Program Overview

Dual/Joint Degree Program in Childhood Education

The Dual/Joint Degree Program in Childhood Education at Queensborough Community College provides students with the necessary preparation to continue their studies in education, adhering to New York State's new learning standards for teacher education. This program allows students to seamlessly transition to junior-year status at Queens College towards a bachelor's degree with an early childhood education co-major.

Program Structure

The program is structured to enable students to use their first two years to maximum benefit in preparing for the upper-division early childhood education co-major. Students complete core courses in liberal arts and sciences that satisfy the requirements for the Associate degree at Queensborough. These core courses, with appropriate counseling, have been designed to meet all the General Education requirements (Pathways Common Core) for baccalaureate degree candidates at Queens College.

Course Requirements

Students are required to take EDUC-101, Contemporary Education: Principles and Practices, which incorporates an internship in a public or private educational institution as part of the course requirements. A comparison of QCC core course choices with Queens College Pathways requirements is available in the Student Guide to the Dual/Joint A.A./B.A. Degree Program in Liberal Arts and Sciences and Education, Childhood Grades 1-6.

Advisement

Advisement on courses for the liberal arts and sciences majors is available in the appropriate academic departments. For advisement concerning the education major, students should consult the Department of Social Sciences.

Degree Maps

Degree maps are available for the A.A.-B.A. Dual/Joint in Childhood Education with developmental placement and without developmental placement.

Student Learning Outcomes

The program aims to equip students with the following skills and knowledge:

• Communicate effectively in various forms
• Use analytical reasoning to identify issues or problems and evaluate evidence in order to make informed decisions
• Reason quantitatively as required in various fields of interest and in everyday life
• Apply information management and digital technology skills useful for academic research and lifelong learning
• Apply scientific methods and reasoning to investigate issues or problems in the natural and social sciences in order to draw conclusions

Program Outcomes

The program outcomes include:

1. Demonstrate an understanding of the core curriculum of liberal arts and sciences classes.
2. Demonstrate a conceptual and practical foundation in the field of early childhood and elementary education.
3. Make informed observations of children through their practicum experience in an elementary or early childhood classroom setting
4. Integrate knowledge and skills in the program of study

General Education Outcomes

A robust general education is founded on the knowledge, concepts, methods, and perspectives that students gain through the study of many academic disciplines. These disciplinary studies stimulate intellectual inquiry, global awareness, and cultural and artistic appreciation: they equip students to make informed judgments and remain engaged beyond the classroom.

• The program supports the institutional general education outcomes, which include:
  • Communicate effectively in various forms
  • Use analytical reasoning to identify issues or problems and evaluate evidence in order to make informed decisions
  • Reason quantitatively as required in various fields of interest and in everyday life
  • Apply information management and digital technology skills useful for academic research and lifelong learning
  • Apply scientific methods and reasoning to investigate issues or problems in the natural and social sciences in order to draw conclusions
  • Integrate knowledge and skills in the program of study
  • Make ethical judgments while recognizing multiple perspectives, as appropriate in the program of study
  • Work collaboratively to accomplish learning objectives

The academic departments, through their programs, assess the ability of students to demonstrate these outcomes.