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Catalog: 2021-2022 Catalog and Student Handbook Program: Early Childhood Education, AA [ECEEDUC-AA, 60 Total Credits]

Early Childhood Education, AA [ECEEDUC-AA, 60 Total Credits]

DESCRIPTION

This degree is designed to provide for the first two years of college preparation for students wanting to be certified as early childhood teachers (preschool through second grade) who plan to become a paraprofessional (Instructional Aide) and/or in preparation for other early childhood careers.

ACADEMIC MAPS

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Student Learning Outcomes

Apply the dimensions of multicultural education to support appropriate pedagogical practices for teaching diverse students in Early Childhood Education.
Select technology tools for integration across the Early Childhood Education curriculum.
Synthesize the major theoretical perspectives and methods of educational psychology to teaching, learning, and schooling in Early Childhood Education.
Choose formative and summative techniques for evaluation and modification with group and individual instruction and learning strategies in Early Childhood Education.
Evaluate the historical, legal, and philosophical foundations and issues related to contemporary early childhood education.

General Education Requirements (34 Credits)

Mathematics (3 Credits)

^{NOTE: Your first college-level MATH course MUST be completed before reaching 30 total college-level credits.}

Course Name

Term Taken

Grade

MATH 120 - Fundamentals of College Mathematics
Credits: 3

or MATH 120E - Fundamentals of College Mathematics Expanded or above (except MATH 122)
Credits: 3

English Composition (6-8 Credits)

^{NOTE: Your first college-level ENG course MUST be completed before reaching 30 total college-level credits.}

Course Name

Term Taken

Grade

ENG 100 - Composition Enhanced
Credits: 5

or ENG 101 - Composition I
Credits: 3

or ENG 110 - Composition I for International and Multilingual Students Expanded
Credits: 1-6

or ENG 113 - Composition I for International Students
Credits: 3

and

ENG 102 - Composition II
Credits: 3

or ENG 114 - Composition II for International Students
Credits: 3

Literature (3 Credits)

Course Name

Term Taken

Grade

ENG 223 - Themes of Literature or above
Credits: 3

Analytical Reasoning (3 Credits)

Course Name

Term Taken

Grade

PHIL 102 - Critical Thinking and Reasoning
Credits: 3

or PHIL 114 - Introduction to Symbolic Logic
Credits: 3

Natural Science (6-7 Credits)

Two courses from the following, one must include a lab.

Course Name

Term Taken

Grade

ANTH 102 - Introduction to Physical Anthropology
Credits: 3

or ANTH 110L - Physical Anthropology Lab
Credits: 1

or any AST prefix course

or BIOL 101 - Biology for Non-Majors or above
Credits: 4

or CHEM 105 - Chemistry, Man and Society or above
Credits: 3

or any ENV prefix course

or GEOG 103 - Physical Geography
Credits: 3

or GEOG 104 - Physical Geography Laboratory
Credits: 1

or GEOG 117 - Meteorology/Climatology
Credits: 3

or any GEOL prefix course

or any PHYS prefix course

Humanities (6 Credits)

Course Name

Term Taken

Grade

COM 101 - Oral Communication
Credits: 3

and HIST 217 - Nevada History
Credits: 3

Fine Arts (3 Credits)

Course Name

Term Taken

Grade

any ART prefix course

or DAN 101 - Dance Appreciation
Credits: 3

or any MUS prefix course (except MUS 100)

or PHO 101 - Beginning Photography
Credits: 3

or any THTR prefix course (except THTR 275)

U.S. and Nevada Constitutions (4-6 Credits)

Course Name

Term Taken

Grade

Four Credit Options

HIST 100 - Historical Issues and Contemporary Society
Credits: 4

or PSC 101 - Introduction to American Politics
Credits: 4

Six Credit Options

HIST 101 - U.S. History to 1877
Credits: 3

and HIST 102 - U.S. History Since 1877
Credits: 3

HIST 102 - U.S. History Since 1877

and HIST 111 - Survey of U.S. Constitutional History
Credits: 3

Values and Diversity

^{All students MUST fulfill this requirement. Course chosen may also be used to fulfill the corresponding general education or special program requirements.}

EDU 280 fulfills this requirement.

Special Program Requirements (26 Credits)

Core Requirements (25 Credits)

Course Name

Term Taken

Grade

ECE 232 - Practicum: Infant and Toddler
Credits: 3-4

and ECE 250 - Introduction to Early Childhood Education
Credits: 3

and ECE 251 - Curriculum in Early Childhood Education
Credits: 3

and ECE 252 - Infant/Toddler Curriculum
Credits: 3

and ECE 260 - Children’s Literature
Credits: 3

and EDU 214 - Preparing Teachers to Use Technology
Credits: 3

and EDU 220 - Principles of Educational Psychology
Credits: 3

and EDU 280 - Valuing Cultural Diversity
Credits: 3

and EDU 299 - Education Portfolio
Credits: 1

Electives (1 Credit)

Course Name

Term Taken

Grade

ECE 151 - Math in the Preschool Curriculum
Credits: 1

or ECE 152 - Science in the Preschool Curriculum
Credits: 1

or ECE 155 - Literacy and the Young Child
Credits: 1

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