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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
This course provides an overview of the early childhood field, including philosophies, regulations, and quality standards while connecting current and past research to sound educational practices and policies. Students will examine the roles, responsibilities, and job requirements of professionals in a variety of early childhood career settings in relation to ethical guidelines and professional standards. Prerequisite(s): None
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3.00 Credits
This course provides an opportunity to apply knowledge and skill in an actual child development setting. The learner will demonstrate competency in promoting health, safety, and nutrition, arranging developmentally appropriate learning experiences, implementing positive guidance strategies, examining the learning environment, and communicating with parents. This course provides learners with a variety of field experience opportunities, including in person, virtual observations, and artificial intelligence-powered web simulations. Prerequisite(s): ECED1104, ECED1101 Co-requisite(s): ECED1138
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3.00 Credits
This course provides the learner with an opportunity to examine how current societal and community issues impact the well-being of children and the well-being of families. Cultural diversity/dynamics, bias, public education, housing, employment, crime, health care, legal services and social services will be explored. Prerequisite(s): None Co-requisite(s): None
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the positive, developmentally appropriate strategies used to guide children's behavior and support social and emotional development during early childhood. Emphasis is on problem prevention and positive guidance strategies; recognition, communication, limit setting, problem solving, and behavior modification. Multiple influences on child behavior as well as strategies to support self-regulation and peer relationships during early childhood will be examined. This course integrates theory with developmentally and culturally appropriate practices (DCAP) in home and center-based settings. This course provides learners with a variety of field experience opportunities, including in person, virtual observations, and artificial intelligence-powered web simulations. Prerequisite(s): None Co-Requisite(s): ECED1104
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the role of adults in providing physical and social learning environments, positive interactions, and developmentally and culturally appropriate practices (DCAP) activities that support learning and creativity in the early childhood years. The nature and importance of play as a vehicle for child learning is addressed as well as implementation of developmentally and culturally appropriate practices. The importance of child choice and active exploration as strategies to meet appropriate goals for learning and development are stressed. Prerequisite(s): None Co-requisite(s): None
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3.00 Credits
This course provides the learner with an opportunity to observe and assess children's development. Under the supervision of an instructor, the learner observes, records, interprets, and develops plans to strengthen the development of children, infants through school-age. This course provides learners with a variety of field experience opportunities, including in person, virtual observations, and artificial intelligence-powered web simulations. Prerequisite(s): ECED1104, ECED1116 Corequisite(s): ECED1110
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3.00 Credits
This course provides an overview of infant/toddler (I/T) learning experiences, in home or center-based settings through the arrangement of the physical setting, provision of materials, construction of curriculum and implementation of learning experiences. Learners integrate knowledge of developmental needs, developmentally appropriate environments, and effective care-giving and teaching methods in an approved lab setting, or through virtual observations and artificial intelligence-powered web simulations. Prerequisite(s): ECED1104 Co-requisite(s): ECED1116
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2.00 Credits
This course provides the learner with an overview of school-age development: physical, cognitive, language, creative and social-emotional. It integrates theory with developmentally appropriate practice in home and center settings. The learner will plan appropriate materials and activities for school-age children. Prerequisite(s): ECED1138 Corequisite(s): None
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3.00 Credits
This course is an introduction of language and literacy development from birth to age eight. Students will obtain skills in creating developmentally appropriate learning experiences that support emerging literacy skills in children at all developmental levels. Students will apply knowledge of child development to a wide range of instructional practices, approaches, methods, and curriculum materials to promote conversation, literature appreciation, and to foster literacy in the home. Prerequisite(s): ECED1138 Co-requisite(s): None
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the development of children with special needs and prepares caregivers to integrate children with special needs into child development settings. The course includes discussion of important aspects of education for young children in special education and inclusive settings and facilitates learners' development of educational philosophy. In cooperation with the lab site supervisor, learners develop, implement, and evaluate lesson plans that include teaching strategies and needed adaptations for selected developmental areas. Artificial intelligence-powered web simulation and virtual observation skills may be used throughout the semester. Prerequisite(s): ECED1138 Co-requisite(s): None
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