Early Childhood Education (Birth-2) [ECH]

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The early childhood education major prepares students to become early childhood educators in preschool settings through grade two. Students learn to create high-quality environments that respect children and their families, are developmentally appropriate, and are child centered.

Career Potential

Teacher of Preschool through Grade 2 (birth to 8 years old)
Child-care provider
Child-care center director
Resource and referral counselor

B. Content Core: 28 credit hours

ENG 302 - Writing About Literature (3 cr. hr.)
or
ENG 306 - Advanced Writing Workshop (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 200 - The United States to 1877 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 201 - The United States Since 1877 (3 cr. hr.)
HLH 265 - Health and the Child (3 cr. hr.)
MAT 102 - Concepts of Elementary School Mathematics II (3 cr. hr.)
PED 245 - Activities for Children (1 cr. hr.)
POL 100 - Introduction to American Government and Politics (3 cr. hr.)
(whichever not taken as GE 1)
PSY 101 - General Psychology I (3 cr. hr.)
PSY 231 - Child Psychology (3 cr. hr.)
SCI 141 - Integrated Earth Science and Biology (4 cr. hr.).
and
SCI 142 - Integrated Physics and Chemistry (3 cr. hr.)
(if not previously taken as GE 8a and 8b)
SPE 270 - Introduction to Special Education (3 cr. hr.)

Select Either:

ECO 105 - Political Economy and Social Thought (3 cr. hr.)
POL 100 - Introduction to American Government and Politics (3 cr. hr.)
(whichever not taken as GE 1)

C. Pedagogy Courses: 42 credit hours

ECE 270 - Introduction to Early Childhood Education (3 cr. hr.)
ECE 330 - Observation and Assessment of Young Children (3 cr. hr.)
ECE 331 - Curriculum Development I (3 cr. hr.)
ECE 332 - Pre-School Practicum (1 cr. hr.)
ECE 333 - Children, Families, and Their Community (3 cr. hr.)
ECE 431 - Curriculum Development II (3 cr. hr.)
ECE 435 - Children’s Literacy Across the Curriculum (3 cr. hr.)
ECE 490 - Student Teaching I (6 cr. hr.)
ECE 491 - Student Teaching II (6 cr. hr.)
ECE 492 - Seminar in Student Teaching (1 cr. hr.)
EDU 477 - Elementary School Practicum (1 cr. hr.)
EDU 478 - Classroom Discipline for Personal and Social Responsibility (3 cr. hr)
FSA 400 - Foundations of Education: The School in American Society (3 cr. hr.)
LIT 371 - Teaching Elementary School Reading and Language Arts I (3 cr. hr.)

D. Concentration in an Approved Liberal Arts Area:

30-33 credit hours with a minimum of 18 credit hours at the 300 and 400 level.

Credit hours vary depending on area chosen. Requirements in General Education and content core may reduce the number of credit hours in a concentration. Approved concentrations include: biology, earth science, English language arts, environmental studies, French, humanities, mathematics, social sciences and Spanish.

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