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Early Childhood Care and Education

Early Childhood Care and Education AAS (Major Code: EC13)

Credit Required for Graduation: 72 semester credit hours

Curriculum Outline

General Education (18 Credits)

Area I: Language Arts and Communications (6)

Student must choose from the following courses:

ENGL 1101Composition and Rhetoric

3
ENGL 1102Literature and Composition

3
SPCH 1101Public Speaking

3

Area II: Social and Behavioral Sciences (3)

PSYC 1101Introductory Psychology

3

Area III: Mathematics and Natural Sciences (3)

Students must choose from the following courses:

MATH 1100Quantitative Skills and Reasoning

3
MATH 1101Mathematical Modeling

3
MATH 1111College Algebra

3
MATH 1127Introduction to Statistics

3

Area IV: Humanities and Fine Arts (3)

Students must choose from the following courses:

ARTS 1101Art Appreciation

3
ENGL 2130American Literature

3
ENGL 2310English Literature from the Beginnings to 1700

3
HUMN 1101Introduction to Humanities

3
MUSC 1101Music Appreciation

3
MUSC 2040History of Popular Music

3

General Education Electives (3 Credits)

Students may choose a course from Area III, Area IV, Language Arts and Communication, or from the following list:

BIOL 1111Biology I

3
AND
BIOL 1111LBiology I Lab

1
BIOL 1112Biology II

3
AND
BIOL 1112LBiology II Lab

1
CHEM 1151Survey of Inorganic Chemistry

3
AND
CHEM 1151LSurvey of Inorganic Chemistry Lab

1
CHEM 1211Chemistry I

3
AND
CHEM 1211LChemistry I Lab

1
CHEM 1212Chemistry II

3
AND
CHEM 1212LChemistry II Lab

1
ECON 2105Macroeconomics

3
ECON 2106Microeconomics

3
HIST 1111World History I

3
HIST 1112World History II

3
HIST 2111U.S. History I

3
HIST 2112U.S. History II

3
MATH 1112College Trigonometry

3
MATH 1113Precalculus

3
PHYS 1110Conceptual Physics

3
AND
PHYS 1110LConceptual Physics Lab

1
POLS 1101American Government

3
SOCI 1101Introduction to Sociology

3

Early Childhood Care and Education Major (54 Credits)

COMP 1000Introduction to Computers

3
ECCE 1101Introduction to Early Childhood Care and Education

3
ECCE 1103Child Growth and Development

3
ECCE 1105Health, Safety, and Nutrition

3
ECCE 1112Curriculum and Assessment

3
ECCE 1113Creative Activities for Children

3
ECCE 1121Early Childhood Care and Education Practicum

3
ECCE 2115Language and Literacy

3
ECCE 2116Math and Science

3
ECCE 2201Exceptionalities

3
ECCE 2202Social Issues and Family Involvement

3
ECCE 2203Guidance and Classroom Management

3
ECCE 2240Early Childhood Care and Education Internship

12
ECCE 2310Paraprofessional Methods and Materials

3
ECCE 2312Paraprofessional Roles and Practices

3
OR
ECCE 2360Classroom Strategies for Exceptional Children

3
ECCE 2362Exploring Your Role in the Exceptional Environment

3

* Students must pass ECCE-1101, ECCE-1103, ECCE-1105, ECCE-1112, ECCE-1121, ECCE-2240 courses with a grade of C or higher.

Associate of applied science degree students can select to take either ECCE 2310 and ECCE 2312 OR ECCE 2360 and ECCE 2362