A curriculum plan should consider the major, college core, professional education, and state certification requirements.
The coursework to qualify for education certification consists of:
Education Sequence (9 course units)
- ELE 099: College Seminar
- ECE 102: Multicultural Children’s Literature
- MAT 105: Mathematical Structures
- MAT 106: Algorithms for Educators I or II
- ECE 201: Infant through Adolescent Development for Early Childhood
- ECE 202: Theories and Philosophies of Early Childhood Education
- RAL 222: Literacy Strategies, Assessment and Instruction
- MST 202 Science Health and the Environment
- MTT 202 Teaching Mathematics
Notes
SED 099 College Seminar …
Advanced Core Block (3 course units)
- ELE 301: Advanced Core Block
- SOM 203: Methods of Teaching Social Studies from a Multicultural Perspective
- RAL 322: Literacy Learning Across the Curriculum
Note: These courses must be completed concurrently in the opposite semester of Methods Courses.
Senior Student Teaching (2 course units)
- ECE 490: Student Teaching
- ECE 498: Capstone: Inquiry into Learning
Note: These courses must be completed concurrently. You must have a 2.75 GPA to student teach.