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Course Criteria
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0.00 - 3.00 Credits
The course focuses on the child in the context of family and community. It emphasizes the teacher's role in working with the child's family and community; stresses parent education, diversity in families, and legal responsibilities; and specifies criteria and techniques for formulating effective home-school partnerships. Class discussions and assignments will require student analysis and critical evaluation skills. Prerequisite: ECE 121 IAI: ECE 913
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0.00 - 3.00 Credits
This course examines knowledge and skills needed to work effectively with school-age children from diverse cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds. It focuses on planning, organizing, and implementing appropriate curriculum for school-age children in organized childcare programs. Prerequisite: Language Proficiency
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0.00 - 3.00 Credits
The course incorporates theoretical, research, and pedagogical components related to mathematics and science for the young child. It emphasizes planning, preparation, and evaluation of appropriate activities and materials for use in early childhood math and science curriculum. It includes the acquisition of mathematical understandings in early childhood, the assessment of those understandings, and the contribution of family and culture to math and science learning. Prerequisite: Language Proficiency and Basic Algebra Readiness and ECE 121
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0.00 - 3.00 Credits
The course will focus on practical techniques for working with special needs children in the regular early childhood setting. It includes characteristics of young special needs children and modifications in curriculum, routines, and classroom management for children with various types of special needs. Prerequisite: Language Proficiency, ECE 121 and PSY 222 (C or better)
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0.00 - 3.00 Credits
This course introduces practical principles and techniques for providing a balanced, child-centered approach to addressing the developmental needs and abilities of children in the early childhood years. Course content includes review of general theories of child guidance, and how guidance encourages autonomy and self-discipline while promoting development of positive self-concept and early social development. Emphasis is placed on encouraging self-esteem, activities to promote pro-social behaviors, the relationship between the classroom environment and behavior, and the importance of observation to understand the underlying causes of behavior. Prerequisite: Language Proficiency, ECE 121 and PSY 222 (C or better)
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0.00 - 3.00 Credits
This course will examine the management, supervision, and leadership of early childhood programs that serve children from infancy through age eight. Topics will include: program mission, philosophy and goals; development and implementation of policies and procedures; appropriate curriculum; effective hiring, supervision and evaluation of staff members; professional development and training; design and arrangement of the facility; environmental health and safety; finance and budgeting; uses of technology for recordkeeping; ethics; family and community relationships; licensing and other governmental regulations; accreditation systems; program evaluation; advocacy. Prerequisite: Language Proficiency, PSY 222, ECE 121 + 9 additional credit hours in Early Childhood Education
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2.00 - 20.00 Credits
This course includes supervised work experience in an early childhood program. It includes interaction with children and parents, planning and implementing of activities, observation and assessment of children, and participation as a member of a teaching team and the program. A total of 300 contact hours in an assigned classroom is required, along with a biweekly scheduled group seminar. All course requirements and assignments must be completed within a six-month time period. Prerequisite: Language Proficiency, enrollment in the AAS Early Childhood Education Degree Program (Plan 25EA), 30 credit hours in ECE course work, GPA of 2.0 or higher, passing score on the CLC Early Childhood Comprehensive Content Exam, and department chair's approval at least 60 days prior to the first day of the semester in which the practicum is requested.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Special topics in the field of early childhood education will be developed. Topics will focus on a specific current issue in the area of early childhood care and education. Course may be repeated for a maximum of 3 credit hours as an elective toward an AAS degree in early childhood education. Prerequisite: Topic Specific
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0.00 - 3.00 Credits
This course surveys fundamental microeconomic and macroeconomic principles to provide the student with the basic tools to analyze current economic problems and policies. It is intended for majors in business and technical career fields. Recommended for career curriculum students. Prerequisite: Language Proficiency
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0.00 - 3.00 Credits
The course surveys basic economic concepts with an emphasis on macroeconomic analysis and fiscal and monetary policies. Current economic problems such as inflation, unemployment, and stagflation are studied from the perspective of various economic models (e.g. Classical, Neo- Keynesian, Neo-Classical, Monetarist, and Rational Expectations Models). This discussion also includes an analysis of the dilemmas and debate confronted by macroeconomic policymakers. Prerequisite: Language Proficiency IAI: S3 901
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