Bachelor of Arts in Child and Adolescent Development: Concentration in Elementary Education Teaching Pre-Credential – CAD Associate Degree for Transfer (ADT) Roadmap

This is a sample pathway for students who transfer to San Francisco State University in the current Bulletin year with an AA-T in Child and Adolescent Development. Three units in the major (CAD 210) and all lower-division GE requirements have been satisfied. Check with a major advisor about the most appropriate course sequence. Degree completion guaranteed in 60 units; see the Associate Degree for Transfer (ADT) section for more information.

To Do at SF State:

Enough total units to reach 120 minimum for graduation; 30 units minimum at the upper-division level; to include the following:

University-Wide Requirements: 9–15 units                               

  • American Institutions (0–6 units): US History, US Government, California State and Local Government requirements if not taken before transfer
  • Upper-Division GE, Areas B, C, and D (9 units): Courses required for the major may double-count if approved for UD GE.
  • Students entering this major with the AA-T in Child and Adolescent Development are not required to fulfill SF State Studies requirements.
  • Completion of major requirements includes completion of Complementary Studies.

CAD major (Concentration in Elementary Education Teaching Pre-Credential): 42-43 units

CAD 210 met in transfer.

  • Major Core (21 units): Includes GWAR 
  • Concentration (21-22 units): Includes Capstone
  • A minimum grade of C or better is required for all courses in the major.

University Electives: 2 or more units

Depends on course choices made at the community college, how transferred units are applied to the requirements above, and course choices at SF State - some courses may meet more than one requirement, e.g., both in UD GE and the major.

Plan of Study Grid
First SemesterUnits
CAD 260 Children, Families, and Community: An Ecological Perspective (Major Core, D1, AERM, GP, SJ) 3
CAD 300 Professional Roles and Careers in Child and Adolescent Development (Major Core) 3
MATH 165 Concepts of the Number System (Major Concentration) 3
Literature Course - Select One (Major Concentration): 3
Asian American Children's/Adolescent Literature (UD-C, AERM, SJ)
"Typical American": Narratives of Multiculturalism in the Americas from 1492 to the Present (UD-C, GP)
Literature and the Adolescent Reader (AERM)
Language Studies - Select One (Major Concentration): 3-4
Performance of Children's Literature
Language Development
 Units16
Second Semester
CAD 410GW Applied Developmental Science: Prenatal Through Early Childhood - GWAR (Major Core) 3
CAD 411 Applied Developmental Science: Middle Childhood through Emerging Adulthood (Major Core) 3
Physical Education Course - Select One (Major Concentration): 3
Introduction to Teaching Physical Education
Elementary School Physical Education: K-5
Motor Development (UD-B)
Art Course (Major Concentration) 1 3
Science Course (Major Concentration) 2 3
 Units15
Third Semester
CAD 500 Research Methods in Child and Adolescent Development (Major Core) 3
History Course (Major Concentration) 3 3
GE Area UD-B: Upper-Division Physical and/or Life Sciences 4 3
GE Area UD-C: Upper-Division Arts and/or Humanities 4 3
U.S. and California Government 3
or University Elective if US/CA Government met before transfer
 Units15
Fourth Semester
CAD 625 Children, Youth, and Public Policy (Major Core) 3
CAD 660 Applied Advanced Developmental Science in Child and Adolescent Development (Major Core) 3
GE Area UD-D: Upper-Division Social Sciences 4 3
US History 3
or University Elective if US History met before transfer
University Elective 2
 Units14
 Total Units60
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Art Courses
DANC 340 Dance Pedagogy (3 units)
DANC 350 Dance Aesthetics: Cultural/Historical Perspectives (3 units) (UD-C, GP)
E ED 450 Art and Learning (3 units) (UD-C, SJ)
MUS 601 Music for Children (3 units)
TH A 451 Storytelling and Folk Literature (3 units) (UD-C, GP)

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Science Courses
BIOL 310 Biology for Today's World (3 units) (UD-B, ES)
BIOL 318 Our Endangered Planet (3 units) (UD-B, AERM, ES, GP)
E ED 655 Hands-on Undergraduate Science Education Experience (3 units)
ERTH 365 Extreme Weather in a Warming World (3 units) (UD-B, ES, GP)

3

History Courses

AA S 510 Asian Americans in California (3 units) (UD-D, AERM, ES, SJ)

AIS 410 Perspectives of Native California Indians (3 units) (F, AERM, ES)

HIST 450 History of California (3 units) (UD-D, CSLG)

LTNS 315 Latina/os in California (3 units) (UD-C, AERM, SJ)

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It is highly recommended that students attempt to fulfill upper-division GE requirements (UD-B, UD-C, and UD-D) through Concentration courses. Courses that fulfill those requirements have been marked in the respective lists.