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Liberal Arts Curriculum
Freshman Year
| Fall Semester |
Credit Hours |
Spring Semester |
Credit Hours |
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| INFO1001 | Technology and Society |
3 |
ENGL1003 | Writing about Literature |
3 |
| ENGL1001 | English Composition I |
3 |
MATH1200 | College Algebra |
3 |
| HIST1308 | U.S. History I |
3 |
PHIL1001 | Introduction to Philosophy |
3 |
| HUMN1001 | Introduction to the Humanities |
3 |
SOCI1001 | Introduction to Sociology |
3 |
| PSYC1001 | Introduction to Psychology |
3 |
Elective (Open) |
3 |
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| ACAD1001 | First Year Experience |
2 |
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17 |
15 |
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Sophomore Year
| Fall Semester |
Credit Hours |
Spring Semester |
Credit |
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| BIOL1001 CHEM1001 ENVS1001 |
Biology I or Chemistry I or Environmental Science I |
4 | ARTS1003 ARTS1004 | Art History I or Art History II |
3 |
| BIOL1002 CHEM1002 ENVS1002 | Biology II or Chemistry II or Environmental Science II |
4 | |||
| ENGL2003 | Public Speaking |
3 |
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| GOVT1108 | American Government |
3 |
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| PSYC1002 | Developmental Child Psychology or Human Growth and Development | 3 | ENGL2102 | Advanced Composition or Elective (ENGL 2000+) | 3 |
| PSYC1107 | |||||
| Elective (Open) |
3 |
HIST1309 | U.S. History II |
3 |
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| SOCI2400 | Social Problems |
3 |
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16 |
16 |
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Junior Year
| Fall Semester |
Credit Hours |
Spring Semester |
Credit Hours |
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| ENGL3001 | American Literature I or English Literature I |
3 |
ENGL3002 | Survey of American Literature or English Literature II |
3 |
| ENGL3003 | ENGL3004 | ||||
| PHIL3001 | Ethics |
3 |
MATH2200 | Statistics |
3 |
| PSYC2002 | Psychology of Personality or Individual & Society |
3 |
Elective (Non-Western Culture) |
3 |
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| SOCI3001 | Elective (HUMN 2000+) |
3 |
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| Elective (HUMN 2000+) |
3 |
Elective (Open) |
3 |
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| Elective (Open) |
3 |
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15 |
15 |
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Senior Year
| Fall Semester |
Credit Hours |
Spring Semester | Credit Hours |
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| HIST3100 | American Constitutional History |
3 |
ANTH3200 GOVT3001 | Cultural Anthropology or Political Theory |
3 |
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| Elective (English 3000 + level) |
3 |
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| Elective (Humanities 2000 + level) |
3 |
LIBA4100 | Senior Seminar in the Liberal Arts |
3 |
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| Elective (Open) |
3 |
PSYC3400 PSYC3402 SOCI3200 |
Abnormal Psychology or Child Psychopathology or Deviance & Social Control |
3 |
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| Elective (Open) |
3 |
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| Elective (Open) |
3 |
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| Elective (Open) |
3 |
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|
15 |
15 |
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| Total Credits: |
124 |
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Special Requirements
For admission into the upper-division courses in the Becker College elementary education concentration during their junior and senior years, students must have achieved a passing grade on the Communications and Literacy Section of the Massachusetts Test for Educator Licensure (MTEL).
Passing scores are required on the Massachusetts Tests of Educator Licensure (MTEL): Communication and Literacy and Foundations of Reading in order to enroll in the Becker College elementary education practicum and the elementary education seminar taken during the senior year. Students who do not meet these requirements graduate with a bachelor’s degree in psychology.
