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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
This course provides students with an introductory, supervised field experience in early childhood care and education settings. The emphasis is on observing children?s development in the physical, cognitive, and socio-emotional domains, and exploring research-based tools for planning developmentally appropriate learning experiences. Students will complete 75 hours of guided and supervised experience in the field.
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2.00 Credits
This course explores effective methods of observation and guidance of young children to meet children?s needs individually and in groups. Emphasis is placed on promoting a positive and constructive climate in early childhood settings through positive discipline strategies and appropriate classroom management techniques. Students develop and implement skills to plan effective environments, prepare materials and equipment, develop schedules, explore classroom management techniques, utilize assessment tools, and promote parent-teacher communication. This course includes 27 hours of a field component to provide opportunities for students to apply course principles and theories.
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1.00 Credits
This course is designed to supervise experiences in planning, implementing, and evaluating curriculum activities at an early childhood center. Field hours will be required.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides students with the basic principles and working knowledge of business and programmatic elements of early childhood program operations. Through review of state regulations and national standards of high-quality early childhood programming, students will examine procedures for establishing and managing programs including fiscal and human resources, developmentally appropriate planning, and collaborating with families, school districts, and communities. Designed for current and future directors of childcare/child development centers, Head Start programs, and community-based pre-kindergarten and kindergarten programs, this course provides foundational knowledge and opportunities for applications in practice. Field hours will be required.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to facilitate the exploration of the creative process on two levels. Students are encouraged to develop their own creative process while studying the methods and theories that support and encourage creative behaviors in classrooms for young children. Emphasis is placed on the development of teaching strategies that will ensure an integrated approach to creative thinking and expression, and will promote a climate conducive to creativity in preschool and early primary classrooms.
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2.00 Credits
This course builds knowledge and skills pertaining to planning, implementing and assessing developmentally appropriate learning experiences for young children. All domains of development, child-centered learning, and documenting and communicating growth to parents are key elements. Field hours will be required.
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1.00 Credits
This course is designed to supervise experiences in planning, implementing, and evaluating curriculum activities at an early childhood center. Field hours will be required.
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3.00 Credits
This course explores the standards, theories, principles, and practices of teaching mathematics, science, and social science to young children ages birth to eight. An emphasis will be placed on developing an integrated curriculum that includes developmentally appropriate content, processes, environment and materials, and child-centered choices within a play-based approach to curriculum.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to provide students with a foundation for understanding best practices in teaching young children within a complex, diverse society. Theories and current practices are explored with an emphasis on individual student beliefs and biases as students develop into culturally sensitive teachers.
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2.00 Credits
Topics in Early Childhood Education
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