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 School Age Child and Family): 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
Literature Course - Select One (Major Concentration): 3
AA S 512
 Asian American Children's/Adolescent Literature (UD-C, AERM, SJ)  
CWL 440
 "Typical American": Narratives of Multiculturalism in the Americas from 1492 to the Present (UD-D, GP)  
ENG 655
 Literature and the Adolescent Reader (AERM)  
Language Studies - Select One (Major Concentration): 3-4
COMM 554
 Performance of Children's Literature  
SLHS 655
 Language Development  
GE Area UD-B: Upper-Division Physical and/or Life Sciences 3
 Units16
Second Semester
CAD 410 Applied Developmental Science: Prenatal Through Early Childhood (Major Core) 3
MATH 165 Concepts of the Number System (Major Concentration) 3
Art Course (Major Concentration) 1 3
History Course (Major Concentration) 2 3
GE Area UD-C: Upper-Division Arts and/or Humanities 3
 Units15
Third Semester
CAD 411 Applied Developmental Science: Middle Childhood through Emerging Adulthood (Major Core) 3
CAD 500GW Research Methods in Child and Adolescent Development - GWAR (Major Core) 3
Physical Education Course - Select One (Major Concentration): 3
KIN 240
 Introduction to Teaching Physical Education  
KIN 401
 Elementary School Physical Education: K-5  
KIN 487
 Motor Development  
Science Course (Major Concentration) 3 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 3
US History 3
or University Elective if US History met before transfer
  
University Elective 2
 Units14
 Total Units60