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Early Childhood Education
Bachelor of Arts

Students who wish to teach in early childhood will pursue a Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in early childhood. Those students successfully completing the program will receive a license to teach children in grades P/K-3 or ages three to eight. Early childhood teachers must have completed 12 semester hours in the area of reading/language arts.


68 semester credits including:
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Education Core 25 SH
EDC 200 Introduction to Education 2 SH
EDC 225 Voices of Diversity 2 SH
EDC 230 Educational Psychology 3 SH
EDC 301 Foundations of Education 3 SH
EDC 305 Inclusive Strategies for Regular Classrooms 3 SH
EDC 321 Phonetic Approaches to Reading 3 SH
EDC 324 Diagnosis and Correction of Reading Problems 3 SH
EDC 330 Introduction to Students with Exceptional Learning Needs 3 SH
EDC 340 Educational Media and Technology 3 SH

Early Childhood Core (27 SH)

EDE 304 Child Development and Learning 3 SH
EDE 306 Curriculum Development and Implementation in Early Childhood Education 3 SH
EDE 307 Fine Arts in Early Childhood Education 3 SH
EDE 308 Family and Community Relations 3 SH
EDE 323 Reading/Language Arts in Early Childhood 3 SH
EDE 410 Literature Based Reading 3 SH
EDE 420 Mathematics in Early Childhood 3 SH
EDE 422 Social Studies in Early Childhood 3 SH
EDE 424 Science in Early Childhood 3 SH

*Also required are the Field Experience and Student Teaching for Licensure courses (16 SH)

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