Education, B.S.

Sudha Ramaswamy, Ph.D., Chair
914-674-3058
sramaswamy@mercy.edu

Bachelor of Science: Teaching Students w/Disabilities

*Per New York State Education Department requirements, all students enrolled in a Bachelor of Science program must successfully complete 60 credits of Liberal Arts and Sciences coursework. If needed, students should use Open Elective credits to fulfill these requirements, beyond their General Education courses, and look for courses with the “LA” attribute when registering.

This undergraduate program allows students to complete a BS in Teaching Students with Disabilities (SWD) and get  recommended for NYS teacher certification in SWD, birth-grade 12 (all grades) at the completion of the undergraduate degree. As part of their undergraduate major requirements, students will take 15 graduate level education credits that have the option of being counted toward both undergraduate and graduate level credit. 

Students must accumulate 30 credits in one liberal arts and sciences content area through the general education and open elective coursework as part of NYS teacher certification requirements. Students select a liberal arts content area from one of the Liberal Arts Disciplinary Groupings comprising the general education curriculum.

Candidates will accumulate 30 credits from courses from any one of the 8 Liberal Arts Disciplinary Groupings:

• Literature and Communication

• Language and Cultural Perspectives

• Mathematics and Information Technology

• Scientific Perspectives

• Social Perspectives

• Historical and Global Perspectives

• Ethical Perspectives

• The Arts
   

*Students must use 9-15 credits of their open electives to take courses in the same Liberal Arts Disciplinary Grouping as their general education electives grouping to complete their 30-credit liberal arts content area requirement for NYS teacher certification:

• Literature and Communication (9 credits)

• Mathematics and Information Technology (9 credits)

• Historical and Global Perspectives (12 credits)

• Scientific Perspectives (12 credits)

• Social Perspectives (15 credits)

• Language and Cultural Perspectives (15 credits)

• Ethical Perspectives (15 credits)

•  The Arts (15 credits)

Coursework:

Introductory Education Courses for Dual UG/Graduate credit:

• course - Edu Fnd Diverse Perspectives

• course - Fndtns Educ Sdnts w/Dsblts

• course - Tchng English as 2nd Lang

• course - Ed Evl/Assmt ECldhd-Adol&Dsabl

• course - Aprchs Lit: EChldhd-Adolescenc

Specialized Coursework in Students with Disabilities:

• course - Evidence-Based Practices for Teaching Students with Disabilities B-12

• course - Assessment for Students with Disabilities B-12

• course - Behavior and Classroom Management Strategies for Students with Disabilities B12

• course - Effective Collaborative Practices for Students with Disabilities B-12

Capstone:

• course - Seminar in Teaching Students with Disabilities AND course - Health and Safety Workshop

Coursework for Residency Option:

This program has a limited number of residency opportunities for qualified candidates. Candidates in the residency option complete a modified program while participating in a paid, full-time residency in a school or district for one complete academic year (the last year in the program).

Introductory Education Courses for Dual UG/Graduate credit:

• course - Edu Fnd Diverse Perspectives

• course - Fndtns Educ Sdnts w/Dsblts

• course - Tchng English as 2nd Lang

• course - Ed Evl/Assmt ECldhd-Adol&Dsabl

• course - Aprchs Lit: EChldhd-Adolescenc

Specialized Coursework in Students with Disabilities:

• course - Evidence-Based Practices for Teaching Students with Disabilities B-12

• course - Assessment for Students with Disabilities B-12

• course - Behavior and Classroom Management Strategies for Students with Disabilities B12

• course - Effective Collaborative Practices for Students with Disabilities B-12

Capstone:

• course - Seminar 1 in Teaching Students with Disabilities B-12

• course - Seminar 2 in Teaching Students with Disabilities B-12 AND course - Health and Safety Workshop

4+1 B.S./M.S. Option:

The 4+1 BS/MS dual certification program in Teaching Students with Disabilities (SWD), B-grade 12 + Early Childhood Education or Childhood Education is an innovative and expedited option to create dual certified teachers to meet critical high needs shortage areas in schools.

Upon completing the BS degree in Teaching Students with Disabilities, students may apply the 15 graduate level credits they completed as part of their undergraduate major requirements to a MS degree and receive recommendation for an additional NYS teacher certificate in either Early Childhood Education (birth to grade 2) or Childhood Education (grades 1-6) depending on which 30-credit content area they pursued as an undergraduate student.

Students must accumulate 30 credits in one liberal arts and sciences content area through the general education and open elective coursework as part of the NYS teacher certification requirements. 

For an adolescence certificate, the 30-credit liberal arts content area must match the content area of the certificate. For SWD, early childhood education, and childhood education, any of these liberal arts and sciences content areas are acceptable.

Students must accumulate 30 credits in one liberal arts and sciences content area through the general education and open elective coursework as part of the NYS teacher certification requirements.

Sudha Ramaswamy, Ph.D., Chair
914-674-3058
sramaswamy@mercy.edu

Bachelor of Science: Teaching Students w/Disabilities

*Per New York State Education Department requirements, all students enrolled in a Bachelor of Science program must successfully complete 60 credits of Liberal Arts and Sciences coursework. If needed, students should use Open Elective credits to fulfill these requirements, beyond their General Education courses, and look for courses with the “LA” attribute when registering.

This undergraduate program allows students to complete a BS in Teaching Students with Disabilities (SWD) and get  recommended for NYS teacher certification in SWD, birth-grade 12 (all grades) at the completion of the undergraduate degree. As part of their undergraduate major requirements, students will take 15 graduate level education credits that have the option of being counted toward both undergraduate and graduate level credit. 

Students must accumulate 30 credits in one liberal arts and sciences content area through the general education and open elective coursework as part of NYS teacher certification requirements. Students select a liberal arts content area from one of the Liberal Arts Disciplinary Groupings comprising the general education curriculum.

Candidates will accumulate 30 credits from courses from any one of the 8 Liberal Arts Disciplinary Groupings:

• Literature and Communication

• Language and Cultural Perspectives

• Mathematics and Information Technology

• Scientific Perspectives

• Social Perspectives

• Historical and Global Perspectives

• Ethical Perspectives

• The Arts
   

*Students must use 9-15 credits of their open electives to take courses in the same Liberal Arts Disciplinary Grouping as their general education electives grouping to complete their 30-credit liberal arts content area requirement for NYS teacher certification:

• Literature and Communication (9 credits)

• Mathematics and Information Technology (9 credits)

• Historical and Global Perspectives (12 credits)

• Scientific Perspectives (12 credits)

• Social Perspectives (15 credits)

• Language and Cultural Perspectives (15 credits)

• Ethical Perspectives (15 credits)

•  The Arts (15 credits)

Coursework:

Introductory Education Courses for Dual UG/Graduate credit:

• course - Edu Fnd Diverse Perspectives

• course - Fndtns Educ Sdnts w/Dsblts

• course - Tchng English as 2nd Lang

• course - Ed Evl/Assmt ECldhd-Adol&Dsabl

• course - Aprchs Lit: EChldhd-Adolescenc

Specialized Coursework in Students with Disabilities:

• course - Evidence-Based Practices for Teaching Students with Disabilities B-12

• course - Assessment for Students with Disabilities B-12

• course - Behavior and Classroom Management Strategies for Students with Disabilities B12

• course - Effective Collaborative Practices for Students with Disabilities B-12

Capstone:

• course - Seminar in Teaching Students with Disabilities AND course - Health and Safety Workshop

Coursework for Residency Option:

This program has a limited number of residency opportunities for qualified candidates. Candidates in the residency option complete a modified program while participating in a paid, full-time residency in a school or district for one complete academic year (the last year in the program).

Introductory Education Courses for Dual UG/Graduate credit:

• course - Edu Fnd Diverse Perspectives

• course - Fndtns Educ Sdnts w/Dsblts

• course - Tchng English as 2nd Lang

• course - Ed Evl/Assmt ECldhd-Adol&Dsabl

• course - Aprchs Lit: EChldhd-Adolescenc

Specialized Coursework in Students with Disabilities:

• course - Evidence-Based Practices for Teaching Students with Disabilities B-12

• course - Assessment for Students with Disabilities B-12

• course - Behavior and Classroom Management Strategies for Students with Disabilities B12

• course - Effective Collaborative Practices for Students with Disabilities B-12

Capstone:

• course - Seminar 1 in Teaching Students with Disabilities B-12

• course - Seminar 2 in Teaching Students with Disabilities B-12 AND course - Health and Safety Workshop

Elena Nitecki, Ph.D., Chair
enitecki@mercy.edu

Bachelor of Science: Early Childhood and Childhood Education - STEM

*Per New York State Education Department requirements, all students enrolled in a Bachelor of Science program must successfully complete 60 credits of Liberal Arts and Sciences coursework. If needed, students should use Open Elective credits to fulfill these requirements, beyond their General Education courses, and look for courses with the “LA” attribute when registering.

The 120-credit Bachelor of Science in Early Childhood and Childhood Education-STEM Concentration, leads to initial certification in Early Childhood Education, B-2 and Childhood Education, 1-6, with an emphasis on developing STEM content knowledge and pedagogical approaches. This new undergraduate degree program addresses the need to prepare students for the dynamic 21st-century economy, specifically in the areas of computer science, engineering, and educational technology. The new undergraduate program gives teacher candidates greater, versatile employment opportunities. All completers of the BS degree will be qualified to teach in general education classrooms at the grade levels B-2 and 1-6.

Program Objectives

 1. Candidates will understand, explain, analyze, and apply major behavioral science and education theories and philosophies that address physical, affective and cognitive development during the critical early childhood and childhood years. 

 2. Candidates will create and reflect upon high-quality, meaningful learning opportunities that are based on competencies and content knowledge, utilize developmental knowledge, employ formal and informal assessment strategies and incorporate collaboration with all aspects of the broad school community to facilitate developmental processes and encourage growth to a child’s maximum potential. 

 3. Candidates will experience hands-on STEM pedagogical approaches and participate in microteaching across the STEM fields to develop strong pedagogical content knowledge for teaching children using STEM tools, contexts, and related teaching methods across the curriculum and aligned to NYS standards in science, digital literacy, engineering, and math. 

Content Core Requirement 

 Students will earn at least 30 credits in liberal arts and sciences concentration by taking an integrated course of study in STEM content areas balancing science, computer science, and mathematics that are part of the general education program and additional courses that are prescribed through the education major. 

In the degree, there are 42 total credits for general education met as prescribed: 
21 credits of specific general education courses
21 credits of ‘Liberal Arts Disciplinary Groupings,’ which are general education electives that must address each of 8 designated themes

 In addition to these general education requirements, students will take 9 credits of major electives in STEM content courses.  Students will thus earn at least 30 credits in a STEM concentration through a combination of courses taken to meet the general education requirements and the major content electives. 

 In addition, the general education curriculum and pedagogical core courses ensure that the candidate has a knowledge base for teaching to the State learning standards in the following areas of the early childhood and childhood education curriculum: the arts; career development and occupational studies; English language arts; health, physical education, and family and consumer sciences; a language other than English; mathematics, science and technology; and social studies. 

General Education Requirements (42 credits total)

Liberal Arts Core (21 credits)

• course - English Composition I-Co-Req

• course - English Composition I

• course - English Composition II

• course - Math for Liberal Arts

• course - Launch: First Year Seminar

• course - Special Topics Transformative

• course - Special Topics Big Problems

Liberal Arts Disciplinary Groupings (21 credits)

• Creative Expressions elective (3 cr.)

• Scientific Reasoning (course) (3 cr.)

• course Contemporary Issues in Childhood and Education (3 cr.) 

• Humanities elective (3 cr.)

• Ethical Reasoning elective (3 cr.)

Notes:

*Courses that can be applied to the 30-credit STEM concentration requirement for teacher certification

Major Concentration (Total: 63 credits): 

Content major Science & Mathematics  

Students must take an additional 18 credits of General Education Electives as follows: 

Content Major Science (12 credits):  
• course Introduction to Human Biology – 3 cr.*#   
• course Introduction to Chemistry – 3 cr.*   
• course - Physics of the Human Body - 3 cr.*  
• course - Foundations of Exercise Science – 3 cr.*#

Content Major Mathematics (6 credits):  
•course - Foundations of Computing I – 3 cr.*   
• course- Statistics - 3 cr.

Program Coursework:

• course - Assmnt for Instructional Imprv

• course - Found of Erly Chld & Chldhd Ed

• course - Fnd of Lit Instr E Chd/Chdh Ed

• course - Fund of Teaching Stu w/Disa

• course - Intro Second Lang Teach/Lrng

• course - Plan for Instrctn thru Inquiry

• course - Tch Mthds for Math ECh/Ch Ed

• course - Digital Literacy for All Stdnt

• course - Usng Eng Appr for All Subjs

• Content major electives (choose 3): 

• MATH117:499

• BIOL100:499

• CHEM100:499

• PHYS100:499

• SINC100:499

• CISC100:499

• EXSC100:499

Total Credits 63

Program’s Key Assessments  

1. Admission to SoE: Essay & GPA 

2. Application to Clinical Practice

3.  Final Clinical Evaluation