Early Childhood Education, Associate of Arts

Curriculum

Fall (First Year)

ECED100	Introduction to Early Childhood Education	2
ECED111	Safety, Health and Nutrition in Early Childhood Education	2
HPED125	First Aid/CPR	1
IDST101	SKC Seminar	3
ELECTIVE	NASL Elective I	3
ELECTIVE	Humanities Intro General Education from List	3
Total Credit Hours:		14

Winter (First Year)

ECED103	Positive Guidance and Discipline	3
ECED104	Positive Guidance and Discipline Lab	3
ECED117	Creating a Learning Environment	2
ENGL101	English Composition I	3
ECED230	Infant Toddler Caregiving	3
ELECTIVE	NASL Elective II	3
Total Credit Hours:		17

Spring (First Year)

ECED235	Infant Toddler Caregiving II	3
ENGL202	English Composition II	3
NASD101	History of Indians in the United States	3
SPCH100	Basic Communications	3
ELECTIVE	NASL Elective III	3
Total Credit Hours:		15

Fall (Second Year)

ECED112	Early Childhood Curriculum 1	3
EDUC240	Human Growth and Development	4
MATH132	Mathematics for K-8 Teachers I	5
SCID233	Integrated Perspectives in Science for Educators 1	4
Total Credit Hours:		16

Winter (Second Year)

ECED209	Meeting the Needs of Families	3
ECED113	Early Childhood Curriculum 2	3
ECED106	Early Childhood Curriculum Lab	3
ELECTIVE	Social Science General Education from List	5
Total Credit Hours:		14

ECED 106: (embed service learning)

Spring (Second Year)

ECED265	Leadership and Professionalism in Early Childhood Education	4
ECED298	Early Childhood Practicum	6
EDUC115	Computers in Education	3
ELECTIVE	Fine Arts Humanities General Education from List	3
Total Credit Hours:		16

EDUC 115: This course may be challenged by passing a ­computer competency exam

Total Credit Hours: 92