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Listed below is a sample sequence of courses. Please meet with an advisor for scheduling options. |
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| First Quarter | (15 Credits) |
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| 10307148 | Foundations of Early Childhood Education | 3 |
| 10307151 | Infant & Toddler Development | 3 |
| 10307167 | Health, Safety & Nutrition | 3 |
| 10801195 | Written Communication | 3 |
| 10801198 | Speech | 3 |
| Second Quarter | (14 Credits) |
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| 10307174 | Practicum 1 | 2 |
| 10307178 | Art, Music & Language Arts | 3 |
| 10307179 | Child Development | 3 |
| 10809172 | Race, Ethnic & Diversity Studies | 3 |
| Elective | 3 | |
| Third Quarter | (15 Credits) |
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| 10307188 | Guiding Children's Behavior | 3 |
| 10307192 | Practicum 2 | 3 |
| 10307194 | Math, Science & Social Studies | 3 |
| 10804106 | Intro to College Math | 3 |
| 10809144 | Macroeconomics | 3 |
| Fourth Quarter | (15 Credits) |
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| 10307166 | Curriculum Planning | 3 |
| 10307187 | Children with Differing Abilities | 3 |
| 10307197 | Practicum 3 | 3 |
| 10809196 | Intro to Sociology | 3 |
| 10809198 | Intro to Psychology | 3 |
| Fifth Quarter | (9 Credits) |
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| 10307195 | Family & Community Relationships | 3 |
| 10307198 | Administering an Early Childhood Education Program | 3 |
| 10307199 | Practicum 4 | 3 |
Total Credits |
68 |
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| Foundations of Early Childhood Education - 3 credits This 3-credit course introduces you to the early childhood profession. Course competencies include: integrate strategies that support diversity and anti-bias perspectives; investigate the history of early childhood education; summarize types of early childhood education settings; identify the components of a quality early childhood education program; summarize responsibilities of early childhood education professionals; explore early childhood curriculum models. |
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| Infant & Toddler Development - 3 credits In this 3-credit course you will study infant and toddler development as it applies to an early childhood education setting. Course competencies include: integrate strategies that support diversity and anti-bias perspectives; analyze development of infants and toddlers (conception to three years); correlate prenatal conditions with development; summarize child development theories; analyze the role of heredity and the environment; examine research-based models; examine culturally and developmentally appropriate environments for infants and toddlers. |
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| Health, Safety & Nutrition - 3 credits This 3-credit course examines the topics of health, safety, and nutrition within the context of the early childhood educational setting. Course competencies include: integrate strategies that support diversity and anti-bias perspectives; follow governmental regulations and professional standards as they apply to health, safety, and nutrition; provide a safe early childhood program; provide a healthy early childhood program; provide a nutritionally sound early childhood program; adhere to child abuse and neglect mandates; apply Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) risk reduction strategies; incorporate health, safety, and nutrition concepts into the children's curriculum. |
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| Written Communication - 3 credits Develops writing skills which include prewriting, drafting, revising, and editing. A variety of writing assignments are designed to help the learner analyze audience and purpose, research and organize ideas, and format and design documents based on subject matter and content. Also develops reading and thinking skills through the analysis of a variety of written documents. Note: It is recommended that students enrolling in this course possess word processing skills. |
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| Speech - 3 credits Explores the fundamentals of effective oral presentation to small and large groups. Topic selection, audience analysis, methods of organization, research, structuring evidence and support, delivery techniques, and other essential elements of speaking successfully, including the listening process, form the basis of this course. |
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| Race, Ethnic & Diversity Studies - 3 credits Race, Ethnic, & Diversity is a course that draws from several disciplines to reaffirm the basic American values of justice and equality by teaching a basic vocabulary, a history of immigrants and conquest, principles of transcultural communication, legal liability and the value of aesthetic production to increase the probability of respectful encounters among people. In addition to an analysis of majority/minority relations in a multicultural context, the topics of ageism, sexism, gender differences, sexual orientation, the disabled and the American Disability Act (ADA) are explored. Ethnic relations are studied in global and comparative perspectives. |
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| Practicum 1 - 2 credits In this 2-credit practicum course you will learn about and apply the course competencies in an actual child care setting. The course competencies include: document children's behavior; explore the standards for quality early childhood education; explore strategies that support diversity and anti-bias perspectives; implement activities developed by the co-op teacher/instructor; demonstrate professional behaviors; practice caregiving routines as curriculum; practice positive interpersonal skills with children; practice positive interpersonal skills with adults. There is no remuneration for students enrolled in this course. Prerequisite: Foundations of Early Childhood Education 10307148 or consent of instructor or associate dean |
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| Art, Music & Language Arts - 3 credits This 3-credit course will focus on beginning level curriculum development in the specific content areas of art, music, and language arts. Course competencies include: integrate strategies that support diversity and anti-bias perspectives; examine the critical role of play; establish a developmentally appropriate environment; develop activity plans that promote child development and learning; analyze caregiving routines as curriculum; create developmentally appropriate language, literature, and literacy activities; create developmentally appropriate art activities; create developmentally appropriate music and movement activities. |
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| Child Development - 3 credits The 3-credit course examines child development within the context of the early childhood education setting. Course competencies include: analyze social, cultural, and economic influences on child development; summarize child development theories; analyze development of children age three through age eight; summarize the methods and designs of child development research; analyze the role of heredity and the environment. Prerequisite: Infant & Toddler Development 10307151 or consent of instructor or associate dean |
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| Guiding Children's Behavior - 3 credits This 3-credit course examines positive strategies to guide children's behavior in the early childhood education setting. Course competencies include: integrate strategies that support diversity and anti-bias perspectives; summarize early childhood guidance principles; analyze factors that affect the behavior of children; practice positive guidance strategies; develop guidance strategies to meet individual needs; create a guidance philosophy. |
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| Practicum 2 - 3 credits In this 3-credit practicum course you will learn about and apply the course competencies in an actual child care setting. The course competencies include: identify children's growth and development; maintain the standards for quality early childhood education; practice strategies that support diversity and anti-bias perspectives; implement student teacher-developed activity plans; identify the elements of a developmentally appropriate environment; implement positive guidance strategies; demonstrate professional behaviors; utilize caregiving routines as curriculum; utilize positive interpersonal skills with children; utilize positive interpersonal skills with adults. There is no remuneration for students enrolled in this course. Prerequisite: Practicum 1 10307174 or consent of instructor or associate dean |
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| Math, Science & Social Studies - 3 credits This 3-credit course will focus on beginning level curriculum development in the specific content areas of math, science and social studies. Course competencies include: integrate strategies that support diversity and anti-bias perspectives; examine the critical role of play; establish a developmentally appropriate environment; develop activity plans that promote child development and learning; create developmentally appropriate science activities; create developmentally appropriate math activities; create developmentally appropriate social studies activities. Prerequisite: Art, Music & Language Arts 10307178 or consent of instructor or associate dean |
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| Intro to College Math - 3 credits This is an introductory level course designed to review and develop fundamental concepts of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, and statistics. Emphasis will be placed on computational skills and applications of rational numbers; problem solving skills with ratios, proportions, and percent; basic principles and application of algebra, geometry, graphing, and statistics; measurement skills in U.S. Customary and Metric Systems; and the use of calculators as a tool. Prerequisite: Accuplacer Arithmetic score of 65 or equivalent or ASC Math Prep V 77854783 |
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| Macroeconomics - 3 credits Macroeconomics is an introductory course. Basic social choices regarding economic systems, basic economic aggregates, fiscal policy, the banking system, monetary policy, and international trade are the principle topics discussed in the course. A balance is drawn between description, theory, analysis, and a critique of the institutions that characterize modern mixed-capitalist economies. Conflicting social goals, economic constraints, and environmental concerns provide the framework through which the macroeconomy is analyzed. |
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| Curriculum Planning - 3 credits This 3-credit course examines the components of curriculum planning in early childhood education. Course competencies include: integrate strategies that support diversity and anti-bias perspectives; examine the critical role of play; establish a developmentally appropriate environment; examine caregiving routines as curriculum; develop activity plans that promote child development and learning; develop unit plans that promote child development and learning; analyze early childhood curriculum models. Prerequisites: Art, Music & Language Arts 10307178; Math, Science & Social Studies 10307194; Infant & Toddler Development 10307188; Child Development 10307179; and Guiding Children's Behavior 10307188 or consent of instructor or associate dean |
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| Children with Differing Abilities - 3 credits This 3-credit course focuses on the child with differing abilities in an early childhood education setting. Course competencies include: integrate strategies that support diversity and anti-bias perspectives; provide inclusive programs for young children; apply legal and ethical requirements including, but not limited to, ADA and IDEA; differentiate between typical and exceptional development; analyze the differing abilities of children with physical, cognitive, health/medical, communication, and/or behavioral/emotional disorders; work collaboratively with community and professional resources; utilize an individual educational plan (IEP/IFSP) for children with developmental differences; adapt curriculum to meet the needs of children with developmental differences; cultivate partnerships with families who have children with developmental differences. |
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| Practicum 3 - 3 credits In this 3-credit practicum course you will learn about and apply the course competencies in an actual child care setting. The course competencies include: assess children's growth and development; implement the standards for quality early childhood education; integrate strategies that support diversity and anti-bias perspectives; build meaningful curriculum; provide a developmentally appropriate environment; facilitate positive guidance strategies; evaluate one's own professional behaviors and practices; lead caregiving routines as curriculum; utilize positive interpersonal skills with children; utilize positive interpersonal skills with adults. There is no remuneration for students enrolled in this course. Prerequisite: Practicum 2 10307192 or consent of instructor or associate dean |
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| Intro to Sociology - 3 credits Introduces students to the basic concepts of Sociology: culture, socialization, social stratification, multi-culturalism, and the five institutions including family, politics, economics, religion and education. Other topics include: demography, deviance, technology, environment, social issues, social change and social organization. |
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| Intro to Psychology - 3 credits This introductory course in psychology is a survey of the multiple aspects of human behavior. It involves a survey of the theoretical foundations of human functioning in such areas as learning, motivation, emotions, personality, deviance and pathology, physiological factors and social influences. It directs the student to an insightful understanding of the complexities of human relationships in personal, social and vocational settings. |
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| Family & Community Relationships - 3 credits In this 3-credit course you will examine the role of relationships with family and community in early childhood education. Course competencies include: implement strategies that support diversity and anti-bias perspectives when working with families and community; analyze contemporary family patterns, trends, and relationships; utilize effective communication strategies; establish ongoing relationships with families; advocate for children and families; work collaboratively with community resources. |
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| Administering an Early Childhood Education Program - 3 credits This 3-credit course focuses on the administration of an early childhood education program. Course competencies include: integrate strategies that support diversity and anti-bias perspectives; analyze the components of an ECE facility; design an ECE program; analyze the aspects of personnel supervision; outline financial components of an ECE program; apply laws and regulations related to an ECE facility; advocate for the early childhood profession. |
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| Practicum 4 - 3 credits In this 3-credit practicum course you will learn about and apply the course competencies in an actual child care setting. Course competencies include: analyze children's growth and development based on assessment; integrate strategies that support diversity and anti-bias perspectives; promote professional behaviors and practices; implement meaningful curriculum; create respectful, reciprocal relationships; evaluate early childhood education programs for quality; explore professional options in early childhood education. There is no remuneration for students enrolled in this course. Prerequisite: Practicum 3 10307197 or consent of instructor or associate dean. |
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