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Early Childhood Education Major/Certification

Major Required Courses | Specialization Courses | Recommended Electives

 

Early childhood teachers, through knowledge of developmental theory and appropriate practices, are prepared to work with children from birth through age eight. They are prepared for working and teaching in diverse settings: public and private preschool and child care, primary grades (kindergarten through third grade), corporate, hospital, and nonprofit centers. Students in early childhood are encouraged to consider completing the elementary education or special education programs as well if they wish to broaden professional preparation.

>>Also offered at our Cranberry and Greensburg locations
(for Early Childhood Associates Degree graduates)

Early Childhood Education Major/Certification

Required Courses - Early Childhood Education Major/Cert.
Course # Description
Credits
ED 200 Assessment Center
3
ED 258 Foundations of Education
3
ED 259 Educational Psychology
3
ED 300 Professional Development
2
ED 305 Integrating the Arts in Early Childhood and Elementary Education
ED 312 Reading and Language Arts Methods
3
ED 322 Math Methods
3
ED 407 Senior Cohort
1
EL 303 no information available
Specialization Courses
EC 201 Orientation to Early Childhood Education
3
EC 203 Child Development
3
EC 307 Curriculum and Methods for Early Childhood Education with Practicum
4
EC 311 Infant/Toddler Programming
3
EC 312 Working with Children with Special Needs with Practicum
3
EC 325 (optional) Early Childhood Education Field Experiences
credit varies
EC 406 Preschool Student Teaching and Seminar
6
EC 407 Primary Student Teaching and Seminar
6
Required Support Courses - Early Childhood Education Major/Cert
PY 308 Psychology of the Exceptional Child
3
EN 220 Linguistics
3
ED 252 Computers in Education
3
BIO 210-211 Teaching Elementary Science I — Physical and Earth Science
Teaching Elementary Science II — Biology and Chemistry
3 credits each
Recommended Electives - Early Childhood Education Major
SO 251/WS 251 Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Child-Rearing and Child Care
3

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