Liberal Studies Integrated Teacher Preparation BA + Curriculum and Instruction MA SF Scholars Roadmap
120 Total Units Required
Minimum Number of Units in the Major: 75
This roadmap is a suggested plan of study and does not replace meeting with an advisor. Please note that students may need to adjust the actual sequence of courses based on course availability. Please consult an advisor in your major program for further guidance.
| First Year | ||
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| Fall Semester | Units | |
| ENG 114 | Writing the First Year: Finding Your Voice (A2) 1 | 3 |
| MATH 165 | Concepts of the Number System (Mathematics) | 3 |
| GE Area A 2 | 3 | |
| GE Area B: Quantitative Reasoning (B4) 3 | 3 | |
| GE Area D | 3 | |
| Units | 15 | |
| Spring Semester | ||
| E ED 250 | Teaching and Learning Beyond the Classroom (Education Experience, E) | 3 |
| GE Area A | 3 | |
| GE Area B: Physical Science (B1) and Laboratory Science (B3) 4 | 3-4 | |
| GE Area C | 3 | |
| GE Area D | 3 | |
| Units | 15-16 | |
| Second Year | ||
| Fall Semester | ||
| MATH 565 | Concepts of Geometry, Measurement, and Probability (Mathematics) | 3 |
| GE Area B: Life Science (B2) and Laboratory Science (B3) 4 | 3-4 | |
| GE Area C - Take Two | 6 | |
| U.S. and California Government | 3 | |
| Units | 15-16 | |
| Spring Semester | ||
| Select One (Interdisciplinary Science): | 3 | |
| Biology for Today's World (UD-B, ES) | ||
| Future of the Forests (UD-B, ES, GP) | ||
| LS 300GW | Perspectives on Liberal Studies - GWAR (Interdisciplinary Studies) | 3 |
| GE Area UD-C: Upper-Division Arts and/or Humanities | 3 | |
| GE Area F | 3 | |
| SF State Studies or University Elective 5 | 2 | |
| Units | 14 | |
| Third Year | ||
| Fall Semester | ||
| Select One (Elementary Education and Credential): | 3 | |
| Bilingual Education in the U.S.: A History of Struggle, Resistance, and Achievement | ||
| Social, Cultural, and Historical Foundations of Education | ||
| Select One (Interdisciplinary Science): | 3 | |
| Hands-on Undergraduate Science Education Experience | ||
| Physical Sciences for Elementary School Teachers (B3) | ||
| Science and Culture for Future Elementary School Teachers (UD-B) | ||
| E ED 687 | Seminar: Field Experience (Elementary Education and Credential) | 3 |
| Select One (Required only of candidates in the bilingual authorization): | 0-3 | |
| Chinese Heritage Language for the Bilingual Teacher Candidates | ||
| Spanish Heritage Language for the Bilingual Teacher: I | ||
| Select One (Elementary Education and Credential): | 3 | |
| Teaching Reading and Language Arts - Chinese Bilingual | ||
| Teaching Reading and Language Arts: K-5 | ||
| E ED 756 | Teaching Practicum Seminar Phase I (Elementary Education and Credential) | 3 |
| Units | 15-18 | |
| Spring Semester | ||
| Select One (Communications, Reading, Language, and Literature): | 3 | |
| Teaching Language and Literature with Elementary and Middle School Students (UD-C) | ||
| Performance and Pedagogy of the Oppressed for Educators | ||
| Banned! Contested Protest Literature in Schools | ||
| E ED 777 | Curriculum and Instruction in Science (Elementary Education and Credential) | 3 |
| E ED 784 | Curriculum and Instruction in Mathematics (CLAD Emphasis) (Elementary Education and Credential) | 3 |
| E ED 786 | Seminar in Developmental Teaching and Learning (Elementary Education and Credential, Graduate Elective) | 3 |
| Integrated Social Science - Select One 6 | 3 | |
| Units | 15 | |
| Fourth Year | ||
| Fall Semester | ||
| Select One (Physical Education and Human Development): | 3 | |
| Introduction to Applied Child and Adolescent Development (D1) | ||
| Elementary School Physical Education: K-5 | ||
| Developmental Play Processes (D1) | ||
| Select One (Visual and Performing Arts): | 3 | |
| Comics in Education | ||
| Art and Learning (UD-C) | ||
| Social Movements & the Arts for Future Teachers (SJ) | ||
| E ED 737 | Teaching Social Studies, Social Justice, and Literacy: Grades 3-6 (Elementary Education and Credential, Graduate Elective) | 3 |
| E ED 747 | Teaching Practicum Phase II (Elementary Education and Credential, Graduate Elective) | 3 |
| LS 690 | Liberal Studies Senior Seminar (Interdisciplinary Studies) | 3 |
| Units | 15 | |
| Spring Semester | ||
| Select One (Communications, Reading, Language, and Literature): | 3 | |
| Teaching Language and Literature with Elementary and Middle School Students (UD-C) | ||
| Performance and Pedagogy of the Oppressed for Educators | ||
| Banned! Contested Protest Literature in Schools | ||
| E ED 748 | Teaching Practicum Phase III (Elementary Education and Credential) | 4 |
| E ED 758 | Teaching Practicum Seminar Phase III (Elementary Education and Credential, Graduate Elective) | 3 |
| ITEC 711 | Instructional Computing in Elementary Schools (Elementary Education and Credential) | 3 |
| Integrated Social Science - Select One 6 | 3 | |
| Units | 16 | |
| Fifth Year | ||
| Fall Semester | ||
| E ED 725 | Classroom Issues in Language, Literacy, and Culture (Graduate Core) | 3 |
| E ED 774 | Teacher Research Methodologies (Graduate Core) | 3 |
| Graduate Elective | 3 | |
| Units | 9 | |
| Spring Semester | ||
| E ED 780 | Advanced Curriculum Development (Graduate Core) | 3 |
| Select One (Culminating Experience): | 3 | |
| Field Study Project Seminar | ||
| Field Study Project | ||
| ISED 797 | Seminar in Educational Research (Graduate Core) | 3 |
| Units | 9 | |
| Total Units | 138-143 | |
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ENG 114 can only be taken if you complete Directed Self-Placement (DSP) and select ENG 114; if you choose ENG 104/ENG 105 through DSP you will satisfy A2 upon successful completion of ENG 105 in the second semester; multilingual students may be advised into alternative English courses.
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To avoid taking additional units, it is recommended that you meet the SF State Studies (AERM, GP, ES, SJ) requirements within your GE or major.
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To determine the best B4 course option, students should complete the online advising activity at mathadvising.sfsu.edu. Questions? Contact Gator Smart Start.
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Consider taking a class combined with a laboratory or a separate lab to fulfill B3 if not already satisfied.
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Complementary Studies
To fulfill the Complementary Studies requirement, all students completing a B.A. degree must take 12 units from courses outside of the primary prefix of their major and not cross-listed with the primary prefix for the major. This requirement is automatically fulfilled when completing the Liberal Studies Integrated Teacher Preparation major.
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Integrated Social Sciences (6 units)
HIST 450 History of California (3 units) (UD-D, CSLG)
LS 200/AMST 200 Self, Place, and Knowing: Introduction to Interdisciplinary Inquiry (3 units) (E)
LS 401 International Development and Resource Justice (3 units) (UD-D, ES, GP)
LS 402 Introduction to Human Rights Education for Teachers and Local Communities (3 units) (UD-D, GP, SJ)
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Given catalog rights, fall 2023 transfer students do not need to complete an Area F course.