General Education Program
All degree programs require completion of the General Education. A complete description of the core and its requirements is available in the General Education section of the Daemen catalog. Courses which satisfy a portion or complete a core requirement will have such designation indicated after the course title.
1. Major: 67 CREDITS
- BIO117 Human Nutrition (3)
- ENS201 Introduction to Environmental Science (3)
- Select One: HST105 Introduction to World History I (3) or HST106 Introduction to World History II (3) and HST220 American History to 1877 or HST 221 American History 1877-Present (3)
- Literature Elective: 200 level (3)
- CMP217 Principles of Rhetoric (3)
- MTH 100 Math in Our Daily Life (3)
- MTH 124 College Algebra (3)
- EDU203 Learning Theory (3)
- EDU237/L Instructional Design/ Tech Lab (3/1)
- EDU213 Foundations of Education (3)
- EDU314 Promoting English Language Arts Across the Content Areas (3)
- EDU319 Assessment Method in Education (3)
- EDU427 Teaching to the Standards (3)
- EDU336 Language/Literacy Development for the Adolescent Learner (3)
- SED204 Field Based Experience (1)
- EDU204 Field Based Experience (1)
- SED270 Nature & Needs of Students with Disabilities (3)
- SED310 Practicum in Inclusive Education (2)
- EDU310 Practicum Based Experience (2)
- SED363 Inclusive Education for Students with Learning Disabilities and Mild Disabilities (3)
- SED364 Inclusive Education for Students with Moderate/Severe Disabilities (3)
- SED371 Classroom Management Techniques for Individuals with Disabilities (3)
- SED401 Methods of Inclusive Special Education (3)
- SED498 (7-9) Student Teaching (6)
- SED499 (10-12 )Student Teaching (6)
- CMP101 English Composition (3)
- Service Learning (3)
2. General Education Curriculum: 36 CREDITS
- First Year Seminar (3)
- Learning Communities (6)
- Depth- Discovery (9)
- Breadth- Exploration:
- Natural Sciences and Mathematics:
- Choose one course from: Mathematics (3) *MTH104 for Math Area Study
- Choose one course from: Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Environmental Science, and Physics (3)
- Social Science:
- SOC224 Ethnicity, Race and Cultural Diversity (3)
- PSY103 Introduction to Psychological Science (3) or PSY214 Psychology of Adolescence (3)
- Humanities:
- Foreign Language (3)
- Choose one course from: Art, English, Language (French or Spanish), Music, Philosophy, Religion, and Theater. (3)
- Natural Sciences and Mathematics:
TOTAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS = 121 CREDITS
Suggested Course Sequence
Access the suggested course sequence for the BS, Students with Disabilities Generalist (7-12), from the Education Department web page or the Program Plans site on the Registrar’s web page.