Program: Early Childhood Education: Early Care and Education, AAS - College of Southern Nevada

2023-2024 Catalog and Student Handbook

Mar 31, 2025

CODE: ECEECE-AAS | TOTAL CREDITS: 60 | FINANCIAL AID ELIGIBILITY: Eligible

DESCRIPTION

The Associate of Applied Science degree in Early Childhood Education – Early Care and Education is designed for students seeking careers and/or personal growth in the field of early childhood education. The program provides students with both theoretical and practical skills needed to work in an infant/toddler, preschool setting, family day care, child care center, or in other child centered jobs. Upon completion of this degree, students may go directly into employment.

ACADEMIC MAP

CSN AAS Early Childhood Education: Early Care and Education Map

Student Learning Outcomes

Discuss the elements and dynamics of quality education and care for young children ages 0-5.
Demonstrate appropriate skills for providing quality education and care for young children ages 0-5.
Demonstrate appropriate skills in interacting with young children ages 0-5 and their families.
Distinguish typical and atypical development in young children ages 0-5.
Demonstrate appropriate skills in modifying the care and education of young children ages 0-5 to allow for the appropriate inclusion of those with atypical development.

General Education Requirements

TOTAL GENERAL EDUCATION CREDITS: 22

Mathematics (3 Credits)

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

MATH 104B - Applied Mathematics or above

English Composition (3-5 Credits)

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

Communications (3 Credits)

Human Relations (3 Credits)

ECE 202 - Understanding Human Growth and Development

Natural Science (3 Credits)

ANTH 102 - Introduction to Biological Anthropology
or AST 103 - Introductory Astronomy: The Solar System or above
or BIOL 101 - Biology for Non-Majors or above
or CHEM 103 - Preparatory Chemistry or above
or ENV 101 - Introduction to Environmental Science or above
or GEOG 103 - Physical Geography
or GEOG 116 - Oceanography
or GEOG 117 - Meteorology/Climatology
or GEOL 100 - Earthquakes, Volcanoes and Natural Disasters or above

Fine Arts/Humanities/Social Science (3 Credits)

any AM prefix course
or any ANTH prefix course (except ANTH 102 and ANTH 110L)
or any ART prefix course
or CRJ 104 - Introduction to Administration of Justice
or DAN 101 - Dance Appreciation
or any ECON prefix course
or ENG 223 - Themes of Literature or above
or GEOG 106 - Introduction to Cultural Geography
or any HIST prefix course
or any MUS prefix course (except MUS 100)
or any PSC prefix course
or any THTR prefix course (except THTR 275)
or WMST 113 - Gender, Race, and Class
or World Languages 101B or above (this includes the following course prefixes: ARA, ARM, CHI, FIL, FREN, GER, GRE, ITAL, JPN, KOR, LAT, PORT, RUS, SPAN, and THAI)

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

Four Credit Options
HIST 100 - Historical Issues and Contemporary Society
or PSC 101 - Introduction to American Politics
Six Credit Options
HIST 101 - U.S. History to 1877
and HIST 102 - U.S. History Since 1877
or
HIST 101 - U.S. History to 1877
and HIST 217 - Nevada History
or
HIST 102 - U.S. History Since 1877
and HIST 111 - Survey of U.S. Constitutional History
or
HIST 111 - Survey of U.S. Constitutional History
and HIST 217 - Nevada History

Special Program Requirements

TOTAL SPECIAL PROGRAM CREDITS: 38

Core Requirements (33 Credits)

ECE 122 - Observation Skills
and ECE 130 - Infancy
and ECE 154 - Literature for Preschool Children
and ECE 155 - Literacy and the Young Child
and ECE 156 - Music in the Preschool Curriculum
and ECE 157 - Art in the Preschool Curriculum
and ECE 158 - Activities for Physical Development in Young Children
and ECE 162 - Teaching the Two-Year Old
and ECE 200 - The Exceptional Child
and ECE 204 - Principles of Child Guidance
and ECE 235 - Adapting Curricula for Young Children with Special Needs
and ECE 245 - Practicum Seminar
and ECE 250 - Introduction to Early Childhood Education
and ECE 252 - Infant/Toddler Curriculum
and ECE 274 - Individual Child and Family

Early Childhood Education: Early Care and Education, AAS