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LIBERAL ARTS AND
SCIENCES:
EDUCATION (CHILD STUDY)
EMPHASIS/ A.A. DEGREE
(Jointly Registered with St. Joseph’s College,
leading to a
B.A. or B.S. degree in Child
Study)
Hegis Code
- 5649
Ammerman - Eastern - Grant / 112-1
This program, which is jointly registered with St. Joseph’s College, prepares students for careers
in early childhood, childhood, early childhood special education and childhood special education.
Students who complete the A.A. degree at Suffolk County Community College are assured
seamless transfer to St. Joseph’s College for the baccalaureate degree program. Students can also
transfer to other New York State public and private four-year colleges to attain
the baccalaureate degrees and teacher certification.
The Education (Child Study) curriculum at Suffolk offers a
strong liberal arts foundation while including courses specifically related to pedagogy. New York
State teacher certification is met through upper-level course work at St. Joseph’s College,
including supervised student teaching. Successful completion of the full program qualifies students
for Initial Certification in the following four areas:
- Early childhood
(birth to second grade)
- Early childhood special education (birth to
second grade)
- Childhood (grades one through six)
- Childhood special education (grades one
through six)
Admission Procedures and Requirements
Admission to the A.A. Liberal Arts and Sciences: Adolescence
Education (Child Study) Emphasis for entering students requires a Regent’s Diploma, a minimum
high school average of 80 and completion of Mathematics A and B and precalculus. Students already enrolled in college who wish to be admitted to the program must have completed EG11:
Standard Freshman Composition, a mathematics or
laboratory science course and
PC11: Introduction to Psychology
with a combined GPA of 3.0 or better.
Graduates of the A.A. program at Suffolk will be required to have a 2.80 GPA to matriculate in
the Adolescence Education program at St. Joseph’s College.
For additional information go to:
http://www3.sunysuffolk.edu/Catalog/2004-06/SCCC04_06Catalog.pdf
pages 144-145
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