Stony Brook Undergraduate Bulletin - Spring 2025EDUSample Course Sequence

Pathways to Certification

Initial Licensure requires course work as indicated in the charts below. Students must apply for admission and be formally accepted into each program

Professional Licensure requires 3 Yrs. of Teaching at Level (1^st year – mentored) and a functionally relevant Master’s Degree containing a minimum of 12 Cr. content course work in area of initial certification.

License Maintenance requires 175 Hrs. of In-service Course work within 5 years

	English	English	Foreign Languages	Foreign Languages	Mathematics	Mathematics
*Initial Licensure*	Undergrad	Graduate	Undergrad	Graduate	Undergrad	Graduate
Intro to Human Development (UG); Human Development (Grad)	PSY 327 @@	PSY 595 ^	PSY 327 @@	PSY 595 ^	PSY 327 @@	PSY 595 ^
Foundations of Educ. (U.G.)/; Educ. Theory & Pract. (Grad)	SSE 350	CEE 505	SSE 350	CEE 505	SSE 350	CEE 505
Intro to Spec. Ed. (U.G.)/Principles and Practices of Spec. Ed. (Grad)	CEF 347	CEF 547	CEF 347	CEF 547	CEF 347	CEF 547
Methods Courses	EGL 440 EGL 441	CEE 588 CEE 593	FLA 339 FLA 340	FLA 505 FLA 506	MAE 311 MAE 302 MAE 447	MAE 510 MAE 520 MAE530
Field Experience	EGL 449 EGL 450	CEF 551 CEF 552	FLA 449 FLA 450	FLA 549 FLA 550	MAE 312	MAE 540
Literacy Course (for new certifications)	LIN 344	LIN 544	LIN 344 or FLA 440	FLA 540	LIN 344	LIN 544
Student Teaching	EGL 451 EGL 452	CEQ 591 CEQ 592	FLA 451 FLA 452	FLA 507 or FLA 540	MAE 451 MAE 452	MAE 551 MAE 552
Student Teaching Seminar	EGL 454	CEE 590	FLA 454	FLA 554	MAE 454	MAE 554
36 Credits in Content (U.G.); 15 Cr. Additional Content in MAT Degree Programs (Except Mathematics which requires only 12 Cr. Additional Content)	English ●	English ●	CHI, FRN, ITL, JPN, KOR, RUS, SPN €	FRN, ITL, RUS, SPN € €	Mathematics & Applied Math and Statistics	MAT, AMS
1 Yr. of Language	*	*	*	*	*	*
Seminars in Child Abuse, Substance Abuse, Violence Prevention, & Harassment, Bullying and Discrimination (DASA)	#	#	#	#	#	#
NYSTCE — Standardized Exams	+	+	+	+	+	+

	Sciences	Sciences	Social Studies	Social Studies	TESOL	TESOL
*Initial Licensure*	Undergrad	Graduate	Undergrad	Graduate	Undergrad	Graduate
Intro to Human Development (UG); Human Development (Grad)	PSY 327 @@	PSY 595 ^	PSY 327 @@	PSY 595 ^	PSY 327 @@	PSY 595 ^
Foundations of Educ. (U.G.)/; Educ: Theory & Pract. (Grad)	SSE 350	CEE 505	SSE 350	CEE 505	SSE 350	CEE 505
Intro to Spec. Ed. (U.G.)/Principles and Practices of Spec. Ed. (Grad)	CEF 347	CEF 547	CEF 347	CEF 547	CEF 347	CEF 547
Methods Courses	SCI 410 SCI 420	SCI 510 SCI 520	SSE 397 SSE 398	CEE 577 CEE 578	LIN 375 LIN 378	LIN 524 LIN 529
Field Experience	SCI 449 SCI 450	SCI 549 SCI 550	SSE 449 SSE 450	CEF 548 CEF 549	LIN 449 @ LIN 450 @	LIN 579 @
Literacy Course (for new certifications)	LIN 344	LIN 544	LIN 344	LIN 544	LIN 344	LIN 532 LIN 541
Student Teaching	SCI 451 SCI 452	SCI 551 SCI 552	SSE 451 SSE 452	CEQ 581 CEQ 582	LIN 451 LIN 452	LIN 581 LIN 582
Student Teaching Seminar	SCI 454	SCI 554	SSE 454	CEE 580	LIN 454	LIN 574
36 Credits in Content (U.G.); 15 Cr. Additional Content in MAT Degree Programs	BIO, CHM, ESS, PHY	BIO, CHM, ESS, PHY	AFS, ANT, ECO, HIS, POL, SOC (S.S. 48 cred)	See Footnote●●	Linguistics	Linguistics
1 Yr. of Language	*	*	*	*	2 Yrs. of Language**	2 Yrs. of Language**
Seminars in Child Abuse, Substance Abuse, Violence Prevention, & Harassment, Bullying and Discrimination (DASA)	#	#	#	#	#	#
NYSTCE — Standardized Exams	+	+	+	+	English Language Proficiency	English Language Proficiency

Notes:

Please note that segments dealing with: Integration of Technology in the Curriculum, Inclusion of the Special Child, Multi-Culturalism and Diversity in the Classroom, and Literacy (the teaching of reading and writing English in each content field) must be included in the two foundations courses and in the methods courses as well as in a specially designed course that will be taught across the curricula.

* One year of a language other than English is required of all teachers in the State of New York, and may include American Sign Language (ASL). A minimum grade of “C” is required in each course to be considered valid for meeting certification program requirements.

** Two years of a language other than English is required for TESOL and may include ASL. A minimum grade of “C” is required in each course to be considered valid for meeting certification program requirements.

# All teachers are required to submit evidence of completion of Child and Substance Abuse, and Violence Prevention Seminars. A six hour seminar in Harassment, Bullying and Discrimination Prevention and Intervention (DASA-Dignity for All Students Act) is also required, in addition to Fingerprint certification.

+ All teachers must submit evidence of having passed the NYSTCE standardized tests required by the New York State Education Department. The following website provides information about these requirements (http://www.nystce.nesinc.com).

@ Field is a co-requisite of each methods course.

@@ Formerly SSE 327.

^ Formerly CEE 565. Effective fall 2008, CEE 565 will no longer be accepted towards completion of Stony Brook’s registered and approved graduate level teacher education programs.

● English credits must include specific content areas. Contact Program Director for specifics.

●● Applicants must have an undergraduate degree in history or one of the other social sciences, excluding psychology (plus a minimum 18 credits in history).

€ Undergraduate majors in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean require 30 credits in the content field.

€€ Graduate Students in the Foreign Language programs are also required to take FLA 571, Technology and Education.

New Special Education course requirements CEF 347 (U.G.) and CEF 547 (Grad) effective September 1, 2011.

Initial Certification: All students who have been formally admitted to and successfully complete an initial certification program at Stony Brook University, are eligible for an initial certification with institutional recommendation.

International Students: All international students who graduate from a “registered and approved” program at Stony Brook and obtain an initial certification may work in New York State with an appropriate visa. These individuals who hold an initial license must become naturalized citizens or obtain a permanent-resident green card within five years of receiving their initial certification or their license will expire.

Professional Certification: All teachers in New York State must earn a functionally relevant master’s degree containing a minimum of twelve credits in the content area of initial license and teach at level (grade level range encompassed within initial certification) for a minimum of three years, the first of which must be mentored. All teachers in New York State must be U.S. citizens or non-U.S. citizens who have obtained lawful permanent resident status. Otherwise they will not be licensed.

For information about our five-year accelerated bachelor's/master's programs, please contact the program director for the certification program of your interest in order to obtain advisement on course requirements, and also visit the following link: http://sb.cc.stonybrook.edu/bulletin/current/policiesandregulations/special_academic_op/accelerated.php