EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION

Bachelor of Arts

The Early Childhood Education curriculum prepares students for teaching positions on the kindergarten and primary levels (grades K­4).

Freshman Year

First Semester

1 - ED 100 Orientation

3 - ENGL 101 Composition I

3 - MTHSC 115 Contemporary Mathematics for

Elementary School Teachers I

4 - PH SC 108 Introduction to Physical Science

4 - Foreign Language Requirement¹

15

Second Semester

3 - ENGL 102 Composition II

3 - HIST 172 Western Civilization

3 - MTHSC 116 Contemporary Mathematics for

Elementary School Teachers II

4 - PH SC 107 Introduction to Earth Science

4 - Foreign Language Requirement¹

17

Sophomore Year

First Semester

4 - BIOL 109 Introduction to Life Science

3 - HIST 173 Western Civilization

3 - Arts and Humanities Requirement²

3 - Foreign Language Requirement¹

3 - Literature Requirement³

3 - Elective

19

Second Semester

3 - CP SC 120 Intro. to Information Technology

3 - ED F (AG ED, THRD) 480 Educational

Applications of Microcomputers

3 - ED F 301 Principles of American Education

3 - ED F 334 Child Growth and Development

3 - Arts and Humanities Requirement²

3 - Foreign Language Requirement¹

3 - Elective

18

Junior Year

First Semester

3 - ED F 302 Educational Psychology

3 - ED SP 370 Introduction to Special Education

3 - ENGL 385 Children's Literature

3 - SPCH 150 Intro. to Speech Communication or

3 - SPCH 250 Public Speaking

3 - THRD 310 Arts and Creat. for Elem. Child

3 - Education Requirement⁴

18

Second Semester

3 - ED 466 Intro. to Early Childhood Education

1 - ED F (THRD) 315 Integrating Computers

into the Classroom

3 - ED F 336 Behavior of the Preschool Child⁵

3 - ED F 458 Health Education

3 - GEOG 101 Introduction to Geography or

3 - GEOG 103 World Regional Geography

4 - Elective

17

Senior Year

(Courses must be taken as listed in both semesters.)

First Semester

3 - ED 321 Physical Education Methods for Classroom Teachers

3 - ED 400 Early Childhood Education Field Exp.

3 - ED 483 Meth. and Mat. for Early Child. Educ.

3 - ED 488 Teach. Lang. Arts in the Elem. School

3 - READ 459 Teaching Reading in the Early Grades: K­3

15

Second Semester

12 - ED 484 Dir. Teaching in Early Child. Educ.

12

131 Total Semester Hours

¹Two years of the same foreign language are required.

²HUM 301 and 302; or select three credits from two of the following fields:

ArtA A H 210

MusicMUSIC 210 or 311 or 400

TheatreTHEA 210 or 372

³ENGL 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, or H210.

⁴Select from ED 451, 452, 487, 460.

⁵To be taken prior to or in the same semester as ED 466.