EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
Grades: Pre-Kindergarten – Third

Coordinator: Dr. Dorothy M. Harris

A Bachelor of Science degree in Early Childhood Education requires the following:

General Education.........................................................51 hours
 

Communications............................................................12 hours

ENG 112 .........................................................................3

ENG 200 .........................................................................3

SPCO 101 ......................................................................3

CS 150 (special section) ................................................3

Social Sciences .............................................................9 hours

GEOG 101 .....................................................................3

POL 101 OR 103 ..........................................................3

Additional 3 hours chosen from economics, geography, political science, or sociology........................................................................3

Humanities ...................................................................12 hours

Literature (elective) .......................................................3

History (elective) ...........................................................3

Art, Music, or Theatre 101 ............................................6

Mathematics..................................................................6 hours

MATH 170.....................................................................3

MATH 270.....................................................................3

Natural Sciences.........................................................12 hours

a Biology .......................................................................4

b. Chemistry, Physics, or Physical Science*..............4

c. Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Physical Science*, or
Psychology 206/216.....................................................4

(To satisfy the Natural Sciences Requirement, students must take at least one course from a, at least one course from b, and at least one course from c above.)

*Credit toward graduation may not be earned in both Physical Science 101 and 102 and any Chemistry course or Physics course. Psychology does NOT count as science for Early Childhood Education teacher certification.

Pre-Professional Education........................................7 hours

EDUC 290 ...................................................................2

EDUC 299 ...................................................................2

(EDUC 290 and 299 are corequisites)

EDUC 305 .....................................................................3

Professional Education

(Requires Admission to the Program) .......................31 hours

EDUC 311 .....................................................................3

EDUC 313 .....................................................................1

ECE 302.........................................................................3

(Prerequisite to Block A and B courses)

Block A*

ECE 313 - Block A........................................................3

ECE 314 - Block A........................................................3

ECE 319 - Block A........................................................2

ECE 321 - Block A........................................................3

Block B*

EDUC 380 - Block B.....................................................2

EDUC 391 - Block B.....................................................2

ECE 315 - Block B .......................................................3

ECE 320 - Block B .......................................................3

ECE 420 - Block B .......................................................3

Student Teaching Block*.............................................15 hours

EDUC 487 .....................................................................2

EDUC 489 .....................................................................1

EDUC 490 ...................................................................12

Supporting Courses....................................................18 hours

ART 217 ........................................................................3

ENG 220 ........................................................................3

ENG 313 – Block A.........................................................3

HLTH 312.......................................................................3

MATH 370......................................................................3

PSY 315.........................................................................3

Elective............................................................................3 hours

* All Block A courses must be taken together. All Block B courses must be taken together. All Student Teaching Block courses must be taken together.

Minimum hours required for graduation.................125 hours