Bachelor of Arts - Early Childhood Education, Birth-Grade 2

The Early Childhood, Birth through Grade 2 undergraduate teacher education program prepares students to become New York State certified teachers of early childhood education. This program is designed to prepare prospective teachers to serve as high-quality educators for students in urban schools and other childcare settings. Teacher candidates will take a specified sequence of education courses in addition to fulfilling the CUNY Common Core Requirement and the requirements of their liberal arts or sciences major. These programs include fieldwork in New York City Public schools. This is a 39-42 credit program in which students have an option to complete the course of study over four or six semesters.

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