Combined Health and Human Services, BA / Early Childhood/Childhood Education, EdM
The UB Teach health and human services/early childhood-childhood education program is an accelerated, combined degree program that allows you to earn a health and human services/child and family studies BA and an early childhood/childhood education EdM in five years. The program focuses on providing you with content expertise in child development while preparing you to teach students from early childhood to childhood levels.
Why Health and Human Services/Early Childhood/Childhood Education at UB?
In this combined program, you will study in the Social Sciences Interdisciplinary Program in the College of Arts and Sciences, as well as the Department of Learning and Instruction in the Graduate School of Education. While in the Social Sciences Interdisciplinary Program, you benefit from a dedicated focus on the social, biological, cultural and educational factors and contexts that influence children and families; in the Department of Learning and Instruction, you learn how to bring content to life in birth to grade 6 classrooms.
UB prepares highly qualified teachers who lead their classrooms, shape students’ lives and positively engage with the communities they serve.
Students enrolled in this program will:
- Learn about a range of health and human services professions and their characteristics; understand typical problems, needs, and interventions associated with children and families; develop social science research skills.
- Acquire knowledge about early childhood development, language development, family structure and functions, and agencies, services, and institutions geared toward children and families.
- Complete intensive clinical education experiences in collaboration with Western New York early childhood centers and schools across diverse settings, while learning the nuances of the teaching profession.
- Gain the skills, expertise and confidence to implement evidence-based practice in the classroom and co-teach alongside an expert teacher in a one-year residency.
Program Overview
| Academic credential granted | Bachelor of Arts (BA) and Master of Education (EdM) |
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| Certification option | Successful completion of program leads to an institutional recommendation for New York State initial and professional certification in early childhood/childhood education |
| Grade levels | Birth to grade 6 |
| Credits required for completion | 156 |
| Time to completion | 5 years |
| Course delivery | On campus, some online coursework |
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| Application deadline | Early action: Nov. 15 Scholarship consideration: Dec. 8 Regular decision: Feb. 1 Students can continue to submit an application for fall consideration until capacity is reached. |
Important Fall Dates
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Coursework Note
This is a sample course schedule. These courses are subject to change. As a student in the UB Teach program, you must work closely with your advisor before registering for classes.
Health and Human Services BA Courses
- LAI 350 Introduction to Education
- LAI 474 Teaching the Exceptional Learner
- LAS electives (9 credits)
- PSY 101 Introduction to Psychology
- SSC 103 Introduction to Health and Human Services
Choose one statistics course:
- CEP 207 Introduction to Statistics and Computing
- NSG 295 Statistics for Health Care
- PSY 207 Psychological Statistics
- SOC 294 Basic Statistics for Social Sciences
- STA 119 Statistical Methods
Choose one research methods course:
- COM 205 Research Methods
- PSY 350 Scientific Inquiry in Psychology
- SOC 293 Social Research Methods
- SSC 213 Social Research Methods
Choose one human biology course:
- APY 345 Comparative Primate Anatomy and APY 346 Dissections in Comparative Primate Anatomy
- BIO 129 Perspectives in Human Biology
- BIO 130 Perspectives in Human Biology
- BIO 200 Evolutionary Biology
- ES 207 Human Form and Function
- PGY 300 Human Physiology
Intermediate Courses
- Required:
- PHI 237 Medical Ethics - Social and Ethical Values in Medicine
- Choose one intermediate course:
- APY 275 Culture, Health and Illness
- APY 349 Human Genetics
- COM 202 Intercultural Communication
- COM 217 Communication in Organizations
- COM 223 Principles and Methods of Interviewing
- COM 225 Interpersonal Communication
- GGS 265 Sexuality and Cultures
- GGS 325 Violence in a Gendered World
- GGS 360 Women's Health: Problems and Practices
- HIS 215 Death in America
- HIS 240 Alcohol and Other Drugs in American History
- HIS 241 Sexuality in America
- HIS 242 US Disability History
- LAI 205 Introduction to Child Development
- NSG 250 Human Growth and Development
- SOC 206 Social Problems
- SOC 211 Sociology of Diversity
- SSC 209 Case Management
- SSC 210 Skill Development in Human Service
- SSC 235 Introduction to Nonprofit Organizations
Child and Family Studies Concentration Courses
- Required:
- SSC 305 Applied Child Development and Learning
- LAI 416 Early Childhood Theory and Practice
- Choose six of the following concentration courses — No more than 2 psychology (PSY) and no more than 2 sociology (SOC) classes may be taken:
- APY 312 Culture and Reproduction
- CEP 410 Introduction to Grief and Loss
- PSY 321 Psychology of Personality
- PSY 322 Abnormal Psychology
- PSY 336 Developmental Psychology
- SOC 313 Sociology of the Family
- SOC 314 Sociology of Gender
- SOC 335 Sociology of Adolescence
- SOC 363 Families and Public Policy
- SSC 320 Issues in Developmental Disabilities
- SSC 343 Violence and the Family
- SSC 365 The Family Process
- SSC 390 Human Services Administration
- SSC 395 Urban Schools & Communities
- SSC 413 Addictions Treatment
- SSC 414 Grant writing for Non-profits
- SSC 420 Child Mental Health
- SSC 421 Interventions and Play
- SSC 431 Topics
- SSC 451 Program Evaluation
- SSC 452 Fundraising and Philanthropy
- SSC 496 Internship
Progression to Graduate Coursework
You will not apply separately to graduate study; instead, there are a series of progression points that you must meet.
Advancement to the graduate portion of the program requires that you:
- maintain a 3.0 GPA
- earn a “C” grade or higher in content courses (courses in the major)
- earn a “B-” or better in all education and graduate-level coursework
Early Childhood/Childhood EdM Courses
- LAI 501 Instructional Practices in Elementary Schools
- LAI 490 / LAI 507 Supervised Teaching of Young Children
- LAI 511 Diversity in Early Childhood
- LAI 521 Improving Social Studies Instruction
- LAI 526 Agencies and Services for Children
- LAI 530 Improving Elementary Science Instruction
- LAI 540 Improving Elementary Math Instruction
- LAI 550 Literacy Acquisition and Instruction, Pre-K Primary
- LAI 551 Childhood Literacy Methods
- LAI 562 English Language Learners: Emergent Theory and Practices
- LAI 595 Supervised Teaching 2
- LAI 667 Field Experience
- LAI 668 Supervised Teaching 1
- LAI 674 Seminar in Teaching
- LAI 700, LAI 701 or Comprehensive Exam
- LAI Graduate Level Electives (9 credits)
Questions?
For more information about coursework and requirements, please contact:
Office of Educator Preparation, ubedprep@buffalo.edu, 716-645-2461