Early Childhood Education Requirements

Major-Related Courses

57 Credits

ED-101Foundations of Education

3

ED-310Curriculum Development and Methods in Early Childhood and Childhood Education and to Gifted and Students with Disabilities and English Language Learners

3

ED-320Normal Speech and Language Development and Linguistics

3

ED-330Teaching Literacy Including Literature Across the Curriculum in Early Childhood including Gifted and Students with Disabilities and English Language Learners

3

ED-340Teaching Mathematics, Science and Technology in Diverse Classrooms including Gifted and Students with Disabilities & English Language Learners

3

ED-350Teaching Social Studies in Diverse Classrooms including Gifted and Students with Disabilities and English Language Learners. Includes Health, Physical Education, Family and Consumer Sciences, Career and Occupational Studies

3

ED-360Teaching Students with Disabilities in Inclusive Classrooms

3

ED-370Teaching English Language Learners and Multicultural Issues

3

ED-380Literacy Practicum in Early Childhood Including Gifted and Students with Disabilities and English Language Learners

3

ED-385Teaching the Creative Arts in Diverse Early Childhood and Childhood Classrooms Including Gifted and Students with Disabilities and English Language Learners

3

ED-390Education Seminar I (Birth - Grade 2)

3

ED-391Education Seminar II (Birth- Grade 2)

3

ED-392Education Seminar III (Birth- Grade 2)

3

ED-410Mentored Education Internship I (Birth - Grade 2: General and Special Needs Education)

3

ED-411Mentored Education Internship II (Birth- Grade 2: General and Special Needs Education)

3

ED-450Education Student Teaching I (Birth-Grade 2: General and Special Needs Education)

6

ED-451Education Student Teaching II (Birth-Grade 2: General and Special Needs Education)

6

Total Credit Hours:57

General Education and Related Courses

36 Credits

EN-111College Writing and Critical Analysis

3

EN-121Analytical Thinking, Writing, and Research

3

IT-118Integrated Business Applications

3

LA-118Introduction to Music

3

-or

LA-119Introduction to Dramatic Arts

3

LA-130American History I: Independence to the Civil War

3

LA-131American History II: Reconstruction to the Present

3

MA-115Quantitative Reasoning

3

MA-135Statistical Applications

3

SC-106Environmental Science

3

SC-112General Biology

3

SP-101Spanish I

3

-or

FR-101French I

3

SP-102Spanish II

3

-or

FR-102French II

3

Total Credit Hours:36

Concentration in English and Social Sciences

27 Credits

EN-208The American Novel

3

EN-315Masterpieces of World Literature

3

EN-325Advanced Writing for the Social Sciences

3

LA-101Introduction to Psychology

3

LA-122Fundamentals of Communication

3

LA-304Psychological Disorders of Childhood

3

LA-400Principles and Theoretical Perspectives on Parenting

3

LA-214Developmental Psychology

3

-or

LA-300Educational Psychology

3

-Select one of the following courses

LA-245Introduction to Counseling Theory

3

-or

LA-345Group Dynamics

3

-OR

LA-209Social Issues

3

-or

LA-350Urban Sociology

3

Total Credit Hours:27

Total Credit Hours: 120