Education - Early Childhood Education, BS

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Students who enter the College fall semester 2011 or later must fulfill Rhetorica Program requirements for graduation. Click here to view the Rhetorica Program and requirement information .

Area I

Essential Skills (12 semester hours)

ENGL 1101 - Composition I 3 hours
ENGL 1102 - Composition and Literature 3 hours
MATH 1101 - College Algebra 3 hours or
MATH 1110 - Math Modeling 3 hours
COMM 1000 - Introduction to Human Communication 3 hours or
COMM 1100 - Introduction to Public Speaking 3 hours

Area II

Humanities/Fine Arts (18 semester hours)

Foreign Language Sequence 6 hours

Area III

Science and Technology (14-15 semester hours)

Select two lab science courses 8 hours
Select one additional
Mathematics or Science Course
3-4 hours¹
CSCI 1100 - Introduction to Personal Computing 3 hours

Area IV

Social Sciences (12 semester hours)

POLI 1100 - American Government 3 hours
Select one
Social Science Elective
3 hours

Select Two:

HIST 1111 - Survey of Civilization I 3 hours
HIST 1112 - Survey of Civilization II 3 hours
HIST 2111 - American History I 3 hours
HIST 2112 - American History II 3 hours

Area V

Requirements for the Major (54 semester hours)

EDUC 2204 - Introduction to Education 3 hours
EDUC 2220 - Exceptional Learners 3 hours
EDUC 2230 - Educational Psychology 3 hours
EDUC 2250 - Intro to Early Childhood Education 3 hours
EDUC 2260 - Fundamentals of Human Growth and Development Prenatal-Age 8 3 hours
EDUC 3003 - Math Methods for Early Childhood Education I 3 hours
EDUC 3004 - Math Methods for Early Childhood Education II 3 hours
EDUC 3005 - Science Methods for Early Childhood Educ 3
EDUC 3006 - Social Science Methods for Early Childhood Education 3 hours
EDUC 3007 - Creative Arts, Health and Movement Early Childhood Education 3 hours
EDUC 3008 - Children’s Literature 3 hours
EDUC 3009 - Reading and Language Arts I 3 hours
EDUC 3010 - Reading and Language Arts II 3 hours
EDUC 3012 - Fundamentals of Human Growth & Development 6-14 3 hours
EDUC 4411 - Student Teaching 12 hours

Additional Requirements (10 semester hours)

General Electives (8 semester hours)
Physical Education (2 semester hours)²

Total Hours for Graduation: 120

Note

¹Students are strongly encouraged to take an additional Mathematics course.

² Physical Education courses may not be used as general electives.

Education - Early Childhood Education, BS

Area I

Essential Skills (12 semester hours)

Area II

Humanities/Fine Arts (18 semester hours)

Select Two:

Select One:

Select One:

Area III

Science and Technology (14-15 semester hours)

Area IV

Social Sciences (12 semester hours)

Select Two:

Area V

Requirements for the Major (54 semester hours)

Additional Requirements (10 semester hours)

Total Hours for Graduation: 120

Note