childhood & Childhood Education program requires a 2.78 G.P.A. by the end of the sophomore year. Candidates must consult with the Elementary Education Advisor each semester and complete the appropriate requirements and examinations.
Required courses......................................12 credits
BLK100 Introduction to Black Studies (3)
BLK357 Psychology of the Black Child (3)
BLK370 Education in the Black Community (3)
BLK396 Black English: Language and Culture (3)
In addition, each major is required to develop a focus by completing six courses from either the (1) Historical Core or (2) Language Arts Core...................18 credits
(1) Historical Core
BLK200 Introduction to Africa (3)
BLK201 Black History I (3)
BLK202 Black History II (3)
BLK231 Development of Afro-Latin American Civilization 1492-1825 (3)
BLK232 Contemporary Afro-American Civilization Since 1825 (3)
BLK301 Survey of Pre-Colonial Africa to 1800 (3)
BLK302 Survey of Contemporary Africa: Nineteenth Century to Present (3)
BLK309 Introduction to Afro-Brazilian History (3)
BLK311 Blacks in the Caribbean (1492-Present) (3)
BLK325 History of Slavery in Americas (3)
BLK331 The American Civil Rights Movement (3)
BLK347 History of South Africa (3)
BLK369 History of Terrorism Against Blacks & Native Americans (3)
BLK401 Blacks in New York History (3)
BLK450 The Portuguese in Africa (3)
BLK460 West African Kingdoms in the Nineteenth Century (3)
BLK522 African/African-American History (3)
(2) Language Arts Core
BLK268 Survey of Black American Literature
BLK269 Black Poetry and Drama (3)
BLK272 Rap and Spoken Word (3)
BLK310 Blacks and the Media (3)
BLK315 Black & Latino Children's Literature (3)
BLK320 Contemporary Black American Literature (3)
BLK323 Black Poetry (3)
BLK328 Black Drama in America (3)
BLK333 Black Rhetoric (3)
BLK412 Critical Analysis of Black American Literature (3)
BLK415 Recurrent Themes in Black Literature (3)
BLK510 Contemporary Black Women's Literature (3)
Earth Science (Geology) (B-6) - 34-35 credits
Cognate courses....................................... 7 credits
PHY205 Exploring the Solar System (3)
OR
PHY206 Exploring the Universe (3)
CHE201 General Chemistry I (4)
Geology courses....................................27-28 credits
GLG120 Weather and Environment (4)
GLG220 Physical Geology (4)
GLG301 Historical Geology (4)
GLG305 Paleontology (4)
GLG311 Mineralogy and Crystallography (4)
GLG331 Stratigraphy-Sedimentation (4)
One 300-level geology course by advisement (3-4)
English (B-6) - 32-33 credits
At least one-half of the English major must be completed at New Paltz. Composition I credits are not included in that major. Courses taken as pass/fail cannot be counted toward the major.
Required courses......................................20-21 credits
Elect one of the following:
ENG301 English Literature I (4)
ENG302 English Literature II (4)
Elect one of the following:
ENG331 American Literature I (4)
ENG332 American Literature II (4)
Elect one of the following:
ENG406 Shakespeare I: Selected Works (3)
ENG407 Shakespeare II: Selected Works (3)
Elect three of the following:
ENG200 Analysis and Interpretation of Literature (3)
ENG224 Expository Writing (3)
ENG226 Practical Grammar (3)
ENG345 Creative Writing Workshop I (3)
ENG385 Theories of Writing (3)
JRN230 Journalism I (4)
Elective courses......................................12 credits
With the approval of the department advisor, each major candidate must complete four elective courses in literature, of which two must be at the 400-level. Two electives must be period or genre courses.
French (B-6) - 30-39 credits
Basic language courses.......................9 credits
FRN101 Elementary French I (3)
FRN102 Elementary French II (3)
FRN201 Intermediate French I (3)
Students with prior training or experience in French may obtain waivers for one or more of the basic language courses listed above, after consultation with the Department of Foreign Languages.
Required courses...............................30 credits
FRN202 Intermediate French II (3)
FRN301 French Composition and Conversation I (4)
FRN302 French Composition and Conversation II (4)
FRN319 French Civilization (4)
FRN320 Francophone Cultures (4)
FRN375 French Literature before 1800 (4)
FRN376 French & Francophone Literature after 1800 (4)
FRN401 Advanced French Composition and Conversation I (3)
or
FRN402 Advanced French Composition and Conversation II (3)
Geography (B-6) - 31-33 credits
Required courses...................................... 10 credits
GEO252 Economic Geography (3)
GEO274 Environment and Culture (3)
GEO381 Cartography (4)
Electives.............................................21-23 credits
Each major candidate is required to complete, by advisement, seven courses in geography selected from systematic and/or regional courses, at least five of which shall be at the 300-level or above.
History (B-6) - 30-34 credits
Required courses......................................30-34 credits
Each candidate must have eighteen (18) upper-division credits from this plan of study in order to be graduated.
All majors are required to maintain portfolios of their history essays and to write a 2-3 page "exit essay" as a requirement for graduation.
Only marks of 'C-' or above can account for major courses.
All majors must take, with the approval of advisor, at least one course 'Pre-1500' and at least one course 'Post-1500.'
I. UNITED STATES HISTORY (6-8 credits)
At least one of these courses should be a 'survey' and one must be upper division.
II. WORLD HISTORY (12-14 credits)
Two of these four courses should be 'surveys' and two should be "upper division." You must take courses in at least two (2) geographical areas of the world outside of the United States.
ANT315 Historical Archaeology
ANT378 Cultures of India
ANT380 Cultures of Africa
ANT383 Culture of China
BLK200 Introduction to Africa
BLK231 Development of Afro-Latin American Civilizations (1492-1825)
BLK301 Survey of Pre-Colonial Africa
BLK302 Survey of Contemporary Africa: 19th Century to the Present
BLK309 Introduction to Afro-Brazilian History (1560-present)
BLK311 Black in the Caribbean, 1492-Present
BLK325 History of Slavery in the Americas
GEO260 Understanding China
GEO307 Understanding Latin America
HIS200 Ancient World
HIS205 Jewish Experience
HIS207 Medieval Europe
HIS214 Modern Europe
HIS215 Traditional China
HIS216 Modern China
HIS243 History of Islam and Middle East, 570-1918
HIS305 Women in European History
HIS310 Indians of Eastern Woodlands
HIS311 Modern Germany
HIS313 Women in Medieval Europe
HIS317 World War II
HIS332 Imperial Russia
HIS333 Soviet Union
HIS334 Traditional Japan
HIS335 Modern Japan
HIS336 Religions of Asia
HIS344 History of Middle East since 1918
HIS349 Renaissance and Reformation
HIS350 Early Modern Europe
HIS353 20th Century Europe
HIS356 History of England to 1485
HIS357 History of England 1485-1815
HIS358 History of England from 1815
HIS369 Ancient Israel
HIS370 Bible: Myth & History
HIS371 Jews in the Middle Ages
HIS373 Holocaust
HIS393 Appropriate 'Selected Topics" courses
HIS433 Russian Intelligentsia
HIS480 Women in China
HIS470 Age of Discovery, 1ENG5-1780
HIS492 Appropriate 'Seminars in History'
This list is suggestive, not exhaustive.
III. NEW YORK STATE (3 credits)
HIS303 The Empire State
HIS308 Indians of New York State
HIS461 Hudson Valley Culture
(or substitute by advisement)
IV. THREE (3) UPPER-DIVISION HISTORY ELECTIVES (9 credits)
Mathematics (B-6) - 32-34 credits
Required courses......................................29-30 credits
MAT140 Mathematics for Elementary School Teachers I (3)
MAT240 Mathematics for Elementary School Teachers II (3)
MAT241 Introduction to Statistics (3)
MAT251 Calculus I (4)
MAT252 Calculus II (4)
MAT260 Intro to Proof (3)
MAT331 Axiomatic Geometry (3)
MAT304 Foundations of Algebra (3)
One of the following:
CPS104 Visual Programming (3)
CPS210 Computer Science I: Foundations (4)
Upper-division mathematics elective...........3-4 credits
Political Science (B-6) - 36 credits
Required courses......................................12 credits
POL216 American Government & Politics (4)
POL227 Introduction to International Politics (4)
POL229 Introduction to Comparative Politics (4)
Upper-Division Electives..............................24 credits
Six credits or less of the Government Internship (POL480) may be credited toward the Upper Division Electives.
Spanish (B-6) - 31-40 credits
Basic language courses.............................9 credits
SPA101 Elementary Spanish I (3)
SPA102 Elementary Spanish II (3)
SPA201 Intermediate Spanish I (3)
Students with prior training or experience in Spanish may obtain waivers for one or more of the basic language courses listed above, after consultation with the Foreign Language Department.
Required courses......................................31 credits
SPA202 Intermediate Spanish II (4)
SPA301 Spanish Composition and Conversation I (4) *
SPA361 Spanish Composition and Conversation II (4) *
* Students whose home language is Spanish may substitute SPA315 Spanish for
Native Speakers (4) for either SPA301 or SPA361.
SPA365 The Culture and Civilization of Spain (4)
SPA372 The Culture of Latin America I (4)
SPA375 Survey of Spanish Literature (4)
SPA376 Survey of Latin American Literature (4)
Plus one of the following:
SPA363 Spanish Phonetics and Oral Practice (3)
SPA461 Advanced Spanish Composition (3)
SPA4xx Spanish elective (3)
