Early Childhood Education AAS

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FIRST SEMESTER

Course	Notes	Credits
ECED 1310 Intro to Early Childhood EdSuccessive Courses		3
ENGL 1010 English Comp ISuccessive Courses		3
ECED 2310 Safe, Healthy, Learning Env		3
ECED 2335 Initial Practicum	May require 45 hours of field experience	3
PICK ONE: Mathematics		3
Semester Credits		15

SECOND SEMESTER

Course	Notes	Credits
PICK ONE: Natural Science		4
ECED 2315 Early Childhood Curriculum	Prereqs: ECED 1310 ECED 2310	3
ECED 2320 Infant, Toddler, Child DevSuccessive Courses	Prereq: ECED 1310	3
COMM 2025 Fund of Comm		3
PICK ONE: Social/Behavioral Sciences		3
Semester Credits		16

THIRD SEMESTER

Course	Notes	Credits
ECED 2340 Family Dynamics & Com Inv Successive Courses		3
ECED 2380 Lang & Lit in Early Childhood	Prereq: ECED 2320\|Fall Only	3
ECED2385 Math & Science in Early ED	Prereqs: ECED 1310 ECED 2320	3
ECED 2360 Dev of Except ChildrenSuccessive Courses	Prereqs: ECED 2340 EDUC 3020 ECED 2320	3
Semester Credits		12

FOURTH SEMESTER

Course	Notes	Credits
ECED 2370 Dev Assessment	Prereq: ECED 2320\|Spring Only	3
ECED 2365 Final PracticumSuccessive Courses	Spring Only Prereqs: ECED 2315 ECED 2320 ECED 2335 ECED2340 ECED2360 ECED 2380	3
PICK ONE: ECED Elective	See General Advising Notes	3
PICK ONE: General Education Elective	HIST 2010 or HIST 2020 Recommended	3
PICK ONE: Elective	INFS 1010 Recommended	3
PICK ONE: Humanities / Fine Arts
Semester Credits		18

To stay on track, these courses must be taken in order.

General Advising Notes

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2019-2022

This program is not designed to transfer.

General Advising Notes

Most ECED courses have either field experience or service learning requirements.

ECED 2335 may require 45 colock hours of field experience.

ECED 2365 may require 90 clock hours of field experience.

For fourth semester education elective, choose from ECED 2330, 2050, 2300, 2312, or 2095.

ENGL1010 and ENGL 0810
ACAD 1100 and READ 0810
MATH 1530 and MATH 0530

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Milestone Courses

Based on prior students’ experience, students who do well in these courses are more likely to graduate on time in this program.

ECED 2320 are prerequisites for most remaining ECED courses and should be taken as early in the program as possible.

Criminal and/or other types of background checks, possibly at the student's expense, may be a requirement of some courses in this degreee program. The ability to complete cooperative training internships, field experiences, and educational practicums may be based on the results of these backgrounds checks,

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