Early Childhood Education M.Ed.

Admission Requirements

1. A completed application form accompanied by a fifty-dollar nonrefundable application fee.
2.  Official transcripts of all undergraduate and graduate records.
3. A minimum cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.00 on a 4.00 scale in all undergraduate course work. Applicants with undergraduate GPAs less than 3.00 may be admitted to degree candidacy upon submission of other evidence of academic potential.
4. A teaching certificate or early childhood teaching experience and education.
5. Three Candidate Reference Forms accompanied by three Letters of Recommendation.
6. A Professional Goals Essay.
7. A Performance-Based Evaluation.
8.  Teacher certification in elementary education, early childhood education, or an appropriate field. (The teaching certification requirement may be waived under special circumstances and with special considerations.)
9. An interview may be required.

Note: The teaching certification requirement may be waived under special circumstances and with special considerations.

Course Requirements

Foundations Component

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
ELED 510	Research Methods, Analysis, and Applications	3	Fall, Spring, Summer.
FNED 502	Social Issues in Education	3	Fall, Spring, Summer.

Professional Education Component

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
ECED 502	Curriculum, Developmental Play, and Programs	3	Fall.
ECED 503	Infants and Toddlers in Early Care and Education Programs	3	Fall.
ECED 505	Early Childhood Education and Development Issues	3	Spring.
ECED 512	Working with Families: Building Home-School Partnerships	3	Spring.
ECED 580	Workshop:	3
	-Or-
ECED 661	Directing Early Care and Education Programs	3	Spring.
ECED 662	Seminar in Early Childhood Education Research	3	Fall.

Note: ECED 580: Only with consent of advisor.

Electives

TWO COURSES from

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
ECED 509	Emergent Literacy—Infants through Grade Two	3	As needed.
ELED 504	Mathematics in the Elementary School	3	Fall, Spring.
ELED 508	Language Arts in the Elementary School	3	Summer.
ELED 518	Science in the Elementary School	3	Fall, Spring.
ELED 528	M.A.T. Teaching Social Studies Practicum	3	Summer.
TESL 539	Second Language Acquisition Theory and Practice	3	Fall, Spring, Summer.
TESL 549	Sociocultural Contexts: Education in Bilingual Communities	3	Fall, Spring, Summer.

Note: ECED 509: Students who have never completed a course in beginning reading must take this course.

TWO COURSES from

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
SPED 513	Characteristics/Needs of Young Exceptional Children	3	Spring.
SPED 516	Individualized Interventions for Young Exceptional Children	3	Fall.
SPED 534	Involvement of Families in Special Education	3	Fall, Spring.

Note: SPED 513: Students who have never completed a special education course must take this course.

Comprehensive Assessment

Total Credit Hours: 36