Links to the Various Education Programs

Undergraduate Programs Leading to New York State Certification

The College of Education offers opportunity for initial certification in the following areas:

Childhood Education Bachelor of Science in Education degree: Preparation to teach elementary school (B.S. in Ed. degree: Certification Grades 1 to 6). This program resides in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction. See the Childhood Education section of the catalog. Guangyu Tan, program coordinator. Email: Guangyu.Tan@fredonia.edu.

Childhood Inclusive Education Bachelor of Science in Education degree: Preparation to teach elementary school and special education (B.S. Ed. Degree: Certifications Grades 1-6 in general and special education). See the Childhood Inclusive Education section of the catalog. This program resides in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction. Laura Geraci, program coordinator. Email: Laura.Geraci@fredonia.edu.

Early Childhood Education Bachelor of Science in Education degree: Preparation to teach very young children, birth through age 8 (B.S. in Ed. degree: Certification Birth through Grade 2). This program resides in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction. See the Early Childhood Education section of the catalog. Karen Lindeman, program coordinator. Email: Karen.Lindeman@fredonia.edu.

Early Childhood-Childhood Education Bachelor of Science in Education degree: Preparation to teach very young children through elementary school (B.S. in Ed. degree: Certification Birth through Grade 6). This program resides in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction. See the Early Childhood/Childhood Education section of the catalog. Guangyu Tan or Karen Lindeman, program coordinator. Email: Guangyu.Tan@fredonia.edu or Karen.Lindeman@fredonia.edu.

Middle Childhood Specialist Bachelor of Science degree: Mathematics Specialist: Preparation to teach middle school mathematics (B.S. degree: Certification in Mathematics Grades 5 to 9). Core education courses for the degree are taught in both the College of Education and the Department of Mathematical Sciences. Candidates in the degree program will be assigned an academic advisor from the Department of Mathematical Sciences. For information on the program, students should see the Mathematics-Middle Childhood Specialist section of the catalog.

Middle School Extension: Majors in Childhood and Childhood Inclusive Education may also obtain a certificate extension to teach a specific discipline in the Middle School grades. The Middle School Extension requirements are determined by the faculty in the Department of Curriculum & Instruction and the faculty in the various disciplines. See the Middle School Extension section of the catalog for more information and details of the discipline requirements.

Music Education: The School of Music offers a Bachelor of Music degree in Music Education. Please see the Music Education section of the catalog for more information.

Adolescence Education: Preparation to teach biology, chemistry, earth science, English, French, mathematics, physics, social studies or Spanish (B.A. or B.S. degree: Certification Grades 7 to 12). Core education courses for these degrees are taught in both the College of Education and the academic departments. Candidates in these degree programs major in the academic discipline and will be assigned an academic advisor from the appropriate academic department. Students are encouraged to declare their intent in an adolescence certification curriculum upon entering the university. However, this may be done later by meeting with the department chair. It is recommended that this change be made no later than Nov. 1 of the year in which the student will have earned 60 credit hours. However, declaration of an adolescence curriculum code does not guarantee admission to methods and student teaching. For more information on Adolescence Education programs, students should refer to the appropriate academic department in the catalog:

To teach high school English, English Adolescence Education

To teach high school Earth Science, Earth Science Adolescence Education

To teach high school Biology, Biology Adolescence Education

To teach high school Mathematics, Mathematics Adolescence Education

To teach high school Chemistry, Chemistry Adolescence Education

To teach high school Social Studies, Social Studies Adolescence Education

To teach high school French or Spanish, French Adolescence Education or Spanish Adolescence Education

To teach high school physics, Physics Adolescence Education

Graduate Programs in Education: For information on graduate programs in Education, please see either the Education Graduate Program or the Graduate Teacher Education Certification section of the catalog; for graduate Music Education programs, please see the Music Graduate Program section; for Speech Language Pathology, please see the Communication Disorders & Sciences Graduate Program section of the catalog.