Queens College

Department of Secondary Education and Youth Services

Undergraduate Science Education Initial Certificate


Dr. June Kasuga Miller Dr. Brian Murfin

june.miller@qc.cuny.edu brian.murfin@qc.cuny.edu

(718) 997-5156 (718) 997-5066


Undergraduate Science Educaton Initial Certificate Concentration Form *


To qualify for the SEYS science education initial certificate program, an undergraduate student must have completed at least 15-20 credits in a traditional science major (biology, chemistry, geology, physics) with a minimum average of 2.75. Qualified students must have a major form signed by the appropriate science department advisor and a similar form signed by an advisor in SEYS (PH 150). The forms should be submitted by the upper sophomore/ lower junior year. Candidates must earn a minimum letter grade of B in each SEYS course to complete the initial certificate program.



Course Number

Title

Credits

Fieldwork

SEYS 201

Historical, Social and Philosophical Foundations in Education

3

25 hours

SEYS 221

Development and Learning in Education

3

25 hours

SEYS 340
(Pre-requisite 201)

Language, Literacy and Culture in Education

3

25 hours

SEYS 350
(Pre-requisite 221, 340)

Cognition, Technology and Instruction for Diverse Learners

(Spring or Fall)

3

25 hours
in middle
school

SEYS 362
(Pre or Co-requisite 350)

Teaching Science in Middle & High Schools.
 (Fall ONLY)

3

25 hours

SEYS 372.2
(Pre-requisite 350)

High School or Middle School InitialClinExp

(Fall ONLY)

2

100 hours

SEYS 372.4
(Pre-requisite 362, Co-requisite 382)

SEYS 382
(Co-requisite 372.4)

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*


Student Teaching in Science for High School
and/or Middle School (Spring ONLY)

Curriculum and Assessment in Science (Spring ONLY)


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4

3

3

3

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*In 2010, New York State mandated that all teacher certification programs must include a course on teaching children with disabilities. A 3-credit course will be added to the undergraduate IC program and beginning fall 2011, students accepted to the IC program will fall under the new NYSED certification guidelines.