A checklist is the list of requirements to complete this program and receive the award, as the college publishes it in its catalog. It is the same for everyone. It does not say what you have completed; that comes from applying your own record.
Program
- Award
- Childhood and Special Education (B.S.) - Hegis Code 0802.00
- Credential class
- ceterms:BachelorDegree
- Catalog edition
- 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog (FALL, SPRING, SUMMER)
- Checklist type
- degree-program
- Description
- The major in Childhood and Special Education is approved by the New York State Education Department (NYSED) and prepares teacher candidates with the knowledge, skills, and dispositions to teach in public and private schools in childhood (grades 1-6) and special education (preschool to grade 12).
Identifiers
- IPEDS UNITID
- 197045
- CourseShelf checklist
- CK_197045_94780179
- CollegeTransfer.Net
- Institution Transfer Profile
- Source
- CourseShelf publish 61
Requirements to complete
Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.
Academic Requirements
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General Education: 37 Credit Hours
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Free Electives
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Major Course Requirements: 52 Credit Hours
18 items
- As published: “Introduction to Teaching (1)”1
- As published: “Introduction to Psychology (3)”3
- As published: “Applied Educational Psychology (3)”3
- As published: “Curriculum and Instruction (3)”3
- As published: “Foundations of Literacy (3)”3
- As published: “Literacy and Comprehension: Grades 1-6 (3)”3
- As published: “Foundations of Special Education (3)”3
- As published: “Social Studies/Literacy Methods: Grades 1-6 (3)”3
- As published: “Foundations of American Education (3)”3
- As published: “Infancy and Childhood (3)”3
- As published: “Assessment of Children and Youth with Special Needs (3)”3
- As published: “Special Education : Laws and Procedures (3)”3
- As published: “Methods and Curriculum for Students with Complex Support Needs (3)”3
- As published: “Methods for teaching student with disabilities P-12 (3)”3
- As published: “The Culturally Responsive Sustaining Classroom (3)”3
- As published: “Science and Technology Methods: Grades 1-6 (3)”3
- As published: “Mathematics Methods: Grades 1-6 (3)”3
- As published: “Classroom Management and Behavioral support (3)”3
Student Teaching: 12 credits
3 items
- As published: “Student Teaching Seminar (0)”0
- As published: “Student Teaching I (6)”6
- As published: “Student Teaching II (6)”6
General Studies Concentration: 18 credits
5 items
- Must take at least one course in each group (two courses in group 4)Not resolved to a course
- Total 18 credits (or six courses in total)Not resolved to a course
- 9 credits must be taken at the 300+ levelNot resolved to a course
- C or better (C- does not count)Not resolved to a course
- Must not overlap with General Education coursesNot resolved to a course
Group 1: Understanding Ourselves and One Another
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Group 2: Understanding the World We’ve Made
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Group 3: Understanding and Practicing Creative Expression
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Group 4: Understanding the Principles of Mathematics and the Natural Sciences
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Program Credits
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Source. Utica University, catalog 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog (FALL, SPRING, SUMMER) — https://utica.catalog.acalog.com/preview_program.php?catoid=70&poid=7332. Captured page pages/0048.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.