This Option is for those students who plan to pursue a B.A. in elementary or secondary education. Please check with your advisor for any changes in curriculum, articulations, and state certifications.
Graduates will be able to:
Demonstrate knowledge and skills required to work at a beginner’s level in the teaching profession in the elementary/ secondary grades.
General Education:
In addition to the program-specific outcomes listed above, students completing the Associate degree programs are required to demonstrate proficiency in the General Education learning outcomes. Specific outcomes may vary by program; please refer to the program requirements below.
A. Depending upon a student's placement or for transfer purposes, this program may have pre-requisite(s). See a pathway coordinator or student development specialist for advisement.
B. Students must pass ALL classes with a grade of “C” or higher to qualify for graduation.
C. It is recommended that students enroll in their first WI course upon completion of EN 101.
D. Students transferring to William Paterson University must take SO 102, Institutional Racism. All other students: please see other Diversity course choices
E. William Paterson University requires U.S. history course sequence HI 201, U.S. History I and HI 202, U.S. History II.
This course provides the knowledge necessary to function as a fluent computer user in today’s technological society. Topics include computer terminology, computer hardware and software
capabilities, what makes a computer powerful, the societal impact of computers, ergonomics, ethical computing behavior, information privacy, and computer security. Students complete projects encompassing Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint), as well as an 0information literacy project focusing on effective use of the Web. Students with no computing experience are encouraged to complete a computing keyboarding course (CIS 103) before taking this course.
Fall, Spring, Summer
The College Success Course (COL103) is a required college-level course that all students should take during the first semester they enroll at the college. The course prepares students for college life by offering crucial information and skills necessary for success in college, including time management, note taking, critical thinking, financial literacy and information literacy. Students also explore academic and career goals. Finally, students become familiar with the full range of academic programs offered at the College as well as the institution’s regulations, policies and procedures.
Fall, Spring
This course focuses on the stages of the writing process and includes a formal research paper. A variety of writing and reading assignments are designed to develop analytical and critical-thinking skills.
- General Education Course
College Level or with applicable co-requisite
Fall, Spring, Summer
This course covers the development and application of statistical concepts including descriptive statistics, probability, normal distribution, tests of hypothesis testing differences, sampling theory, and correlation.
- General Education Course
MA 022 - Mathematics Fundamentals for Liberal Arts
OR
MA 025 - Accelerated Algebra
OR
MA 025A - Algebra A
OR
MA 025B - Algebra B
OR
Test Placement
Fall, Spring, Summer
Choose one (1) from the following two courses:
This course provides exposure to, and experience in, the essential aspects of the visual arts. It serves to develop an understanding of art through studying the visual elements of art and design, the media and process, and an overview of the chronological progression of art through history from a cultural perspective. It examines how art communicates, how to describe, analyze and interpret it, and how to see art as both a product and reflection of the historical and cultural context it is created in.
- General Education Course
Spring 6A/B wk semesters, Fall 6 wk A/B semesters
This course is for those students seeking to fulfill the humanities requirement. Emphasis is placed on listening skills. The basic elements of music are covered along with notation of pitch and rhythm, as well as musical periods from medieval to today’s hip-hop.
Fall, Spring
This course develops student prose by utilizing the writing process (drafting, revising and editing). Students are required to complete a process portfolio that includes 3-5 typed, revised, and edited MLA papers, reflective and low-stakes writing assignments, and at least one paper that demonstrates proper research techniques. All writing assignments must demonstrate and develop the writing process, critical thinking, and writing skills. Throughout the term, a variety of reading assignments and topics are introduced to develop interpretive and argumentative skills, while developing a critical understanding of well-crafted, professional prose.
- General Education Course
EN 101 - Composition I
Fall, Spring, Summer
This course prepares students for effective public speaking presentations. Students research, organize, write, and deliver a variety of speeches designed to inform, persuade, motivate, and entertain in diverse public settings.
Supportive lab services are available to support students for the mastery of the art of public speaking. The lab will provide opportunity for engagement, one-on-one coaching, mentoring and tutoring that will foster innovations in speaking publically, professionally and personally. Materials used inthe lab will be comprised of the OER textbook and supplemental materials found on the Libguides.
College Level or with applicable co-requisite
Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
This course covers the study and application of the concept of sets, relations, functions, and the real number system. Topics include polynomials, rational expressions, and radicals. Emphasis is placed on solving polynomial and rational equations as well as linear systems, and graphing linear, quadratic, exponential, logarithmic, and rational functions.
- General Education Course
MA 025 - Accelerated Algebra
OR
MA 025B - Algebra
OR
Test Placement
MA 080 - College Algebra Support
Fall, Spring, Summer
This course explores the general principles and theories of psychology, history and methodology, sensation, perception, learning, memory, motivation, emotion, intelligence, personality, and the physiological basis of behavior.
Fall, Spring, Summer, Winter
This course is a study of the basic concepts in social interaction, analyzing aspects of the immediate culture, defining and evaluating the individual behavior in inter-group relations, social organization and processes, and elements of social control and deviance in a changing society.
- General Education Course
Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
This is a one-semester lecture and laboratory course designed for non-science majors for the study of the structure and function of all the body systems. It covers such current issues as genetic engineering and biotechnology and health concerns such as AIDS and cancer. Laboratory experiments include light microscopy, human anatomy and physiology, and representative dissections.
- General Education Course
College level math and college level English
Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
This course presents the historical and philosophical foundations of American education and how they relate to contemporary issues facing teachers today. It also emphasizes theoretical and practical learning experiences in K-12 classrooms and includes twenty (20) hours of unsupervised field observation outside the three (3) credit lecture.
EN 101 - Composition I
PS 101 - Introduction to Psychology
Spring 15 wk semester, Fall 15 wk semester
This course surveys the development of the United States from the founding of Jamestown, Virginia, in 1607, to the War of Independence, to the Civil War and the end of Reconstruction (1877). Topics include the Federalist Period, American and Southern Nationalisms, and westward expansion.
Fall, Spring
The student will study the historical development ofPhilosophy, andwilldemonstratea written and verbal understanding of themajor issues, ideas, and contributors to the development of Philosophy in Western Civilization.The courseis designedto give the student an historical and thematic introduction to the major thinkers and the fundamental problems of the Western Philosophical tradition.Emphasis shall be given to the epistemological (problem of knowledge) andmetaphysical(problem of reality) problems in the history of Philosophy.
Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
This course explores human development from prenatal life through late adulthood with an emphasis on the biological, cognitive, social, and emotional patterns of development.
PS 101 - Introduction to Psychology
Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
This course surveys the field of special education: etiology, societal attitudes, and federal and state laws including the I.D.E.A. and Section 504. It also covers the responsibility of the school and workplace to accommodate the exceptional student’s learning modalities and the needs of an individual with a disability. The identification and special needs of gifted/talented students are also covered. Current theories, programs, and services for educating exceptional children in the State of New Jersey and nationally are discussed.
ECE 200 - Early Childhood Education in Contemporary America
OR
ECE 202 - Supervised Field Experience I
OR
EDU 200 - Historical and Philosophical Foundations of American Education
Spring 15 wk semester, Fall 15 wk semester
This course surveys the development of the United States from Reconstruction to the present. Topics include the rise of industrial corporations, Populism, Jim Crow, Progressivism, the Jazz Age, World War I, the Depression, the New Deal, World War II, the Civil Rights Movement, the Cold War, Vietnam, and recent political and diplomatic crises.
Fall, Spring
This course explores the psychological concepts related to the teaching and learning process with an emphasis on contemporary educational research and actual classroom practices. It is recommended for students interested in teaching or working in schools.
PS 101 - Introduction to Psychology
Fall, Spring
This course follows an historical approach to the evolution of racism, the identification of racism, and a study of power and control in America’s major institutions.
- General Education Course
Fall, Spring, Summer
This course explores the major literary genres with emphasis on the techniques of understanding and interpreting poetry, drama, short stories, and novels. It also focuses on modern literature and writers of current interest.
- General Education Course
EN 102 - Composition II
Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
or any 3 credit College-level Free Elective (see Academic Coordinator)