Early Childhood Education Undergraduate Requirements/Curriculum

Pre-professional
(freshman/sophomore)		 Fall Junior Year Spring Junior Year Fall Senior Year Spring Senior Year
Courses
EDHD 210 (3 cr) Foundations of ECE EDSP 470A (3 cr) Introduction to Special Education EDHD 424 (3 cr) Cultural and Community Perspectives EDHD 427 (3 cr) Constructing and Integrating the Early Childhood Curriculum EDCI 464 (3cr) Reading Instruction and Diagnosis Across Content Areas
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 I EDHD 323 (2 cr) Children Study their World
EDHD 222 (3 cr) Literature in the Early Childhood Classroom 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 EDHD 415 (3 cr) Social Competence in Young Children EDHD 315 (3 cr) Reading in the EC Classroom-Part II  
      EDHD 435 (3 cr) Effective Components of Early Childhood Classroom  
Field Exp.
7 weeks at Center for Young Children & 7 weeks PDS placement 1/2 day per week for entire semester Specialized observations and experiences with infants and toddler (½ day per week) Placement 2 days per week plus 1 full week in Preschool/Head Start for entire semester (Yearlong internship-Ph I) Pre-K-3 Placement 2 full days per week plus 2 full weeks (Yearlong internship- Ph II) EDHD 432 (12 cr) Student teaching (Pre-K-3) 1-12 week plus 1-4 week Complementary placement
Credits
12 credits 15 credits 15 credits 16 credits 15 credits
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