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The recommended four-year plan is designed to provide a blueprint for students to complete their degrees within four years. These plans are the recommended sequences of courses. Students must meet with their Major Advisor to develop a more individualized plan to complete their degree. This plan assumes that no developmental courses are required. If developmental courses are needed, students may have additional requirements to fulfill which are not listed in the plan.
NOTE: This recommended Four-Year Plan is applicable to students admitted into the major during the 2023-2024 academic year.
First Year**
Fall Semester
- Gen Ed: INTD 101 - FIRST YEAR SEMINAR (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: CRWT 102 - CRITICAL READING AND WRITING II (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: Quantitative Reasoning – MATH 121 - CALCULUS I* (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: - HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- Major: CMPS 130 - SCI PROBLEM SOLVING-PYTHON OR CMPS 147 - COMPUTER SCIENCE I (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: - STUDIES IN THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES formerly known as - STUDIES IN THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES AIID 201 - STUDIES IN THE ARTS & HUMANITIES (HRS 4)
- Major: MATH 237 - DISCRETE STRUCTURES WI OR MATH 205 - MATHEMATICAL STRUCTURES (HRS 4) WI
- Major: MATH 122 - CALCULUS II (HRS 4)
- Career Pathways: PATH TS1 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 1 FOR THEORETICAL & APPLIED SCIENCE
- Total: (HRS 16)
Summer Session***
- Certification Requirement: BIOL 101 - INTRODUCTION TO BIOLOGY (HRS 4)
(recommended for Physiology/Hygiene requirement) - Gen Ed: - GLOBAL AWARENESS (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 8)
Second Year****
Fall Semester
- Major: EDUC 211 - STUDENT LITERACY CORPSCE1 (Urban) (HRS 4)
- Major: MATH 225 - MULTIVARIABLE CALCULUS (HRS 4)
- Major: MATH 262 - LINEAR ALGEBRA WI (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: Scientific Reasoning – PHYS 116 - PHYSICS I WITH CALCULUS LECTURE (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: Scientific Reasoning – PHYS 116L - INTRODUCTORY PHYSICS I LAB (HRS 1)
- Career Pathways: PATH TS2 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 2 FOR THEORETICAL & APPLIED SCIENCE
- Total: (HRS 17)
Spring Semester
- Major: Math Elective Numbered above 237 (HRS 4)
(not MATH 370 – Applied Statistics) - Major: MATH 253 - PROBABILITY (HRS 4)
- Major: MATH 282 - NUMBER THEORY (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: Distribution Category (choose 1): - CULTURE AND CREATIVITY, OR - SYSTEMS, SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIETY (HRS 4)
- Career Pathways: PATH TS3 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 3 FOR THEORETICAL & APPLIED SCIENCE
- Total: (HRS 16)
Summer Session (both online)
- Gen Ed: Distribution & Certification Requirement: EDUC 221 - SOCIAL CONTEXT OF EDUCATION (1st Session) (HRS 4)
- Certification Requirement: EDUC 241 - INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY (2nd Session) (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 8)
Third Year
Fall Semester
- Certification Requirement: EDUC 222 - TEACHING: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICESCE2 (HRS 4)
- PSYC 101 - INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY (HRS 4)
- Major: MATH 432 - ABSTRACT ALGEBRA WI (HRS 4)
- Major: MATH 353 - STATISTICS (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- Certification Requirement: EDUC 360 - INTRODUCTION TO SPECIAL EDUCATIONCE3 (HRS 4)
EDUC 301 - MEETING THE NEEDS OF ALL LEARNERS (co-req.) - Certification Requirement: PSYC 215 - LEARNING, COGNITION, AND TEACHING (HRS 4)
- Major: MATH 416 - INTRODUCTION TO ANALYSIS (HRS 4)
- Major: MATH 321 - GEOMETRY (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Summer Session
- Gen Ed: - SOCIAL SCIENCE INQUIRY (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 4)
Fourth Year or Final Year
Fall Semester
- Certification Requirement: EDUC 310 - METHODS IN CONTENT AREAS: MATH/SCIENCECP1***** (HRS 4)
- Certification Requirement: EDUC 350 - READING AND WRITING IN THE CONTENT AREASCP2***** (HRS 4)
- School Core: MATH 441 - HISTORY OF MATH (HRS 4) WI
- Total: (HRS 12)
Spring Semester
- Certification Requirement: EDUC 495 - CLINICAL PRACTICE CAPSTONE: CONTENT AREA (SECONDARY)CP3****** (HRS 12)
- Total: (HRS 12)
Total Credits Required for Graduation: 128
Total Credits in This Plan: 145
Major GPA Required for Graduation: 2.0
CUM GPA Required for Certification AT TIME OF GRADUATION/DEGREE COMPLETION: 3.0
WI: Writing Intensive – 3 courses required in the major
* See the course catalog for prerequisites for Calculus I. One of the ways to enter Calculus I is to place into it via the Accuplacer Calculus placement test called Accuplacer Advanced Algebra and Functions Test (AAF Test) at the RCNJ Testing Center. The Testing Center is open all year round. If the placement test results for a given student indicate that developmental courses are required (for instance, Precalculus, or Elementary Algebra Topics followed by Precalculus), such developmental courses may be taken as early as during the summer session(s) preceding the student’s freshman year [Summer Session I (late May – late June) or Summer Session II (mid July – mid August)]. See the RCNJ Testing Center website for more details on the Calculus placement test.
**Ideally, native Ramapo students should be fully admitted into the TE program by the end of their first year at Ramapo.
Transfer students should be directed to the TE Program office immediately upon their arrival on campus, and earlier if possible.
All students should be directed early to the TE program for admissions requirements.
Students will complete Clinical Experience (CE) and Clinical Practice (CP) courses during the time in the Teacher Education Program. It is recommended that students complete EDUC 211 and EDUC 222, both of which require CE, in different semesters.
***Any of the courses listed in summer sessions on this plan may be taken in any regular academic semester (fall and/or spring), even as an overload, to maximize tuition dollars. Individual plans for/time to graduation should be developed with your major and TE advisors. It might be possible to take all courses that are listed during the summer sessions above in an online format.
****Students must be fully admitted into TE program before registering for EDUC 222, which on this plan is presented in the absolute last semester in which a student could take it and expect to complete both the major and certification requirements within 4 years. Please see faculty or staff in the Teacher Education Program for admission requirements and appropriate timing/planning. This course is a prerequisite to EDUC 360, which is a prerequisite to EDUC 310 and 350, which are co-requisites.
*****Only offered fall semester. EDUC 310 and EDUC 350 are co-requisites and must be taken the semester prior to Clinical Practice Capstone to meet state mandates for a full year of Clinical Practice.
******Only offered spring semester. No other course may be taken with this course.
Clinical Experience Hours Required:
CE1EDUC 211 – 10 hours
CE2EDUC 222 – 20 hours
CE3EDUC 360 – 60 hours
Clinical Practice Hours Required:
CP1EDUC 310—170 hours
CP2EDUC 350—10 hours
CP3EDUC 4XX—525 hours
PLEASE NOTE:
Transportation to and from off-campus clinical experience and clinical practice placements (in K-12 schools) is the responsibility of individual students. Please plan accordingly. If transportation is or may be an issue, please visit the TE program offices BEFORE you register for a course which requires a K-12/off campus school placement.
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