Sample Four-Year Academic Plan for a BS in CHAD – ECD Page 2

Important notes:

·  Completion of a bachelor’s degree requires a minimum of 120 college units. To finish in four years, you must complete 30 units per year (15 units per semester).

·  Courses listed in bold below apply to the CHAD major, regardless of their prefix.

·  Courses with a CAS prefix (taught by your major department) do not count for General Education

First Semester (Freshman Year)
Classes / Units / Additional Notes
GE-A.1—Oral Communication
or
GE-A.2—English 101 / 3 / ·  If required, complete all remediation (Math 30A-B, 40, 45, ENGL 99 or 100) by the end of your second semester to avoid Administrative Disqualification.
·  Complete GE courses in areas A.1, A.2, A.3, and B.4 with C or better.
·  Visit UH 123B Academic Advisement Center to review GE and graduation requirements.
·  Watch the OVERVIEW OF THE CHAD MAJOR before registering for your second semester at CSUF (available at http://chhdapps.fullerton.edu/caspodcastsurvey/)
·  See a CAS Major Academic Advisor to develop an Academic Plan to complete CHAD major after attending an Overview.
GE-B.4—Math 110 or 115 or 120 / 3-4
GE-C.1—Intro to the Arts / 3
GE-C.4—History 110A / 3
Elective / 3
15-16
Second Semester
CAS 101—Intro. to Development / 3 / If you have not already done so,
·  Watch the OVERVIEW OF THE CHAD MAJOR before registering for your second semester at CSUF (available at http://chhdapps.fullerton.edu/caspodcastsurvey/)
·  See a CAS Major Academic Advisor to develop an Academic Plan to complete CHAD major after attending an Overview PRIOR to registering for your THIRD semester.
30-31 Units completed
GE-A.1—Oral Communication
or
GE-A.2—English 101
(whichever not completed in first semester) / 3
GE-B.1—Physical Science / 3
GE-D.1—Intro to Social Science / 3
GE-D.2—History 110B / 3
15
Third Semester (Sophomore Year)
CAS 201—Child, Family, and Community / 3 / 45-46 Units completed
SPED 371—Exceptional Individual / 3
GE-A.3—Critical Thinking / 3
GE-C.2—Intro to the Humanities / 3
Recommended Elective – CAS 215 – Introduction to Observation in EC / 3
15
Fourth Semester
CAS 300—Professional Communication / 3 / ·  See a CAS Academic Advisor PRIOR to registering for your FIFTH Semester to adjust your academic plan. The “upper-division Option Core” classes must be taken in sequence due to academic prerequisites.
·  Visit the Academic Advising Center in UH 123B to ensure that all GE is complete or planned.
61-62 Units completed
CAS 301—Inquiry and Methodology / 3
GE-B.2—Life Science / 3
GE-B.3—Science Lab / 1
GE-D.4—Political Science / 3
GE-D.3—American History / 3
16
Fifth Semester (Junior Year)
CAS 325A—Development Conception-8 / 3 / ·  Approved ECD Option Topical Developmental Courses are listed below.
·  If you have not yet completed your GE classes, continue taking GE rather than elective units.
76-77 Units completed
CAS 394+L—Practicum in CHAD / 3
ECD Topical Development Course #1 / 3
ECD Topical Development Course #2 / 3
Elective / 3
15
Sixth Semester
CAS 325B—Development 8-Adolescence / 3 / ·  If applicable, discuss graduate school applications with a CAS Major Academic Advisor.
·  If interested in pursuing a teaching credential or graduate program, make sure that you are completing required prerequisites.
91-92 Units completed
CAS 305—Assessment & Observation in EC / 3
ECD Topical Development Course #3 / 3
ECD Topical Development Course #4 / 3
Elective / 3
15

Apply for Graduation through your Student Portal after you have earned 85 units.

Seventh Semester (Senior Year)
ECD Topical Development Course #5 / 3 / ·  If applicable, apply to graduate schools. Attending a post-baccalaureate program at CSUF requires that you reapply as a post-baccalaureate student.
106-107 Units completed
ECD Topical Development Course #6 / 3
Elective / 3
Elective / 3
Elective / 3
15
Eight Semester (Senior Year)
CAS 490T—Topical Seminar in Development
Or
CAS 491 – Leadership in ECE / 3 / ·  If applicable, apply to a credential program. Attending a credential program at CSUF requires both applying to CSUF as a post-baccalaureate student and applying to the specific credential program.
120 Units completed = Graduation
CAS 464 + L— Adv. Practicum Early Childhood / 3
GE-B.5 Implications & Explorations of Mathematics and Natural Sciences / 3
Elective / 3
Elective / 3
15

ECD Topical Development Classes (Students choose one class from each topical cluster, completing six Topical Development Courses. Additional Topical Development courses may be selected as electives. These classes may be taken in any order).

q  One Family Contexts Class: CAS 341 Work with Parents of Young Child or CAS 340 Parenting in the 21st Century

q  One Health Class: CAS 346 Modern Cult & ECD, CAS 326 Optimizing Devel School Age Child, or CAS 306 Health & Safety for EC

q  One Depth Class: CAS 321 Infant/Toddler Devel, CAS 322 Preschool-Age Devel or CAS 353 Learning & Motivation in EC

q  One Diversity Class: SPED 400 EC Special Education or CAS 490T Behavioral & Developmental Disorders

q  One Language and Literacy Class: CAS 351 Lang & Literacy Devel in EC, READ 340 Language & Literacy Readiness, or SPED 425 Lang & Culture for Special Pop

q  One Curriculum Class: CAS 352 Num& Science in EC, ART 380 Art & Child Devel, MUS 433 Music in Child, or approved alternate