Human Development and Family Science BSFCS/Special Education MAT(Birth through Kindergarten)(non-thesis)

Career and Academic Opportunities

Total B.S.F.C.S. required hours within four-year academic period: 120 (plus the 1-hour P.E. requirement)

*Courses with an asterisk are graduate courses used to satisfy graduate and undergraduate degree program requirements. Birth Through Kindergarten students must complete 2 practica (EDSE 7440) and a final full-time classroom internship (EDSE 7460) to be eligible for teacher certification. Students must gain experience across all of the following age bands: (a) infant-toddler, (b) preschool-age, and (c) kindergarten. Students have opportunities to be placed in
private childcare centers and lab schools (CDL at McPhaul), Head Start, Early Head Start, ECSE classrooms, collaborative Pre-K or Kindergarten classrooms, and Babies Can't Wait (Part C) home-based placements. The final internship (Clinical Practice) in the final semester of the program must take place in a public school or DECAL approved classroom under the supervision of a teacher who meets qualifications specified by current PSC rules. Graduate-level electives and research requirement could be HDFS courses.