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Early Childhood Education Curriculum

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.

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