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  • 2.00 Credits

    This practicum provides opportunities for students to work six (6) hours per week in an early childhood setting. This on-the-job experience will enable the students to practice competencies learned throughout the course from lectures and the texts. Students will interact with culturally and linguistically diverse communities.
  • 3.00 Credits

    The course focuses on the learning environment and curriculum implementation in early childhood programs. Instruction uses varying program models and learning environments that meet the individual needs of all young children, including those children with special needs. The class provides the opportunity to create environments for children in which to learn cooperation with peers, responsibility, autonomy, development and learning, literacy, dialogue or expression, and appropriate uses of technology. Students will demonstrate their ability to work collaboratively with educational assistants, volunteers, families, and other family support professionals to individualize the curriculum and to meet program goals. Prerequisite: ECM- 220.
  • 2.00 Credits

    This practicum provides opportunities for students to apply knowledge gained from ECM-225 and develop skills in planning learning environments and implementing curriculum in programs serving young children, birth through age eight, including those with special needs. Prerequisite: ECM-220 and ECM-225.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course will focus on appropriate programming for and assessment of typical and atypical young children, the role of parents in designing programs for young children, the role of assessment in the development of curricula, and the role of culture and language in the assessment process. This course will familiarize students with a variety of assessment methods and instruments. Students will develop skills for evaluating the assessment process, and involving families in the process. Students will practice observing and recording the behavior of young children and using this information to develop curriculum. Finally, students will become familiar with the New Mexico Standards for Excellence Compliance Manual.
  • 2.00 Credits

    The purpose of this course is to have students examine major curriculum models and experience working with children of different ages in a diverse community. The course gives students opportunities to explore a variety of models of early childhood care and education programs from birth to age eight in a multicultural setting. Students will participate in a practicum at three different sites serving children ages birth to three, three to five years old, and five to eight years old.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course introduces the theories, history, and relationships of economics. An introduction to principles of economics will focus primarily on the forces that drive the economy. A brief discussion about consumption, production, pricing, and employment will be included. In addition, an overview of monetary and fiscal policies will be covered. At the conclusion of the course, students will be able to identify economic causes for various political and social problems at the national and international levels.
  • 1.00 - 3.00 Credits

    This course addresses a variety of emerging themes in the field of economics. The course content varies each semester so this course may be repeated for credit with differing section numbers. The course is offered according to need, interest, and demand.
  • 4.00 Credits

    This course includes theory of electricity, electron theory of current, resistance and voltage, conducting and insulating materials, electron magnetic induction, circuit fundamentals, series circuits, parallel circuits, voltage drops, safety and grounding, bonding, wiring systems, and correct use of tools and equipment. A hands-on lab is included and all practical applications will follow New Mexico and national electrical codes.
  • 2.00 Credits

    Lab I instruction will include additional practical wiring applications such as non-metallic, single-pole, three-way and four-way switches, duplex receptacles, lamps or fixtures, ground fault circuit interrupter, small appliance circuits, electric range circuits, and electric dryer circuits. This course is for students who wish to obtain an Electrical Trades Certificate and is not a required course for students working toward their A.A.S. in Energy Systems. Installation will be in accordance with New Mexico as well as national electrical codes.
  • 4.00 Credits

    Advanced instruction in the study of electricity will be covered. Areas of instruction will include safety and grounding essentials, wiring systems, device wiring, branch circuits, service entrance components, service locations, service rating, sizing services, power disturbances, building categories and service schemes, low voltage, basic motor control, mobile home service, and light commercial wiring. Hands-on lab applications are included and will follow the National Electrical (NEC) to determine correct procedures in installation, fabrication, design, and teasgin of electrical equipment. Prerequisite: ELC-101.
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