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Liberal Arts and Sciences AA
Concentration in Early Childhood and Childhood Education

Bronx CC

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Major in Liberal Arts and Sciences AA at Bronx CC
Concentration in Early Childhood and Childhood Education

Credits required to complete this program: 29

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Major Requirements
Art or Music Course (1 classes required)
ART 11: Introduction to Art History Corequisite: ENG 100 or 110, if required Credits: 3 Hours: 3.0 Lecture hours This course covers developments in Western art and architecture, from prehistory to the present. Students learn to analyze artworks from different periods and movements including ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Baroque, Neoclassicism, Romanticism, and Impressionism, with an emphasis on how they relate to the society that produced them. A key component of the course is a formal paper based on students experience of viewing artworks at museums, galleries, or monuments in New York City. This course is currently being offered (Flexible Core - Creative Expression)
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ART 12: Introduction to Art History: Africa, the Americas, Asia, and the Middle East Corequisite: ENG 100 or 110, if required Credits: 3 Hours: 3.0 Lecture hours This course covers the art and architecture of Africa, the Americas, Asia & the Middle East from ancient times to the present. It examines a wide range of media from many different cultures, including African masks, Mesoamerican pyramids, Asian ceramics and Islamic mosaics. Students learn to analyze artworks and how they relate to the culture that produced them. A key component of the course is a formal paper based on students experience of viewing artworks at museums, galleries, or monuments in New York City. This course is currently being offered (Flexible Core - Creative Expression)
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MUS 11: Introduction to Music Corequisite: ENG 100 or 110, if required Credits: 3 Hours: 3.0 Lecture hours Nature of music expression; elements of music, including tempo, meter, rhythm, melodic and harmonic material and structure, tone color and texture examined in instrumental and vocal forms. History of development of musical styles and forms. Listening assignments. Attendance at live concerts required. This course is currently being offered (Flexible Core - Creative Expression)
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MUS 12: Introduction to Music: A Multi-Cultural Survey of World Music Corequisite: ENG 100 or 110, if required Credits: 3 Hours: 3.0 Lecture hours In-depth study and analysis of music (style, form, and tradition) and its relation to world cultures. Emphasis on ethnic and artistic characteristics. Audio laboratory listening assignments. Attendance at live concerts required. This course is currently being offered (Flexible Core - Creative Expression)
Fund of Interpersonal Comm/pub Spk * (1 classes required)
COMM 11: Fundamentals of Interpersonal Communication Corequisite: ENG 110, if required Credits: 3 Hours: 3.0 Lecture hours Dynamics of communication through examination of theory and discussion. Designed to provide understanding of communicative processes; opportunities for each student to experiment with personal communicative activity. This course is currently being offered (Flexible Core - Individual and Society)
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COMM 20: Public Speaking and Critical Listening Corequisite: ENG 110, if required Credits: 3 Hours: 3.0 Lecture hours Analysis and evaluation of how U.S. historical and contemporary speeches have shaped public communication; theoretical principles and practice of contemporary forms of informative and persuasive public speech communication; principles of critical and evaluative listening. This course is currently being offered (Flexible Core - US Experience in its Diversity)
Modern World History Class (1 classes required)
HIS 10: History of the Modern World Prerequisite: CUNY English proficiency; or ENG 100 or 110, if required Credits: 3 Hours: 3.0 Lecture hours Exploration of outstanding political, intellectual, philosophical, social and economic trends, movements and events from mid-18th century to present. Analysis of forces that have shaped the modern world. This course is currently being offered (Flexible Core - World Cultures & Global Issues)
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HIS 11: Introduction to the Modern World Corequisite: ENG 110 Credits: 3 Hours: 4.0 Lecture hours Exploration of outstanding political, intellectual, philosophical, social and economic trends, movements and events from mid-18th century to present. Analysis of forces that have shaped the modern world. This course is identical in academic content and in assessment to HIS 10, but adds a fourth developmental hour and limits class size to 28 to allow the instructor to work closely with students in developmental English to assist them in building a conceptual framework as well as developing academic comprehension, expressive and interpretive skills. This course is currently being offered (Flexible Core - World Cultures & Global Issues)
Introduction to Psychology (1 classes required)
PSY 11: Intro to Psychology Corequisite: ENG 110, if required Credits: 3 Hours: 3.0 Lecture hours Scientific method in the understanding of human behavior. Introductory study of growth and development, motivation, emotions and mental health, learning, intelligence and personality evaluation. This course is currently being offered (Flexible Core - Individual and Society)
Modern Language (1 classes required)
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Additional Major Requirements
Physical Education or Critical Issues In Health (1 classes required)
30 course alternatives
Ast 111/101 Sequence (1 classes required)
AST 101: Laboratory Exercises In Stellar Astronomy PRE/CO: AST 111 Credits: 1 Hours: 2.0 Laboratory hours This course is the laboratory component of AST 111. Experiments are designed to explore the major discoveries in astronomy including the laws of planetary motion, the nature of light, telescopes, the internal dynamics of the sun, classification and evolution of stars, the Milky Way and external galaxies; and the evolution of the universe. This course is currently being offered (Regular Liberal Arts)
Chm 110/101 Sequence (1 classes required)
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Phy 110/101 Sequence (1 classes required)
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(Any 1 of 3 groups required)
Group #1 - AST 111/101 Sequence (2 classes required)
AST 101: Laboratory Exercises In Stellar Astronomy PRE/CO: AST 111 Credits: 1 Hours: 2.0 Laboratory hours This course is the laboratory component of AST 111. Experiments are designed to explore the major discoveries in astronomy including the laws of planetary motion, the nature of light, telescopes, the internal dynamics of the sun, classification and evolution of stars, the Milky Way and external galaxies; and the evolution of the universe. This course is currently being offered (Regular Liberal Arts)
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AST 111: Stellar Astronomy Prerequisite: CUNY Math Proficiency, or MTH 21.5 or MTH 23.5 or 28.5 (If required) Corequisite: ENG 110 (if required) Credits: 3 Hours: 1.0 Recitation hour, 2.0 Lecture hours This course covers early astronomy; astronomical coordinate systems; structure and evolution of the sun, stars and stellar systems; spectroscopy; the Milky Way and external galaxies; and cosmological models and implications. This course is currently being offered (Required Core - Life and Physical Sciences)
Group #2 - CHM 110/101 Sequence (2 classes required)
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Group #3 - PHY 110/101 Sequence (2 classes required)
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Free Electives (1 credits required)
942 course alternatives
Early Childhood and Childhood Education Option
Child Study - Birth to Grade 6 (1 classes required)
EDU 10: Child Study - Birth to Grade 6 Corequisite: ENG 110, if required Credits: 3 Hours: 3.0 Lecture hours Designed to provide opportunities to analyze and apply theories and research findings to all educational aspects of development from birth through childhood; to examine multicultural, multilingual, inclusive settings and classroom management techniques; to plan educational activities for diverse populations and contrasting social and economic environments based on child study and learning theories; and to write and present a child case study. The use of technology is introduced as appropriate. Requires visits to early childhood and childhood learning settings with diverse socioeconomic populations in order to apply systematic observation techniques. The case study will be part of each student's academic portfolio. This course is currently being offered (Regular Non-Liberal Arts)
Contemporary UrBAn Education (1 classes required)
EDU 12: Contemporary Urban Education - Birth to Grade 6 Corequisite: ENG 110, if required Credits: 3 Hours: 3.0 Lecture hours Designed to study the structure of the American public education system with special emphasis on the bilingual, multicultural and special educational aspects of contemporary urban education at early childhood and childhood levels. Course includes historical overview of public education; topics focusing on reducing the widening achievement gap among diverse urban school populations; promoting equitable educational opportunities for minorities and school populations-at-risk with an emphasis on the structure of schools; and factors that promote more effective teaching and effective schools. The use of technology is introduced as appropriate. Requires visits to early childhood and childhood classrooms with diverse socioeconomic populations, and contributions to each student's academic portfolio This course is currently being offered (Regular Non-Liberal Arts)
Hum Rel In Urb Sch**/intr to Special Needs *** (1 classes required)
EDU 26: Human Relations in Urban Schools Prerequisite or Corequisite: EDU 10 Credits: 3 Hours: 3.0 Lecture hours This course provides future teachers (educators) with a deeper knowledge andunderstanding of attitudes and behavioral patterns that affect human relations in the urban school and community. The course emphasizes the development of future teachers professional and personal awareness and knowledge of diverse ethnic, racial, social and cultural patterns of interaction encountered in the urban setting. It expands students grasp of positive strategies for interacting and mediating when those differences are present in the school environment. Group dynamics such as role play, conflict resolution and cross-cultural interactions are used to teach effective applications of these strategies. The course is designed to prepare future teachers, and teacher assistants to interact effectively with peers, administrators, teacher aides, special education personnel, and student personnel services specialists such as counselors, school psychologists, and school social workers. This course is currently being offered (Regular Non-Liberal Arts)
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EDU 30: Introduction to Special Needs, Schools and Society Prerequisite or Corequisite: EDU 10 Credits: 3 Hours: 3.0 Lecture hours Designed to provide an understanding of the topics of critical importance to the intersection of persons with special needs, schools and society. This course will address a wide range of topics that include, without limitation: special needs legislation; special needs categories; special needs policy; adaptive technology; local and national inclusion policies; medical, psychological and sociological factors for persons with special needs; available services and resources for persons with special needs. Requires visits to childhood learning environments, with diverse socioeconomic needs, in a special needs setting. . The use oftechnology isintroduced as appropriate. This course is currently being offered (Regular Non-Liberal Arts)
Field Work Seminar - Birth to Grade 6 (1 classes required)
EDU 40: Field Work Seminar Prerequisites: EDU 10 or EDU 70 Credits: 3 Hours: 3.0 Lecture hours Individual and small-group teaching experiences under professional supervision in an accredited school or agency. Periodic meetings with BCC faculty supervisor. Students must demonstrate competencies pertaining to general knowledge expected of those who completed the Education sequence; and be able to plan educational activities for culturally diverse populations and children with special needs. Students' dispositions and instructional strategies will be assessed. The use of technology is introduced as appropriate. Students will make contributions to their academic portfolio. This course is currently being offered (Regular Non-Liberal Arts)

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Bronx CC

Major in Liberal Arts and Sciences AA at Bronx CC
Concentration in Early Childhood and Childhood Education