Computer Science Education, BSED
Department Chair: Anne Foerst, Ph.D.
This program is designed to prepare graduates to teach in education institutions having mastered content area and having met the academic requirements for teacher certification.
This program enables students to obtain initial certification in Computer Science Education. Students complete a computer science major especially tailored to the New York State Education requirements for teaching computer science in grades K-12 while also completing all of the courses required for initial teaching certification.
Formal admission to the School of Education's education certification program (for junior year field clinical block approval) is granted provided a student meets the following qualifications:
- GPA of 3.0 in the academic major
- GPA of at least 2.5 in all courses in computer science
- Cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better
- Grades of C (2.0) or better in two writing courses.
Requirements for graduation include
- Cumulative GPA of 3.0
- GPA of 3.0 in all education courses (including SPED courses)
- Minimum GPA of 2.5 in the disciplinary concentration.
Students complete 140 hours of clinical block experience, during which they apply classroom knowledge with supervised experience in classrooms, as well as student teaching requirements.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Computer Science | 30 | |
| Beauty & Joy of Computer Science and BEAUTY & JOY OF COMPUTING LAB | ||
| OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING and OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING LAB | ||
| ALGORITHMS & DATA STRUCTURES and ALGORITHMS & DATA STRUCTURES LAB | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION SECURITY | ||
| COMPUTERS, SOCIETY & ETHICS | ||
| COMPUTER NETWORKS and COMPUTER NETWORKS LAB | ||
| USER EXPERIENCE DESIGN and USER EXPERIENCE DESIGN LAB | ||
Computer Science elective course with lab | ||
| Mathematics | 6 | |
| INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICS | ||
| DISCRETE MATHEMATICS I | ||
| Education | 44 | |
| SOCIAL FOUNDATIONS OF AMERICAN EDUCATION: A CURRENT ISSUES APPROACH | ||
| DESIGNING AND DELIVERING INSTRUCTION | ||
| INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN FOR ALL LEARNERS | ||
| HUMAN DEVELOPMENT & LEARNING | ||
| PROBLEMS OF LITERACY IN SEC SCHOOLS | ||
| INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES FOR MATH & SCIENCE IN INCLUSIVE SECONDARY EDUCATION | ||
| MANAGING INTRUCTION/BEHAVIOR IN SEC ED | ||
| METHODS, MODELS, MANAGEMENT OF INSTRUCTION | ||
| COMPUTER SCIENCE METHODS | ||
| LITERACY IN THE CONTENT AREA | ||
| EVALUATING LEARNERS & LEARNING | ||
| SEC.STUD.TEACHING:GRADES 7-9 | ||
| SEC STUD TEACH:GRADES 10-12 | ||
| SENIOR SEMINAR:CURRENT ISSUES, ASSESSMENT & REFLECTION | ||
| METHODS AND MODELS OF TEACHING ELEMENTARY STEAM | ||
| Workshops | ||
| SAFE SCHOOLS WORKSHOP | ||
| CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION | ||
| CULTURAL DIVERSITY WORKSHOP | ||
| Harassment, Bullying, Cyberbullying & Di | ||
| Foreign Language 1 | 3 | |
| General Education Requirements | 37 | |
| General Electives | 3 | |
| Total Credits | ||
| Total Credits | 123 | |
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The foreign language must be at the level of 202 or higher. Students not prepared to begin at this level will need to take additional courses in language.
| First Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
| CS-101 & CSL-101 | 4 | CS-131 & CSL-131 | 4 |
| ENG-101 | 3 | MATH-107 | 3 |
| BONA-101 | 3 | ENG-102 | 3 |
| EDUC-101 | 3 | THFS-101 | 3 |
| General Education Course | 3 | General Education Course | 3 |
| 16 | 16 | ||
| Second Year | |||
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
| CS-132 & CSL-132 | 4 | CS-241 | 3 |
| CYB-101 | 3 | CS-254 & CSL-254 | 4 |
| MATH-207 | 3 | Foreign Language Requirement1 | 3 |
| Foreign Language Requirement1 | 3 | EDUC-210 | 3 |
| EDUC-208 & 208L | 3 | General Education Course | 3 |
| EDUC-099A | 0 | EDUC-099F | 0 |
| EDUC-099B | 0 | ||
| 16 | 16 | ||
| Third Year | |||
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
| CS-257 & CSL-257 | 4 | EDUC-306 | 3 |
| SPED-445 | 4 | EDUC-330 | 2 |
| EDUC-354 | 3 | EDUC-334 | 1 |
| General Elective | 3 | EDUC-360 | 3 |
| EDUC-099D | 0 | EDUC-406 | 3 |
| General Education Course | 3 | ||
| 14 | 15 | ||
| Fourth Year | |||
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
| EDUC-495 | 5 | General Education Courses | 7 |
| EDUC-496 | 5 | EDUC-430 | 3 |
| EDUC-499 | 3 | Computer Science elective course with lab | 4 |
| PHIL-104 | 3 | ||
| 13 | 17 | ||
| Total Credits 123 | |||
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The foreign language must be at the level of 202 or higher. Students not prepared to begin at this level will need to take additional courses in language.