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Degree Requirements
The LIU Riverhead Undergraduate Childhood Education Program is an upper-division program. In addition to the Education course requirements listed below, students must complete 60 credits of course work focusing on knowledge, understanding and skills in the liberal arts and sciences. Approximately 48 of these 60 liberal arts and sciences credits should be earned prior to transferring to LIU Riverhead. A transcript review of these courses is completed during the admissions process.
LIU Riverhead will accept a maximum of 72 transfer credits for all courses taken at two-year colleges. The minimum grade for transfer is C-. Students transferring directly to Long Island University a Riverhead upon completion of an associate's degree may transfer courses in which they received D grades, provided those courses were required for the degree. Courses not listed in the information to follow are generally accepted for elective credit. Substitutions for core requirements are possible with the approval of the academic major advisor.
The 60 credits of liberal arts and sciences courses are broken into a 30-credit General Core and a 30-credit Content Core. The General and Content Cores are further broken down as follows:
Requirements for the General Core in the liberal arts and sciences (30 credits)
Historical and Social Sciences: 6 credits
History, Anthropology, Sociology, Political Science, or Economics
Scientific Processes: 6 credits
Biology, Chemistry, Earth Science or Physics – must include one lab course
Artistic Expression: 3 credits
Art, Music, Theater, or Dance
Literature: 3 credits
Writing/Composition: 3 credits
Foreign Language: 3 credits
Mathematical Processes: 6 credits
Algebra, Geometry, Calculus, Number Theory, Statistics or Probability
Requirements for the Content Core in the liberal arts & sciences (30 credits)
The content core in the liberal arts and sciences consists of 30 credits in one or more of the liberal arts and sciences
Upper Division Undergraduate Childhood Education Program Curriculum Requirements
A Four Semester Plan*
JUNIOR YEAR
FALL SEMESTER
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SPRING SEMESTER
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Course Title
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Credits
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Course Title
|
Credits
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| 201 - Foundations of Education |
3 |
250 - Educational Psychology |
3 |
| 210 - Child Development |
3 |
270 - Curriculum Planning/Multicultural |
3 |
| 260 - Intro Special Education/Inclusion |
3 |
280 - Classroom Management |
3 |
| 265 - Technology in Education |
3 |
Liberal Arts courses |
9 |
| Liberal Arts and Science |
3 |
|
|
Total Credits
|
15
|
Total Credits
|
18
|
SENIOR YEAR
FALL SEMESTER
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SPRING SEMESTER
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Course Title
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Credits
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Course Title
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Credits
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| 301A - Integrated Methods-Read/Write/Language Grades 1-6 |
6 |
401 - Student Teaching and Seminar |
12 |
| 301B - Integrated Methods-Soc St/ Language Arts Grades 1-6 |
6 |
|
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| 301C - Integrated Methods - Math/Science Grades 1-6 |
6 |
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Total Credits
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18
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Total Credits
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12
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*Part-time plans of study are possible. 100 hours of Field Experience is required prior to Student Teaching.