Hegis Code: 5649 | Admissions: 1-800-724-0833 ext. 5018 or 5022 |
NYSED Code: 27046 | admissions@sunyulster.edu |
Program Description
Students who complete this program earn an Associate in Arts degree in Humanities
and Social Science: Early Childhood and Childhood Education B-6, with a concentration
in English, French, History or Spanish. This program should be followed by students who plan to transfer to a four-year
college to study elementary education. The program is a jointly-registered program
with SUNY New Paltz. A student who completes the program and meets transfer requirements
will be admitted into the elementary education program at New Paltz. Students planning
to transfer to a college other than SUNY New Paltz will receive individual advisement
to facilitate their transfer.
Program Outcomes
At the completion of the Liberal Arts & Sciences: Humanities & Social Science-Early
Childhood & Childhood Education B-6 Degree program: a student will be able to
Employment Potential
Graduates of the program who go on to earn a baccalaureate degree from SUNY New Paltz
or another four-year institution and a New York State teaching certificate will be
qualified to teach at the elementary school level.
Requirements for Program Entry
Developmental Assistance Available
For students who do not meet basic reading and math requirements or who have other learning issues, extra assistance is available through the Learning Center, The Gary and Janaki Math Center, the Writing Center, the Peer and Friend Tutor Program, and English as a Second Language (ESL) tutors.
For More Information
For more information contact Admissions here or the Department here.
Effective Fall of 2008, all students in the Early Childhood Education Programs must be fingerprinted before they register for their field placement course, which is taken in the second semester: EDU 200: Applied Child Development for Education majors. The results will be valid for SUNY Ulster, SUNY New Paltz, and for New York State teacher licensing.
Note: All Liberal Arts and Sciences: Humanities and Social Science concentrations continue with the fifth through eighth semester sequence at SUNY New Paltz. The New Paltz curriculum follows the SUNY Ulster concentrations curricula below and can be viewed by clicking here.
For more information contact Admissions.
Minimum grades for New Paltz: B in ENG 101 & ENG 102; B- in EDU 200 & EDU 201; C in PSY 200, MAT 140, MAT 240, GEG 101, EDU 203, and foreign language.