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

Select Two:

Select One:

ARTS 1100 - Art Appreciation 3 hours
MUSI 1100 - Music Appreciation 3 hours
THEA 1100 - Theatre Appreciation 3 hours

Select One:

PHIL 1100 - Introduction to Philosophy 3 hours
PHIL 2200 - Introduction to Ethics 3 hours
RELI 1100 - Old Testament 3 hours
RELI 2100 - The New Testament 3 hours
RELI 1200 - World Religions 3 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 (51 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 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 hours *
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 3020 - Learning Theories 3 hours
EDUC 4411 - Student Teaching 12 hours *

Area VI

Additional Requirements (12-13 semester hours)

General Electives (10-11 semester hours)
Physically Active Life Skills (PALS) 2 hours ²

Total Hours for Graduation: 120

Note

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

² A maximum of two PALS (Physically Active Life Skills) courses may be used as general electives.

General Regulations

* Courses MUST be taken at Young Harris College even if similar or same courses have been taken elsewhere.

Certification students deemed deficient by the advisors in content courses may be required to remediate the deficiency (usually by taking additional content courses).

An overall 2.75 GPA on a 4.00 scale is the requirement for enrollment in block courses and for recommendation for teacher certification in Georgia.

Only grades of C or better are acceptable in certification courses and for recommendation for teacher certification in Georgia.

A passing score on the GACE Basic Skills test must be on file in the Office of Teacher Preparation before enrolling in the first set of block courses.

A passing score on the GACE ECE content test must be on file in the Office of Teacher Preparation before Young Harris College will recommend the candidate for certification.

All candidates will be required to complete field and clinical experiences within diverse settings including, but not limited to socioeconomic, exceptionalities, ethnic and racial backgrounds, students with special needs as well as English language learners.