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Teacher Certification: Childhood Education

Colgate University · Hamilton, NY

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Program
Award
Majors and Minors
Catalog edition
2026-2027 University Catalog
Checklist type
degree-program
Description
The elementary certification program is currently offered at both the undergraduate and graduate level. The program leads to New York State teacher certification in grades 1–6. It combines a program of study with both liberal arts and educational coursework. Students are required to obtain 24 liberal arts credits out of a total of 32 in order to be eligible for state certification as an undergraduate.
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
190099
CourseShelf checklist
CK_190099_9fb25107
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.

Certificate Requirements

0 items

    Education as a Social Institution

    1 item
    1. EDUC 101
      1.00

    Social and Cultural Diversity in Schooling, Teaching, and Learning

    0 items

      The Nature of Childhood Education and Development

      0 items

        Professional Student Teaching Semester

        3 items
        1. EDUC 453
          Seminar on Inclusive Curriculum and Instruction in
          As published: “Seminar on Inclusive Curriculum and Instruction in Science/Mathematics”
        2. EDUC 455
          1.00
        3. EDUC 456
          Dignity in Schools
          As published: “Dignity in Schools (0.25 credits), also satisfies DASA training”
          0.25

        Professional Seminars

        2 items
        1. EDUC 451
          Seminar on Inclusive Curriculum and Instruction in English/Social
          As published: “Seminar on Inclusive Curriculum and Instruction in English/Social Studies”
        2. EDUC 454

        Course requirements outside of Educational Studies

        3 items
        1. Two science courses in biology, chemistry, physics, geology, or astronomy
          Not resolved to a course
        2. Two courses in social sciences
          Not resolved to a course
        3. Two mathematics courses
          Not resolved to a course

        Other Requirements

        5 items
        1. Fieldwork — a minimum of 100 hours for a single certificate
          Not resolved to a course
        2. Child abuse workshop (two hours of training in the identification of suspected child abuse/maltreatment)
          Not resolved to a course
        3. Violence intervention and prevention workshop
          Not resolved to a course
        4. Adverse Childhood Experiences and Trauma, Implicit Bias, and Identification of Child Abuse
          Not resolved to a course
        5. Fingerprinting
          Not resolved to a course
        Source. Colgate University, catalog 2026-2027 University Catalog — https://catalog.colgate.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=16&poid=2806&returnto=808. Captured page pages/0099.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.