Early Childhood and Childhood Education, A.S.

Associate in Applied Science
HEGIS #5649
Department Chairperson: Dr. Elizabeth Yanoff
Higbee Hall, Room 109, (518) 629-7250

The Early Childhood and Childhood Education A.S. program is designed to provide students with knowledge, skills and theory that will prepare them for transfer to a four-year institution with New York state teacher certification authority. Curriculum areas include: SUNY General Education courses, subject area concentration courses, introductory education courses and other required core courses related to the early childhood and childhood education curriculum.

This program is designed to prepare students for transfer to classroom teacher preparation programs in the areas of early childhood education (Birth-grade 2) and childhood education (grades 1-6) with middle school extension (grades 7-9 subject area) at four-year institutions. Students who plan carefully can normally be expected to transfer to a four-year institution as juniors. The transfer institutions may have different requirements. Students should plan their programs with a transfer counselor and an academic advisor as soon as possible and preferably before beginning their first semester at Hudson Valley. Successful transfer to an education program at the your-year college level will be contingent upon students meeting the  four-year college’s admissions criteria, including a minimum GPA required by that institution.