Early Childhood Education Undergraduate Requirements/Curriculum

Pre-professional Fall Junior Year Spring Junior Year Fall Senior Year Spring Senior Year
Courses
EDHD 210 (3 cr) Foundations of ECE EDHD 415 (3 cr) Social Competence in Young Children EDHD 424 (3 cr) Cultural and Community Perspectives EDHD 427 (3 cr) Constructing and Integrating the Early Childhood Curriculum EDCI 464 (3 cr) Assessment of Reading (Taught onsite in a PDS during the day)
EDHD 285 (3 cr) Designing Multimedia Computer Environments For Learners EDHD 425 (3 cr) Language Development and Reading Acquisition EDHD 314 (3 cr) Reading in the EC classroom - Part 1 EDHD 323 (2 cr) Children Study Their World
EDCI ??? (3 cr) Children's Literature for Early Childhood EDHD 419A (3 cr) Human Development and Learning EDHD 313 (3 cr) Creative Experiences for the Young Child EDHD 321 (2 cr) The Young Child as Scientist  
EDHD 220 (3 cr) Exploring Teaching in ECE Core Requirement EDHD 419B (3 cr) Human Development and Learning EDHD 322 (3 cr) The Young Child as Mathematician  
  Core Requirement EDSP 470A (3 cr) Introduction to Special Education EDHD 315 (3 cr) Reading in the EC Classroom - Part 2  
      EDHD 435 (3 cr) Effective Components of Early Childhood Classrooms  
Field Exp.
CYC placement 1 day per week Specialized observations and experiences with infants and toddlers Placement: 2 days per week plus 1 full week in Preschool/Headstart (Yearlong Internship A) K-3 placement 2 full days per week plus 2 full weeks (Yearlong Internship B) EDHD 432 (12 cr) Student Teaching (K-3) one 12 week and one 4 week pre-K placement
Credits
12 credits 15 credits 15 credits 16 credits 15 credits
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