MS Childhood Education
Program Planning Worksheet
(This plan is for students admitted into the program Summer 2016 and later)
Name:
UAlbany ID:
Advisor:
Required Courses (27 credit hours)
All courses must be taken:
Semester
Completed
ELTL 500
Classroom Literacy Instruction (3)
ELTL 504
Children’s Literature (3)
ELTL 617 
Teaching Social Studies, B-6 (3)
ETAP 614 
Science for Children (3)
ELTL 610
Literacy in Society (3)
ETAP 612 
Teaching Mathematics in Elementary Schools (3)
Online:
Grade
Credits
Earned
On Campus:
Practicum Log
Grade Level
Hours
ELTL 615 
Teaching Writing, B-6 (3)
Strategic Intervention to Prevent Literacy Difficulties (3)
ELTL 600 
Prerequisite: ELTL 500
OR
Practicum: Instruction to Prevent Literacy Difficulties (3)
ELTL 601 
Prerequisite: ELTL 655; 15 Practicum Hours
Data-Based Decision Making in Literacy Assessment,
Policy, and Practice (3)
Prerequisite: ELTL 600 or 601; This course is taken in
ELTL 677
your last semester
Elective Course (3 credit hours)
Choose one elective from the following options:
ELTL 638
Media Literacy (3)
ELTL 625 
Integrated Literacy Instruction, B-6 (3)
ELTL 657
Literacy for English Language Learners (3)
EPSY 540
ELTL 655
Assessment in Education (3)
Early Literacy Development, B-2 (3)
5 Practicum Hours
ELTL 526 
Language Acquisition, B-2 (3)
Other Advisor-Approved Course:
Program Total (30 Hours)

Course offered online only
Practicum Total
 Course offered on campus only
TRANSFER CREDIT (Courses transferred into program)
Course Name
Advisement Notes:
Certificate on File:
Institution
Credits
Grade
Area
Replaced
Approval
Date