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Early Childhood Care and Education, B.A. (Non-licensure)

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(no minor required)
(120 minimum credit hours required)
(non-licensure)

University Requirements

General Education Credit Hours: 31
(MATH 1010 is intended for students majoring in Education)
Service Learning Credit Hours: 3
Upper Division Credit Hours: 42
Writing Intensive Credit Hours: 9

B.A. Requirements

Complete any upper division Spanish course, or one of the following:

SPAN 2220 - Spanish for Heritage Learners IV Credit Hours: 3
SPAN 303 - Introduction to Culture & Advanced Grammar in Spanish Credit Hours: 3
BLED 431 - Language Arts in Spanish Credit Hours: 3
or
CLEP for four semesters of Spanish Credit Hours: 3

Supporting Course Work

(*may count as General Education)

PSYC 1110 - Introduction to Psychology Credit Hours: 3 *
SOCI 1110 - Introduction to Sociology Credit Hours: 3 *

Professional Core Requirements

Lower Division Core

ECED 1110 - Child Growth, Development and Learning Credit Hours: 3
ECED 1115 - Health, Safety, & Nutrition Credit Hours: 2
ECED 1120 - Guiding Young Children Credit Hours: 3
ECED 1125 - Assessment of Children and Evaluation of Programs Credit Hours: 3
ECED 1130 - Family and Community Collaboration Credit Hours: 3
ECED 2110 - Professionalism Credit Hours: 2
ECED 2115 - Introduction to Language, Literacy, and Reading Credit Hours: 3
ECED 2120 - Curriculum Development through Play Birth through Age 4 (PreK) Credit Hours: 3
ECED 2121 - Curriculum Development through Play Birth through Age 4 (PreK) Practicum Credit Hours: 2
ECED 2130 - Curriculum Development and Implementation Age 3 (PreK) through Grade 3 Credit Hours: 3
ECED 2131 - Curriculum Development and Implementation Age 3 Through Grade 3 - Practicum Credit Hours: 2

Upper Division Core - Birth through Age 4

ECED 405 - Advanced Caregiving for Infants and Toddlers Credit Hours: 3
ECED 415 - Emergent Literacy: Birth through Age 4 Credit Hours: 3
ECED 423 - Integrated Curriculum: Birth through Age 4 Credit Hours: 4
ECED 431 - Research in Child Growth, Development and Learning Credit Hours: 3
ECED 441 - Family Language and Culture Credit Hours: 3
ECED 451 - Young Children with Diverse Abilities Credit Hours: 3
ECED 481 - Integrated Curriculum: Birth - Age 4 Practicum Credit Hours: 2

Guided Electives:

Select 12 upper division credit hours from the School of Education Courses (ECED, EDUC, BLED, RDG, SPED) Credit Hours: 12
See University Requirements of a total of 42 upper division hours and a minimum of 120 hours needed.

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