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Childhood Education BSED
Concentration in Language and Literature Interdisciplinary

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Major in Childhood Education BSED at City College
Concentration in Language and Literature Interdisciplinary

Credits required to complete this program: 34
No more than 10.5 credits may be taken pass-fail for this Major.
At least 21 credits for this Major must be completed at City College.

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Choose Either of Two Choices.
(Any 1 of 2 groups required)
Group #1 - Inquiry in Education (1 classes required)
EDCE 20000: Inquiry in Education BOTH PARTS OF ANY FIQWS OR ENGLISH 11000 Credits: 3 Hours: 5.0 Lecture hours A study of the inquiry process and the resulting knowledge as a basis for learning and thought. Students carry out their own investigation and relate inquiry to elementary curriculum and children's learning. Educational technology integrated throughout. This course is currently being offered (Regular Non-Liberal Arts)
Group #2 - Inquiry in Education and Fieldwork Course (2 classes required)
EDCE 20000: Inquiry in Education BOTH PARTS OF ANY FIQWS OR ENGLISH 11000 Credits: 3 Hours: 5.0 Lecture hours A study of the inquiry process and the resulting knowledge as a basis for learning and thought. Students carry out their own investigation and relate inquiry to elementary curriculum and children's learning. Educational technology integrated throughout. This course is currently being offered (Regular Non-Liberal Arts)
Choose Either of Two Choices.
(Any 1 of 2 groups required)
Group #1 - Observing Children and Their Devlpmnt (1 classes required)
EDCE 20600: Observing Children and Their Development BOTH PARTS OF ANY FIQWS OR ENGLISH 11000 Credits: 3 Hours: 3.0 Lecture hours This course is grounded in the notion that how children think, how their language develops, and how their families, their culture, and their environment influences and shapes them affect how they learn in school. Salient themes explored include the child as a maker of meaning, the nature of intelligence, attachment, gender identification, and the social context of development (i.e. race, culture, and class). This course is currently being offered (Regular Non-Liberal Arts)
Group #2 - Observing Chldrn and Dev with Fieldwork Course (2 classes required)
EDCE 20600: Observing Children and Their Development BOTH PARTS OF ANY FIQWS OR ENGLISH 11000 Credits: 3 Hours: 3.0 Lecture hours This course is grounded in the notion that how children think, how their language develops, and how their families, their culture, and their environment influences and shapes them affect how they learn in school. Salient themes explored include the child as a maker of meaning, the nature of intelligence, attachment, gender identification, and the social context of development (i.e. race, culture, and class). This course is currently being offered (Regular Non-Liberal Arts)
Choose Either of Two Choices.
(Any 1 of 2 groups required)
Group #1 - Urban Schools in a Diverse American Society (1 classes required)
EDUC 22100: Urban Schools in a Diverse American Society BOTH PARTS OF ANY FIQWS OR ENGLISH 11000 Credits: 3 Hours: 3.0 Lecture hours The social context of schooling. An inquiry into the philosophy, history, sociology, quality, immigration, and the education of children from non-dominant cultures. Digital technology will be used as much as possible in data gathering. (Students may not receive credit for both EDUC22100 and 22200.) This course is currently being offered (Regular Liberal Arts)
Group #2 - Urban Schools with Fieldwork Course (2 classes required)
EDUC 22100: Urban Schools in a Diverse American Society BOTH PARTS OF ANY FIQWS OR ENGLISH 11000 Credits: 3 Hours: 3.0 Lecture hours The social context of schooling. An inquiry into the philosophy, history, sociology, quality, immigration, and the education of children from non-dominant cultures. Digital technology will be used as much as possible in data gathering. (Students may not receive credit for both EDUC22100 and 22200.) This course is currently being offered (Regular Liberal Arts)
Choose Either of Two Choices.
(Any 1 of 2 groups required)
Group #1 - How Children Learn Math (1 classes required)
EDCE 32200: How Chldrn Lrn Math PRE: MATH 18500 Credits: 3 Hours: 3.0 Lecture hours Mathematical development of children from pre-school to upper elementary grades through their action and exploration. Students plan for and assess differentiated instruction to students within the full range of abilities. Educational technology integrated throughout. This course is currently being offered (Regular Non-Liberal Arts)
Group #2 - How Children Learn Math with FieldWork Course (2 classes required)
EDCE 32200: How Chldrn Lrn Math PRE: MATH 18500 Credits: 3 Hours: 3.0 Lecture hours Mathematical development of children from pre-school to upper elementary grades through their action and exploration. Students plan for and assess differentiated instruction to students within the full range of abilities. Educational technology integrated throughout. This course is currently being offered (Regular Non-Liberal Arts)
Emergent to Fluent Literacy
(1 classes required)
EDCE 32300: Emergent To Fluent Literacy Requisites: None Credits: 3 Hours: 3.0 Lecture hours Emergent to fluent literacy acquisition for students with diverse cultural and linguistics backgrounds and students with special needs; assessment of semantic, phonics and phonemic awareness; strategies for children having difficulties in acquisition of speaking, listening, reading and writing competencies; organizing shared, guided and independent reading and writing instruction; use of technology. This course is currently being offered (Regular Non-Liberal Arts)
Emergent Literacy & Diverse Learners
(1 classes required)
EDCE 32310: Inclusive Practices For The General Education Classroom (Grades 1-6) Requisites: None Credits: 3 Hours: 3.0 Lecture hours This course prepares candidates to teach in inclusive classroom settings. Topics of study include: special education law, disability categories, differentiation, strategies for instruction and assessment (emphasis on literacy), co-teaching models, and classroom management. Drawing upon an understanding of disability as natural human variation, candidates develop a case study of a struggling reader and writer in the classroom context.(Includes 15 hrs fieldwork) This course is currently being offered (Regular Non-Liberal Arts)
Seminar In Childhood Education
(1 classes required)
EDCE 41500: Seminar in Childhood Education PRE-EDCE 32200 AND EDCE 32300 AND EDCE 32310 AND CO-EDCE 41800, EDCE 42300 AND EDUC 41900 Credits: 3 Hours: 3.0 Lecture hours An opportunity for candidates to reflect with others about their student teaching experiences and a forum for discussion of relevant issues in education. Topics of discussion and/or assignments include: integrating theory and practice, facilitating classroom community through structures and routines, planning coherent and integrated curriculum, analyzing the physical education and health curriculum, implementing differentiated instruction in the general education and or inclusive classroom, integrating instruction and assessment to inform teaching and support student learning, and fostering respectful and effective home-school relations. This course is currently being offered (Regular Non-Liberal Arts)
Student Teaching
(1 classes required)
EDCE 41800: Student Teaching in Childhood Education CO - EDCE 41500 AND EDCE 41900 Credits: 4 Hours: 4.0 Lecture hours Student teaching is full-time five days a week for fifteen weeks. Students will have one main placement in grades 1-3 or 4-6. In addition they will student teach for a minimum of 20 full days at the other level. The student teaching experience is designed to provide prospective childhood teachers with opportunities to teach and critically analyze teaching practices in urban classrooms. Students will: develop and improve teaching practices and organizational skills; plan instruction to meet the academic, cognitive and emotional needs of all students, including the special needs child and the English language learner; practice formal and informal assessment techniques; examine special features of classroom management in the inclusive classroom; develop awareness of the many ways in which the classroom, home and community environment are supportive of the learner. 300 hours This course is currently being offered (Regular Non-Liberal Arts)
Child Abuse & Health Education Seminar
(1 classes required)
EDUC 41900: Workshops on Child Abuse Identification, School Violence Prevention, Dignity for All Students Act Requisites: None Credits: 0 This course has seven workshops that cover the following topics: Child Abuse Identification; School Violence Prevention; Dignity for All Students Act (DASA); NYCDoEs Teacher Application procedures and Career Development with our NYCDoE recruiter; Setting up your NYSED TEACH account; Resume Writing & Interviewing Skills with the Assistant Director of the CCNY Career and Professional Development Office; Presentation by the United Federation of Teachers (UFT) Director of Appointments and Licensing. (Message Non-Liberal Arts)
Science In An Elementary Educ Program
(1 classes required)
EDCE 42000: Elementary Science & Engineering Teaching Methods CO-EDUCATION 41800 AND 41900,42100, 42300 Credits: 3 Hours: 3.0 Lecture hours An elementary science and engineering teaching methods course, where students develop skills and knowledge about science and engineering teaching and learning. Candidates learn by doing inquiry and design activities that are hands-on and computer-based, and aligned with city, state and national science standards. Students learn to use research-based teaching strategies and assessment techniques that provide evidence of student learning for subsequent analysis and reflection. Fifteen (15) hours of fieldwork are required for this course. 3 credits. Prerequisites: Departmental permission required. This course is currently being offered (Regular Liberal Arts)
Integrating The Curriculum Through Soc Stds
(1 classes required)
EDCE 42100: Integrating the curriculum through the social studies Requisites: None Credits: 3 Hours: 3.0 Lecture hours This course is designed to provide prospective teachers with skills and understandings about how to integrate the curriculum through social studies. Prospective teachers will learn how to help children inquire about the world around them utilizing all available materials and resources (including technology) to plan extended studies that integrate the disciplines. Special attention will be given to learning how to utilize students? diverse ethno-cultural backgrounds as a learning resource; how to create a productive and respective community of learners in the classroom; how to embed the New York State Learning Standards in curricular work, utilizing a range of disciplines; and how to use research, geography, and technology skills to enhance students? learning. This course requires 15 hours of fieldwork. This course is currently being offered (Regular Liberal Arts)
Literacy - Fluent to Experienced
(1 classes required)
EDCE 42300: Literacy: Fluent to Experienced Requisites: None Credits: 3 Hours: 3.0 Lecture hours The nature of literacy acquisition and development, and the relationship between the language of children and the language of textual discourse. Focus on assessment, motivation, instructional strategies, classroom environment, and evaluation of instruction. This course requires 15 hours of fieldwork. This course is currently being offered (Regular Non-Liberal Arts)
Introduction to Literary Study
(1 classes required)
ENGL 25000: Intro Literary Study BOTH PARTS OF ANY FIQWS OR ENGLISH 11000 Credits: 3 Hours: 3.0 Lecture hours A practical introduction to significant works of English, American, and Anglophoneliterature from the late Middle Ages to the present, with specialattention to literary terms, concerns, and forms, and an emphasis on closereading and on the relation of text and context. This course is currently being offered (Required Core - English Composition)
Creative Writing Workshop I
(1 classes required)
ENGL 22000: Introductory Workshops in Creative Writing Requisites: None Credits: 3 Hours: 3.0 Lecture hours For students who wish to explore the various areas of creative writing. This course is currently being offered (Flexible Core - Creative Expression)
Writing For The Humanities
(1 classes required)
ENGL 21001: Writing for the Humanities and Arts BOTH PARTS OF ANY FIQWS OR ENGLISH 11000 Credits: 3 Hours: 3.0 Lecture hours See department for description. This course is currently being offered (Required Core - English Composition)
AND
ENGL 21002: Writing for the Social Sciences BOTH PARTS OF ANY FIQWS OR ENGLISH 11000 Credits: 3 Hours: 3.0 Lecture hours See department for description. This course is currently being offered (Required Core - English Composition)
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ENGL 21003: Writing for the Sciences BOTH PARTS OF ANY FIQWS OR ENGLISH 11000 Credits: 3 Hours: 3.0 Lecture hours See department for description. This course is currently being offered (Required Core - English Composition)
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ENGL 21007: Writing for Engineering BOTH PARTS OF ANY FIQWS OR ENGLISH 11000 Credits: 3 Hours: 3.0 Lecture hours See department for description. This course is currently being offered (Required Core - English Composition)
Advanced/contrastive Grammar
(1 classes required)
ENGL 21300: Grammar Requisites: None Credits: 3 Hours: 3.0 Lecture hours This course describes, reviews, and clarifies principles of English grammar and usage, particularly for Learning Center tutors and those who plan to teach English. This course is currently being offered (Regular Liberal Arts)
Creative/prose Writing Workshop or Children’s Literature
(1 classes required)
ENGL 22000: Introductory Workshops in Creative Writing Requisites: None Credits: 3 Hours: 3.0 Lecture hours For students who wish to explore the various areas of creative writing. This course is currently being offered (Flexible Core - Creative Expression)
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ENGL 23000: Writing Workshop in Prose Requisites: None Credits: 3 Hours: 3.0 Lecture hours Emphasis on development of a prose style appropriate to a given disciplinary or work-world context. This course is currently being offered (Flexible Core - Creative Expression)
OR
ENGL 32000: Workshop in Fiction PRE: ENGLISH 22100 OR ENGL 22101 Credits: 3 Hours: 3.0 Lecture hours A changing series of innovative and experimental courses on topics not generally covered in regular courses. Students should consult the Department's course offerings booklet each semester to determine which selected topics courses will be offered. This course is currently being offered (Regular Liberal Arts)
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ENGL 32100: Workshop in Poetry PRE: ENGL 22100 OR ENGL 22101 Credits: 3 Hours: 3.0 Lecture hours More advanced than 22000, students who wish to concentrate on the writing of poetry. This course is currently being offered (Regular Liberal Arts)
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ENGL 32200: Workshop In Drama PRE: ENGL 22100 or ENGL 22101 Credits: 3 Hours: 3.0 Lecture hours More advanced than 22000, for students who wish to concentrate on the writing of drama. Work in both the one-act and full-length play forms. Student work will be the basis for class readings and discussions. This course is currently being offered (Regular Liberal Arts)
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ENGL 32300: Workshop in Film and Television PRE: ENGL 22100 Credits: 3 Hours: 3.0 Lecture hours Writing scripts for film and television. Regular conferences. This course was last offered in the Spring 2024 semester. (Regular Liberal Arts)
Four Upper Division Literature Electives
(4 classes required)
1437 course alternatives
Languages, Mind and Society
(1 classes required)
ANTH 20200: Language in Cross-Cultural Perspective Requisites: None Credits: 3 Hours: 3.0 Lecture hours This course introduces students to the study of language from an anthropological perspective. Topics include the structure of language and its relationship to other kinds of communication; language use in face-to-face interactions; the relationship of language to class, race, ethnicity, gender, and other forms of social difference; and the role of language in mass-media. This course is currently being offered (Regular Liberal Arts)
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ANTH 26500: Language and Power Requisites: None Credits: 3 Hours: 3.0 Lecture hours This class examines the politics of language--how people use language as a political tool and how language can become the object of political struggle. Politicians, activists, citizens, journalists, diplomats, pundits, and celebrities all use language to pursue political goals. We will explore these uses as well as the ways that language can itself become the topic of political concern, as in debates over what counts as hate speech or in struggles for the recognition of certain dialects as legitimate. This course is currently being offered (Regular Liberal Arts)
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EDCE 25600: Lang-Mind-Society Requisites: None Credits: 3 Hours: 3.0 Lecture hours An introduction to basic concepts in linguistics, including phonology, lexicon, and grammar, with special consideration to the sociolinguistic & psycholinguistic aspects of bilingualism and biliteracy. These latter include: language variation, language contact, and first- and second-language acquisition. The course should provide a framework for language education. This course is currently being offered (Flexible Core - Individual and Society)

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Major in Childhood Education BSED at City College
Concentration in Language and Literature Interdisciplinary