Program Overview

Bachelor of Arts in Child and Adolescent Development: Concentration in Elementary Education Teaching Pre-Credential

The Elementary Education Teaching Pre-Credential concentration is recommended as preparation for students who wish to become elementary school teachers and plan to enroll in Multiple Subjects Teaching Credential programs or Education Specialist Credentials in special education programs after graduation.

Program Learning Outcomes

• Promote and advocate for social justice and be culturally aware, sensitive and responsive in the context of CAD.
• Apply developmental, learning and cultural theories used in the field of CAD.
• Communicate persuasively, coherently and effectively in the context of CAD.
• Understand research methods, assessment, evaluation, data collection, analysis, and reporting in the context of CAD.
• Understand the professional roles and responsibilities in Elementary Education settings.
• Demonstrate competency in each of the domains of the elementary subject matter requirements adopted by the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing.

Child and Adolescent Development Major (B.A.): Concentration in Elementary Education Teaching Pre-Credential

All courses for the major must be completed with a grade of C or better. CR/NC grading is not accepted.

Core Requirements – 24 units

• CAD 210: Introduction to Applied Child and Adolescent Development (3 units)
• CAD 260: Children, Families, and Community: An Ecological Perspective (3 units)
• CAD 300: Professional Roles and Careers in Child and Adolescent Development (3 units)
• CAD 410GW: Applied Developmental Science: Prenatal Through Early Childhood - GWAR (3 units)
• CAD 411: Applied Developmental Science: Middle Childhood through Emerging Adulthood (3 units)
• CAD 500: Research Methods in Child and Adolescent Development (3 units)
• CAD 625: Children, Youth, and Public Policy (3 units)
• CAD 660: Applied Advanced Developmental Science in Child and Adolescent Development (3 units)

Language Studies (3-4 units)

Select one of the following courses:

• COMM 554: Performance of Children's Literature (4 units)
• ENG 420: Introduction to the Study of Language (3 units)
• SLHS 300: Introduction to Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences (3 units)
• SLHS 655: Language Development (3 units)

Literature (3 units)

Select one of the following courses:

• AA S 512: Asian American Children's/Adolescent Literature (3 units)
• CWL 440: "Typical American": Narratives of Multiculturalism in the Americas from 1492 to the Present (3 units)
• ENG 655: Literature and the Adolescent Reader (3 units)

Mathematics (3 units)

• MATH 165: Concepts of the Number System (3 units)

Science (3 units)

Select one of the following courses:

• BIOL 300: Nature Study (3 units)
• BIOL 310: Biology for Today's World (3 units)
• BIOL 318: Our Endangered Planet (3 units)
• ERTH 310: The Violent Earth (3 units)
• ERTH 335: Global Warming (3 units)
• ERTH 365: Extreme Weather in a Warming World (3 units)
• E ED 655: Hands-on Undergraduate Science Education Experience (3 units)
• GEOG 301: Bay Area Environments (3 units)
• LS 310: Science and Culture for Future Elementary School Teachers (3 units)
• LS 430: Future of the Forests (3 units)

History (3 units)

Select one of the following courses:

• AIS 410: Perspectives of Native California Indians (3 units)
• AA S 510: Asian Americans in California (3 units)
• HIST 450: History of California (3 units)
• LTNS 315: Latina/os in California (3 units)

The Arts (3 units)

Select one of the following courses:

• AFRS 400: Black Arts and Humanities (3 units)
• AMST 310/HUM 485: The Arts and American Culture (3 units)
• COMM 557/LS 403: Performance and Pedagogy of the Oppressed for Educators (3 units)
• DANC 340: Dance Pedagogy (3 units)
• DANC 350: Dance Aesthetics: Cultural/Historical Perspectives (3 units)
• E ED 450: Art and Learning (3 units)
• LTNS 425: Popular and Traditional Music of the Latinx U.S. (3 units)
• LS 427: Social Movements & the Arts for Future Teachers (3 units)
• MUS 505: Music of the World's Peoples (3 units)
• MUS 601: Music for Children (3 units)
• TH A 451: Storytelling and Folk Literature (3 units)

Physical Education (3 units)

Select one of the following courses:

• KIN 240: Introduction to Teaching Physical Education (3 units)
• KIN 401: Elementary School Physical Education: K-5 (3 units)
• KIN 487: Motor Development (3 units)

Complementary Studies

To fulfill the University's Complementary Studies requirement, all students completing a B.A. degree must take 12 units from courses outside of the primary prefix of their major and not cross-listed with the primary prefix for the major. This requirement is automatically fulfilled when completing the Child and Adolescent Development degree. However, students may need to take additional units to reach the minimum of 120 units for graduation.

General Education Requirements

• Oral Communication: 3 units (A1)
• Written English Communication: 3 units (A2)
• Critical Thinking: 3 units (A3)
• Physical Science: 3 units (B1)
• Life Science: 3 units (B2)
• Lab Science: 1 unit (B3)
• Mathematics/Quantitative Reasoning: 3 units (B4)
• Arts: 3 units (C1)
• Humanities: 3 units (C2)
• Arts or Humanities: 3 units (C1 or C2)
• Social Sciences: 3 units (D1)
• Social Sciences: US History: 3 units (D2)
• Lifelong Learning and Self-Development (LLD): 3 units (E)
• Ethnic Studies: 3 units (F)
• Physical and/or Life Science: 3 units (UD-B)
• Arts and/or Humanities: 3 units (UD-C)
• Social Sciences: 3 units (UD-D)

SF State Studies

Courses certified as meeting the SF State Studies requirements may be upper or lower division in General Education (GE), a major or minor, or an elective.

• American Ethnic and Racial Minorities: 3 units (AERM)
• Environmental Sustainability: 3 units (ES)
• Global Perspectives: 3 units (GP)
• Social Justice: 3 units (SJ)

First-Time Student Roadmap (4 Year)

The roadmaps presented in this Bulletin are intended as suggested plans of study and do not replace meeting with an advisor.

SF State Scholars Roadmap

The San Francisco State Scholars program provides undergraduate students with an accelerated pathway to a graduate degree. Students in this program pursue a bachelor's and master's degree simultaneously.

Transfer Student Roadmaps (2 Year)

For students with an AA-T in Child and Adolescent Development. For students with an AS-T in Early Childhood Education. For students with an AA-T in Elementary Teacher Education. For students with an AA-T in Psychology.

General Advising Information for Transfer Students

1. Before transfer, complete as many lower-division requirements or electives for this major as possible.
2. The following courses are not required for admission but are required for graduation. Students are strongly encouraged to complete these units before transfer; doing so will provide more flexibility in course selection after transfer.
   • A course in U.S. History
   • A course in U.S. & California Government

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