Early Childhood Education Major, B.A. or B.S.
The Early Childhood Education program prepares teachers for preschool, kindergarten, and the early primary grades (1-2) by providing General Education courses and professional education courses that address institutional requirements leading to a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree in Early Childhood Education and a professional educator license (PEL) with an endorsement in early childhood education. Students must choose from one of the following additional endorsements or approvals: Early Childhood Special Education Approval, LBSI (K-22) Endorsement, ESL Endorsement, or Bilingual Endorsement.
Required Core Courses (63 credits)
| EDEC 300 | Foundations of Early Childhood Education | 3 |
| EDEC 320 | Pre-Primary Teaching and Learning | 3 |
| EDEC 338 | Child Growth and Development | 3 |
| EDEC 330 | Foundations Lang Lit Diverse Learners | 3 |
| EDEC 331 | Language and Literacy Methods for Diverse Learners | 3 |
| EDEC 350 | Curr Instr Planning PK-2 | 3 |
| EDEC 372 | Integrating the Arts in the Classroom | 3 |
| EDEC 364 | Families, Children, and Communities | 3 |
| SPED 340 | Foun SPED: Overview Exceptional Children | 3 |
| EDUC 351 | Writing and Research for Educators | 3 |
| EDEC 495 | Senior Seminar | 3 |
| EDEC 406 | EC Student Teaching Seminar | 3 |
| EDEC 409 | Student Teaching in Early Childhood I | 6 |
| EDEC 410 | Student Teaching in Early Childhood II | 6 |
| EDEC 370 | Methods in Science/Social Science in EC | 3 |
| EDEC 363 | Methods for Infants Toddlers & YC | 3 |
| EDSL 371 | Cross-Cultural Education | 3 |
| EDEC 354 | Math Methods for Early Childhood | 3 |
| EDEC 362 | Observation and Assessment in EC | 3 |