Early Childhood Education Major, B.A. or B.S.

(72 credits)

Required Core Courses (60 credits)

EDEC 300Intro to Early Childhood Tchg & Lrng

3

EDEC 305Observation/Assmt Infant Toddler YC Dev

3

EDEC 317History & Philosophy of Early Childhood

3

EDEC 353Literature for the Young Child

3

EDEC 360Working with Families of YC w/ SPED

3

EDEC 361Typical/Atypical Speech/Language Dev YC

3

EDEC 362Diagnosis & Assessment in EC SPED

3

EDEC 363Methods for Infants Toddlers & YC

3

EDEC 365Guiding Yng Children Social Dev. Bhvior

3

EDEC 367Emergent Literacy& Beg Reading Instructn

4

EDEC 368EC Methods in Language Arts& Soc Studies

3

EDEC 370EC Methods in Math & Science

3

EDEC 372Early Childhood Methods in the Arts

3

EDEC 374Curriculum & Methods in Early Childhood

3

EDEC 406EC Student Teaching Seminar

3

EDEC 409Student Teaching in Early Childhood I

6

EDEC 410Student Teaching in Early Childhood II

6

EDEC 495Senior Seminar

3

Required Supporting Courses (12 credits)

EDUC 236Educational Psychology

3

EDUC 346Technology in the Classroom

3

HDEV 248Development of Young Children

3

SPED 342Survey of Exceptional Children

3