Curriculum

To earn a Bachelor of Science Degree in Adolescent Education, students complete 129-130 credits, including core, major-sequence and content courses. For more information about courses, please see The School of Education section of our undergraduate bulletin.

Common Core — 27 Credits

Discover New York 3
ENG1000CEnglish3
ENG1100CEnglish3
HIST1000CHistory3
SCI1000CScience3
PHI1000CPhilosophy3
PHI3000CPhilosophy3
THE1000CTheology3
SPE1000CSpeech3


Distributed Core — 18 Credits

    
Foreign Language  6
PHI2200 CPhilosophy3
THE2000 levelTheology3
THE3000 levelTheology3
HIST1302History3

Additional Liberal Arts Courses — 12 Credits

    
MATHPer Advisor 6
BIO1050Biology3
ART or MUS1000Art or MUS3


Major Sequence — 36-37 credits

EDU101Introduction to Education (1-12)1
EDU1000 or 1000HFoundations of Education (1-12)3
EDU1002Learning and Development Adolescence (7-12)3
EDU1008Special Education Foundations & Accommodating Students Needs (1-12)3
EDU1011Human Relations in Inclusive & Multicultural Settings (1-12)3
EDU1012Language Acquisition and Literacy/Adolescent (7-12)6
EDU1013

Methods for Secondary Education- Math and Science (7-12)

(Based on content)

6
EDU1014

Methods for Secondary Education: Social Studies, English, and Modern Foreign Languages

(Based on content)

6
EDU1015Technology and Society: School Community (1-12)3
EDU1022Student Teaching and Seminar/Adolescent Education (7-12)9

Content Area — 36 credits(by advisement)
Students should select one content area from the following in consultation with an advisor: English, Mathematics, Modern Foreign Language, Science or Social Studies.

(Workshops in fingerprinting, violence prevention, and child abuse are also required to obtain NYS certification.)

Department Contacts
Queens Campus
Charisse Willis
Associate Dean
(718) 990-1308
willisc@stjohns.edu

Lydia Haluska
Assistant Dean
(718) 990-6205
haluskal@stjohns.edu

Staten Island
Susann Ragone
Assistant Dean
(718) 390-4308
ragones@stjohns.edu

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