Early Childhood Education (B.S.)
Required course work includes the university requirements (see regulation J-3) and:
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| COMM 1101 | Fundamentals of Oral Communication | 3 |
| EDCI 3020 | Teaching Culturally Diverse Learners | 3 |
| EDCI 3200 | Teaching Reading and Literacy | 3 |
| EDCI 3210 | Literature for Children | 3 |
| EDCI 3220 | Teaching Writing/Language Arts | 3 |
| EDCI 3250 | Elementary Art Education | 3 |
| EDCI 3270 | Elementary Math Education | 3 |
| EDCI 3280 | Elementary Social Studies Education | 3 |
| EDCI 3290 | Elementary Science Education | 3 |
| EDCI 4010 | Internship Seminar | 1 |
| EDCI 4080 | Integrated Elementary Methods Practicum I | 3 |
| EDCI 4090 | Integrated Elementary Methods Practicum II | 1 |
| EDCI 4100 | 2 | |
| EDCI 4830 | Elementary Internship I | 7 |
| EDSP 3000 | Educating for Exceptionalities | 3 |
| EDSP 3250 | Supporting Student Behaviors in the Classroom | 3 |
| EDSP 3500 | Language and Communication Development and Disorders | 3 |
| EDSP 4840 | Special Education Internship II | 7 |
| ECDE 2100 | Introduction to Early Childhood Education | 3 |
| ECDE 2340 | Infancy and Early Childhood | 3 |
| ECDE 2350 | Principles and Methods of Child Observation | 3 |
| ECDE 3330 | Developmental Curriculum for Young Children | 4 |
| ECDE 3400 | Parent-Child Relationships in Family and Community | 3 |
| ECDE 4350 | Feeding Young Children in Group Settings | 1 |
| ECDE 4360 | Theories of Child and Family Development | 3 |
| ECDE 4800 | Assessment: Early Childhood/SPED | 3 |
| ECDE 4810 | Early Childhood SPED Curriculum | 3 |
| ECDE 4900 | Infant & Toddler SPED Internship | 1-7 |
| ECDE 4970 | INTERN: Preschool | 4 |
| ECDE 4010 | Preschool Internship Seminar | 2 |
| ESHS 3500 | Elementary Health and Physical Education | 1 |
| MTHE 2350 | Mathematics for Elementary Teachers I | 3 |
| Total Hours | 94-100 | |
Courses to total 131 credits for this degree
| Fall Term 1 | Hours | |
|---|---|---|
| COMM 1101 | Fundamentals of Oral Communication | 3 |
| ENGL 1101 | Writing and Rhetoric I | 3 |
| ECDE 2100 | Introduction to Early Childhood Education | 3 |
| MATH 1143 | Precalculus I: Algebra | 3 |
| Scientific Ways of Knowing Course | 4 | |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Spring Term 1 | ||
| ENGL 1102 | Writing and Rhetoric II | 3 |
| ECDE 2340 | Infancy and Early Childhood | 3 |
| Scientific Ways of Knowing Course | 4 | |
| Social and Behavioral Ways of Knowing Course | 3 | |
| International Course | 3 | |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Fall Term 2 | ||
| ECDE 3400 | Parent-Child Relationships in Family and Community | 3 |
| ECDE 2350 | Principles and Methods of Child Observation | 3 |
| MTHE 2350 | Mathematics for Elementary Teachers I | 3 |
| Humanistic and Artistic Ways of Knowing Course | 3 | |
| Social and Behavioral Ways of Knowing Course | 3 | |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Spring Term 2 | ||
| ECDE 3330 | Developmental Curriculum for Young Children | 4 |
| EDCI 3020 | Teaching Culturally Diverse Learners | 3 |
| EDSP 3000 | Educating for Exceptionalities | 3 |
| ECDE 4360 | Theories of Child and Family Development | 3 |
| Humanistic and Artistic Ways of Knowing Course | 3 | |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Summer Term 2 | ||
| EDSP 3250 | Supporting Student Behaviors in the Classroom | 3 |
| EDSP 3500 | Language and Communication Development and Disorders | 3 |
| Hours | 6 | |
| Fall Term 3 | ||
| ECDE 4800 | Assessment: Early Childhood/SPED | 3 |
| EDCI 3200 | Teaching Reading and Literacy | 3 |
| EDCI 3220 | Teaching Writing/Language Arts | 3 |
| EDCI 3250 | Elementary Art Education | 3 |
| EDCI 4090 | Integrated Elementary Methods Practicum II | 1 |
| EDCI 3210 | Literature for Children | 3 |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Spring Term 3 | ||
| ECDE 4810 | Early Childhood SPED Curriculum | 3 |
| ECDE 4970 | INTERN: Preschool | 4 |
| ECDE 4900 | Infant & Toddler SPED Internship | 6 |
| ECDE 4010 | Preschool Internship Seminar | 2 |
| ECDE 4350 | Feeding Young Children in Group Settings | 1 |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Fall Term 4 | ||
| EDCI 3270 | Elementary Math Education | 3 |
| EDCI 3280 | Elementary Social Studies Education | 3 |
| EDCI 3290 | Elementary Science Education | 3 |
| EDCI 4080 | Integrated Elementary Methods Practicum I | 3 |
| EDCI 4100 | 2 | |
| Hours | 14 | |
| Spring Term 4 | ||
| EDCI 4010 | Internship Seminar | 1 |
| EDCI 4830 | Elementary Internship I | 7 |
| EDSP 4840 | Special Education Internship II | 7 |
| ESHS 3500 | Elementary Health and Physical Education | 1 |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Total Hours | 131 | |
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Standard 1 Child Development: Early Childhood professionals understands the development period of early childhood from birth through age 8, both typical and atypical, across all developmental domains and designs and implements developmentally appropriate and challenging learning experiences.
Standard 2 Learning Differences. Early Childhood professionals understand that children learn and develop within relationships and within multiple contexts (e.g., families, cultures, languages, communities) and use this multidimensional knowledge to make evidence-based decisions that support each child.
Standard 3 Learning Environment. Early Childhood professionals work with others to create environments that support individual and collaborative learning, and that encourage positive social interaction, active engagement in learning, and self-motivation.
Standard 4 Content Knowledge. Early Childhood professionals understand the content knowledge—the central concepts, methods and tools of inquiry, and structure—and resources for the academic disciplines in an early childhood curriculum to support young children’s learning in each content area.
Standard 5 Application of Content. Early Childhood professionals understand pedagogy, including how young children learn and process information in each discipline, the learning trajectories for each discipline, and how teachers use this knowledge to inform their practice to ensure that learning will be stimulating, challenging, and meaningful to each child.
Standard 6 Assessment. Early Childhood professionals understand and use multiple methods of assessment to document children’s developmental progress, promote positive outcomes for each child, and to inform instruction and planning in early learning settings.
Standard 7 Planning for Instruction. Early Childhood professionals plan instructions that are responsive to the learning trajectories of young children and to the needs of each child by applying, expanding, integrating, and updating their content knowledge in the disciplines, their knowledge of curriculum content resources, and their pedagogical content knowledge.
Standard 8 Instructional Strategies Early Childhood professionals understand and use a variety of instructional strategies to encourage children to develop deep understanding of content areas and their connections, and to build skills to apply knowledge in meaningful ways.
Standard 9 Professional Learning and Ethical Practice. Early Childhood professionals engage in ongoing professional learning and uses evidence to continually evaluate his/her practice, particularly the effects of his/her choices and actions on others (children, families, other professionals, and the community), and adapts practice to meet the needs of each learner.
Standard 10 Leadership and Collaboration. Early Childhood professionals Identify and involve themselves with the early childhood field, serve as informed advocates for young children, families, and the profession, and engage in continuous, collaborative learning to inform practice.