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3.00 Credits
This course presents students with a systematic plan for week-by-week documentation of each child's development in an early childhood setting. It presents instruction in the most common and useful recording techniques as well as a review of basic child development principles. Students will be required to participate in an approved early childhood setting for 64+ hours throughout the term with a minimum of five children (infant, toddler, 2 year old, 3 year old, and 4 year old) in order to complete weekly observations. (Prerequisite: None) (3 credits: 1 lecture/2 lab)
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the development of children with differing abilities and emphasizes the inclusive classroom. Course content includes early intervention and public policy, comparisons of typical and exceptional development, planning for inclusion, implementing inclusive early childhood programs, and applying legal and ethical educational requirements. Students are required to pass a Minnesota DHS background study and complete field experience hours during ECED coursework. (Prerequisite: ECED1101, ECED1102ECED1230) (3 credits: 3 lecture/0 lab)
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3.00 Credits
This course will provide the student with a beginning appreciation of differentiating literacy development for young readers. Students will examine language and literacy development birth through age 8 with an emphasis on the 4- to 8-year old range and development of phonological awareness. Students are required to pass a Minnesota DHS background study and complete field experience hours during ECED coursework. (3 credits: 3 lecture/0 lab)
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces students to multisensory strategies to support learning for young children under age 8. This course will provide a deeper dive into sensory processing and how kinesthetic learning can enhance and support the learning process. Students are required to pass a Minnesota DHS background study and complete field experience hours during ECED coursework. (3 credits: 3 lecture/0 lab)
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2.00 Credits
This course introduces students to adult learning principles and andragogy (how adults learn). Students will examine and explore learning strategies and techniques to engage adults in training or coaching sessions. Students are required to pass a Minnesota DHS background study and complete field experience hours during ECED coursework. (2 credits: 2 lecture/0 lab)
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2.00 Credits
This course focuses on providing the 'how to' in preparing to become a trainer or coach in early childhood. Students will examine training and coaching requirements and explore the trainer/coaching approval process. Finally, students in this course will map a curriculum proposal to support alignment between instructional goals, strategies, and evaluation of learning. Students are required to pass a Minnesota DHS background study and complete field experience hours during ECED coursework. (2 credits: 2 lecture/0 lab)
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3.00 Credits
During this course, students will work for at least 15 hours per week in a child care setting with a minimum of three children between the ages of 0-8. Students will be assessed on their knowledge of child development and developmentally appropriate practices, understanding of the characteristics of children at different levels of development, ability to create optimal group experiences for small groups of children, documentation of children's interests and developmental levels, demonstration of respect for the diversity of individuals, ability to build relationships with children and to positively guide their behavior, their professional image, knowledge of health and safety, ability to establish positive relationships with families, and their household management skills. (Prerequisites: Permission of instructor) (3 credits: 1 lecture/2 lab)
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3.00 Credits
This course is a survey of microeconomic and macroeconomic principles illustrated by a discussion of current economic policies, issues, and problems. The private enterprise system, demand-and-supply, and market interaction; business costs and prices, forms of competition, resource markets; the mixed economy (Meets MnTC goals 5 & 8) (Prerequisite: A minimum score of 86 in the Elementary Algebra section of the ACCUPLACER basic skills test or successful completion of MATH0544 or MATH0533 or MATH0522 and FYEX0100) (3 credits: 3 lecture/0 lab)
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3.00 Credits
Personal Finance offers a study of economic decisions facing individuals in their personal lives. The course includes such topics as budgeting, using consumer credit, buying or renting a home, providing for medical care, purchasing life insurance, understanding retirement programs, buying and selling stocks, preparing income tax returns, minimizing taxes, and thinking about consumerism. (Prerequisites: none) (MnTC Goals 5 and 9) (3 credits: 3 lecture/0 lab)
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3.00 Credits
This course focuses on the interactions and decisions between the consumer and the producer. Topics include supply and demand, the price system, demand elasticity; the costs of production including the various factor inputs; the four major market structures (pure competition, monopolistic competition, oligopoly and monopoly); and ways to increase market competition. This course develops a theoretical framework for microeconomic analysis and applies this theory to practical domestic and international economic policy problems. (MnTC Goal 5) (3 credits: 3 lecture/0 lab)
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