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Suggested First-Year Sequences for Early Childhood Education

These sequences are subject to change depending on course availability.

Early Childhood Education and Art

Fall
ELE 099/Education Seminar
FYW First Year Writing (or FYS First Year Seminar if exempt from FYW)
AAV 111/Drawing I
AAV 112/2-D
MAT 105 or 106/Mathematical Structures and Algorithms for Educators I or II

Spring
FYS (if not taken in Fall) or MAT 105 or 106
AAV 102/Visual Thinking
ECE 102/Multicultural Children’s Literature
PHY 103/Physical, Earth, and Space Sciences or BIO 104/ Inquiries in the Life Sciences

Early Childhood Education and Biology

Fall
ELE 099/Education Seminar
BIO 099/Biology Seminar
FYW First Year Writing (or FYS First Year Seminar if exempt from FYW)
BIO 201/Foundations of Biological Inquiry
CHE 201/General Chemistry I
MAT 127/Calculus A*
*If a student is required to take pre-calculus (MAT 120), then ECE 102 should be taken in the fall semester in place
of CHE 201, and CHE 201 should be taken in the spring semester.

Spring
FYS (if not taken in Fall) or U.S. History or VPA course
PHY 103/Physical, Earth, and Space Sciences or BIO 104/Inquiries in the Life Sciences
CHE 202/General Chemistry II*
Biology Option—Organismal
MAT 105 or 106/Mathematical Structures and Algorithms for Educators I or II
*If a student is required to take pre-calculus (MAT 120), then ECE 102 should be taken in the fall semester in place
of CHE 201, and CHE 201 should be taken in the spring semester.

Early Childhood Education and English

Fall
FYW First Year Writing (or FYS First Year Seminar if exempt from FYW)
ELE 099/Education Seminar
LIT 099/English Seminar
LIT 200/Introduction to Poetry
MAT 105 or 106/Mathematical Structures and Algorithms for Educators I or II
PHY 103/Physical, Earth, and Space Sciences or BIO 104/Inquiries in the Life Sciences

Spring
FYS (if not taken in Fall) or English major course by advisement
LNG 201/Introduction to English
MAT 105 or 106/Mathematical Structures and Algorithms for Educators I or II
PHY 103/Physical, Earth, and Space Sciences or BIO 104/Inquiries in the Life Sciences

Early Childhood Education and History

Fall
ELE 099/Education Seminar
HIS 099/History Seminar
FYW First Year Writing (or FYS First Year Seminar if exempt from FYW)
MAT 105 or 106/Mathematical Structures and Algorithms for Educators I or II
HIS 210/Craft of History
ECE 102/Multicultural Children’s Literature for Early Childhood

Spring
FYS (if not taken in Fall) or MAT 105 or 106
Any HIS 100-level course
HIS 260/Themes in American History
PHY 103/Physical, Earth, and Space Sciences or BIO 104/Inquiries in the Life Sciences

Early Childhood Education and Mathematics

Fall
ELE 099/Education Seminar
MAT 099/Orientation to Mathematics and Statistics
FYW First Year Writing (or FYS First Year Seminar if exempt from FYW)
MAT 127/Calculus A
MAT 105/Mathematical Structures and Algorithms for Educators (only, not MAT106)
BIO 104/Inquiry in the Life Sciences (only, not PHY103)

Spring
FYS (if not taken in Fall) or college core (gender and/or global)
MAT 128/Calculus B
MAT 200/Proof Writing through discrete Mathematics
ECE 102/Multicultural Children’s Literature for Early Childhood

Early Childhood Education and iSTEM

Fall
ELE 099/Education Seminar
FYW First Year Writing (or FYS First Year Seminar if exempt from FYW)
TST 161/Creative Design
MAT 127/Calculus A
Science Option #1 (by content area advisement; PHY103 or BIO104 or other similar science)

Spring
FYS (if not taken in Fall) or college core (gender and/or global)
MAT 105/Mathematical Structures and Algorithms for Educators I (MAT 200 for
Math specialization)
ETE 261/Multimedia Design
Math Option (by content area advisement; MAT105 or MAT106 or similar math class)

Early Childhood Education and Music

Fall
ELE 099/Education Seminar
MUS 099/Music Seminar
FYW First Year Writing (or FYS First Year Seminar if exempt from FYW)
MUS 246/Music in Global Perspective
MUS 261/Musicianship I
MUS 124/Diction for Singers [Choral only]
ECE 102/Multicultural Children’s Literature
MUS 140/142/145 Large Ensemble

Spring
FYS (if not taken in Fall) or free elective
MAT 105 or 106/Mathematical Structures and Algorithms for Educators I or II
MUS 262/Musicianship II
MUS 111/Keyboard Skills I
MUS 200-224 or MUS 300-324
Large Ensemble

Early Childhood Education and Psychology

Fall
FYW First Year Writing (or FYS First Year Seminar if exempt from FYW)
ELE 099/Education Seminar
PSY 096/Orientation to Psychology
PSY 101/General Psychology
MAT 105/Mathematical Structures and Algorithms for Educators I (only, not MAT106)
ECE 102/Multicultural Children’s Literature for Early Childhood Education

Spring
FYS (if not taken in Fall) or free elective
PSY 121/Methods and Tools of Psychology
Psychology Foundations Course 1*
PHY 103/Physical, Earth, and Space Sciences or BIO 104/Inquiries in the Life Sciences
* Students should consult their Early Childhood Education and Psychology advisor before choosing PSY 220 since
they should take ECE 201 (which is required for the Early Childhood Education major) in place of PSY 220.

Early Childhood Education and Sociology

Fall
ELE 099/Education Seminar
SOC 099/Sociology Seminar
FYW First Year Writing (or FYS First Year Seminar if exempt from FYW)
SOC 101/Introduction to Sociology
MAT 105/Mathematical Structures and Algorithms for Educators I (only, not MAT106)
ECE 102/Multicultural Children’s Literature for Early Childhood

Spring
FYS (if not taken in Fall) or free elective
Sociology elective
PHY 103/Physical, Earth, and Space Sciences or BIO 104/Inquiries in the Life Sciences
STA 115 or 215/Statistical Inference

Early Childhood Education and Spanish

Fall
ELE 099/Education Seminar
SPA 099/Foreign Language Seminar
FYW First Year Writing (or FYS First Year Seminar if exempt from FYW)
SPA 102/103/203 Depending on placement testing
ECE 102/Multicultural Children’s Literature for Early Childhood
MAT 105 or 106/Structures and Algorithms for Educators I or II

Spring
FYS (if not taken in Fall) or MAT 105/MAT106
PHY 103/Physical, Earth, and Space Sciences
SPA 215/Spanish Phonetics
SPA 216 or SPA 217/Current Events in the Spanish Speaking World or Introduction to
Hispanic Culture
ECE 202/Theories and Practices of Early Childhood Education

Early Childhood and Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies (With an emphasis in English or history)

Fall
ELE 099/Education Seminar
WGS 099/WGS Seminar
FYW First Year Writing (or FYS First Year Seminar if exempt from FYW)
MAT 105 or 106/Mathematical Structures and Algorithms for Educators I or II
WGS 200/Women, Culture, and Society
PHY 103/Physical, Earth, and Space Sciences or BIO 104/Inquiries in the Life Sciences

Spring
FYS (if not taken in Fall) or free elective
WGS English elective
MAT 105 or 106/Mathematical Structures and Algorithms for Educators I or II
PHY 103/Physical, Earth, and Space Sciences or BIO 104/ / Inquiries in the Life Sciences

Early Childhood and African American Studies (with an emphasis in English or history)

Fall
ELE 099/Education Seminar
HSS 099/AAS Seminar
FYW First Year Writing (or FYS First Year Seminar if exempt from FYW)
MAT 105 or 106/Mathematical Structures and Algorithms for Educators I or II

Spring
FYS (if not taken in Fall) or free elective
AAS 179/African American History to 1865
MAT 105 or 106/Mathematical Structures and Algorithms for Educators I or II
PHY 103/Physical, Earth, and Space Sciences or BIO 104/Inquiries in the Life Sciences

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