Education, BS, Early Childhood Professions in Early Education & Care

General Education Requirements

Competencies

Competencies must be completed within the student’s first 30 credits.

♣ General Education Categories (34-35 credits total)

FYS, W-I, and OC courses must be completed within the student’s first 30 credits. Courses used to satisfy the general education requirements of the university must be taken from a minimum of six different academic disciplines. First Year Seminar and Level I Written Communications courses are exempt from this restriction.  Courses may not be used to fulfill both major discipline and general education requirements. 

 ‡ Written Communication (Level II & Level III) and Diversity, Power Dynamics & Social Justice

Courses taken for Written Communication Level II, Level III and Diversity, Power Dynamics and Social Justice may be used to satisfy requirements anywhere else in a student’s program of study where they may apply.  Credits will be counted in the area where they apply.

♥       Students may choose to use support courses to satisfy general education categories, but may not be required to do so.  Note:  If a course is used to satisfy two or more requirements (for example, a support course and Scientific Reasoning requirement), the credits are counted in only one place.  Using a course to satisfy more than one requirement does not reduce the credit total required for graduation.  

♣       Courses used to satisfy the general education requirements of the university must be taken from a minimum of six different academic disciplines.  First Year Seminar and Level I Written Communications courses are exempt from this restriction.  Courses may not be used to fulfill both major discipline and general education requirements.

#       These Scientific Reasoning General Education Category courses do not have to be a sequence or be from the same discipline.

‡        Level II and Level III Written Communications courses and Diversity, Power Dynamics & Social Justice may be used to satisfy requirements anywhere else in a student’s program of study where they may apply. The credits are counted only in one area.

♦        General Education categories to be completed with the first 30 credits. Exceptions in the timing of these courses will be made for transfer students.

Courses in Major (49.5 credits)

Core Courses (30 credits)

• EEC 105 Approaches to Early Childhood Education
• EEC 204 Screen Time, Media and Technologies in the Early Years
• EEC 205 Assessment, Planning, and Instruction in Early Childhood Education
• EEC 250 Emergent Literacy and Language Development

• OR

• EDC 400 Literacy Development I
• EEC 308 Supporting Dual Language Learners and Their Families in Early Childhood
• EEC 309 Anti-Bias Education: Perspectives, and Advocacy in early childhood Education
• EEC 310 Early Intervention and Care

• OR

• EDC 415 Effective UDL Classroom Practices
• EEC 312 Collaborating with Families with Young Children
• EDC 405 Foundations of Culturally Responsive Teaching
• EEC 410 Capstone Seminar in Early Education and Care

• OR

• EDC 425 Children Literature and Social Justice

EEC Pre-Practicum & Field Engagement Courses (10.5 credits)

• EEC 300 Pre-practicum Fieldwork Supervision and Internship in Early Education and Care
• EEC 301 Social Studies Curriculum and Pedagogy in Early Education and Care
• EEC 302 Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math Curriculum and Pedagogy in Early Childhood
• EEC 303 Emergent Literacy Curriculum and Pedagogy in Early Childhood

EEC Career Specific Courses (9 credits)

• EEC 200 Creative Arts for Young Children
• EEC 305 Understnding Infant and Toddler Development
• EEC 307 Leadership and Supervision in Early Education and Care
• EEC 311 Risk Factors in Childhood
• EEC 319 Administration and Positive Climate in Early Education and Care Programs with Field Experiences
• EEC 401 Preschool Practicum I
• EEC 401S Preschool Practicum Seminar I

♥ Required Support Course (12-21 credits)

• ENL 334 Literature for Young Children
• HST 204 U.S. History and Constitutional Government I
• PSY 251 Child Growth
• SMS 200 Perceptual Motor Development

• OR

• SMS 225 Introduction to Health and Physical Activity for Children

Free Electives (14.5-24.5 credits)

May be necessary to take additional credits to attain the minimum 120 credits required for graduation depending on choices made for general education or minor selection.

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Additional Notes

EEC 300, 301, 302, and 303 must be taken together. To take the courses, students need to be admitted to the EEC pre-practicum. Upon the successful completion of their pre-practicum, students can apply to take EEC 401 and 401S if they are interested in being qualified to be a preschool lead teacher. 

Career Specific Concentration courses: Students who plan to apply for the ECE M.Ed. Initial Teacher Licensure program are required to take EDC 120, EDC 415, and EDC 425 in place of EEC 105, EEC 310, and EEC 410.

Career Specific Support courses: Students who wish to be an early interventionist are required to take BHS 401; Students who plan to apply for the ECE M.Ed. Initial Teacher Licensure program are required to take MAT 123,124, and 225. Students who previously took EDC 225 or 226 do not need to take additional U.S. history course as their support course.

Students are required to take at least three EEC career specific courses.

Total credits for graduation: 120