BA in Education: Liberal Arts - Curriculum Requirements

BA Education: Liberal Arts Degree Audit

B.A. Education: Liberal Arts (K-12)
University Core Requirements (8/40 Credits)
Academic Foundations (8 credits)
[Dept]	1105	Broad Enduring Interest	4CR.
EDU	1205	Nature of Work: The Other Side of the Teacher's Desk	2CR.
LAS	1305	Wellness	2CR.
Communications (12 credits)
WRI	1002	Comp. & Rhet. II	4CR		See English
WRI	2012	Advanced Comp.	4CR		See English
EDU	4050	Clinical Internship			See EDU
STEM Engagement (8 credits)
MTH	1111	Quantitative Literacy	4CR		See Math
PSC	1302 & 1102	Physical Science/Lab	4CR		See Science
Culture & Society
EDU	2000	Foundations in Education			See EDU
HIS	2005	World Geography			See HIS
ENG	3003	Children’s Literature			See ENG
English Requirements (16 Credits)
Select two WRI Courses:
WRI	1002	Composition & Rhet. II	4CR
WRI	2012	Advanced Composition	4CR
Select two English Literature courses:
ENG			4CR
ENG			4CR
(ENG3003 Children’s Literature recommended and is required for Middle School LA Endorsement)
Mathematics Requirements (16 Credits)
Take four mathematics courses to meet state code requirements
MTH	1111	Quantitative Literacy*	4CR
MTH	1180 or 1600	Algebraic Modeling *(Elem) or Pre-Calculus (Middle School)	4CR
MTH	1250	Geometry*	4CR
MTH	1500 or 1501	Stats for Soc. Sci. (Elem.) or Statistics I (Middle School)	4CR
MTH			4CR
MTH			4CR
Science Requirements (16 Credits)
Take four science courses to meet state code requirements
BIO	1303 & 1103	Human Nutrition & Performance/ Lab	4CR		*May be taken as a General Biology course
PSC	1302 & 1102	Physical Science*/Lab	4CR
Select two from the following list:
ENV	1301 & 1101	ENV-1301*/Lab	4CR
PSC	1301 & 1101	Earth Science*/Lab	4CR
CHM	1301 & 1101	Basic Chem./Lab (Middle. School)	4CR
BIO/PSC/ENV/CHM
BIO/PSC/ENV/CHM
Social Studies Requirements (16 Credits)
Take four social studies courses to meet state code requirements
HIS	1005	Framework of History*	4CR
HIS	2001	American Civilization I*	4CR
HIS	2005	World Geography*	4CR
HIS	2006	Amer. Soc., Pol, & Eco. Sys.*	4CR
Hist./Pol. Sci/Economics or Soc. Sci.			4CR
Hist./Pol. Sci/Economics or Soc. Sci.			4CR
Education (32 Credits)
All Education courses below must have a grade B- or better
EDU	2000	Foundations of Education	4CR
EDU	2003	Found. Of Education: Teaching K-6	4CR
Courses below may only be taken after admission to the Education Department
EDU	3052	Elem. Teaching Method.	4CR
EDU	3053	Foundations of Literacy	4CR
EDU	3080	Clinical Experience: Teaching Practicum & Assessing Outcomes	4CR
EDU	4024	Applications in Literacy	2CR
EDU	4050	Clinical Internship: Student Teaching	10CR
Related Education Requirement (4CR)
EDP	2001	Pre-School & School Aged Dev. (3-18 years)	4CR
Teacher of Students with Disabilities (21 Credits)
EDP	3013	Psychology of High & Low Incidence Except.	4CR
EDU	3031	Special Ed.: Learner’s Perspect.	4CR
EDU	3033	Lang. Development, Comm. & Lit. in Sp. Ed	4CR
EDU	3034	Spec. Ed. Methods & Materials	4CR
EDU	3038	Classroom Management for Challenging Behaviors	4CR
EDU	3000	Assistive Technology	1CR
P-3 Certification (6 Credits Optional)
EDU	3010	Prin. & Practices in Early Childhood Education	2CR
EDU	3020	Early Childhood Literacy	2CR
EDU	3030	Teaching Early Childhood Content	4CR
Optional
EST	2015	Intro to Equine Assisted Activities & Therapy		2CR
SLN	1003	Sign Language 1		2CR
SLN	1004	Sign Language 2

Total number of credits: 129

Notes:

1. To earn this Bachelor’s degree, all graduates must successfully complete a minimum of 129 credit hours.
2. Minimum of 32 credits must be taken at Centenary University.
3. New Jersey requires that candidates for certification achieve a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0.
4. Courses that are special topic listed in the title, typically ending with a 99, are repeatable. Courses are counted multiple times and do not replace grades of the previous special topic course.
5. Credits can only be shared between the core and the major or core and minor requirements. Shared credits within the core requirements is not allowed.
6. Please continue seeing your advisor for advisement as requirements may change due to changes in NJDOE code and regulations.

BA Education: Liberal Arts Recommended Four Year Sequence

Centenary University B.A. in Education: Liberal Arts Recommended Four-Year Sequence 2023-2024
YEAR 1 (Fall)
Course #	Title	Credits	Completed
LAS 1305	Wellness	2
EDU 1205	Nature of Work: The Other Side of the Teacher’s Desk	2
HIS 1005	Framework of History	4
WRI 1002	Comp. Rhet. II	4
MTH 1111	Quantitative Literacy	4
YEAR 1 (Spring)
Course #	Title	Credits	Completed
EDU 2000	Foundations of Education (Community Responsibility)	4
WRI 2012	Advanced Comp.	4
ENV 1301 & 1101	Environmental Science/Lab	4
[Dept] 1105	Broad, Enduring Interest	4
YEAR 2 (FALL)
EDP 2001	Preschool & School Age Development	4
EDU 2003	Foundations of Educ.: Teaching K-6	4
MTH 1180	Algebraic Modeling	4
HIS 2005	World Geography	4
YEAR 2 (Spring)
EDP 3013	Psych of High and Low Incidence Exceptionalities	4
MTH 1250	Geometry	4
HIS 2006	American Social, Pol. & Econ. Systems	4
BIO 1303 & 1103	Human Nutrition & Performance. Lab	4
YEAR 3 (FALL)
EDU 3038	Classroom Management for Challenging Behaviors	4
EDU 3052	Elementary Teaching Methods	4
HIS 2001	American Civilization I	4
PSC 1302 & 1102	Physical Science/Lab	4
YEAR 3 (Spring)
EDU 3031	Special Education: Learner’s Perspective	4
EDU 3053	Foundations in Literacy	4
ENG 3003	Children’s Literature	1
PSC 1301 & 1101	Earth Science/Lab	4
EDU 3010	Princ. & Practices in Early Childhood Education (Optional)	2
Summer between Year 3 & Year 4
EDU 3020	Early Childhood Literacy (Optional)	2CR
EDU 3030	Teaching Early Childhood Content (Optional)	2CR
YEAR 4 (Fall)
EDU 3080	Clinical Experience: Teaching Practicum	4
EDU 3000	Assistive Technology	1
ENG		4
MTH 1500	Statistics for Social Science	4
EDU 3034	Special Education Methods & Materials	4
YEAR 4 (Spring)
EDU 3033	Lang. Development, Comm. & Literacy in Spec. Ed.	4
EDU 4024	Applications in Literacy	2
EDU 4050	Clinical Internship: Student Teaching (Public Speaking)	10
	Total Credits	129

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