Early Childhood Education: Director, AAS [ECEDIR-AAS, 60 Total Credits]

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DESCRIPTION

The program is aimed at providing individuals with both the business knowledge needed for managing and/or owning a child care facility and the knowledge of children necessary to provide quality care.

STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES

Manage the business aspects of a day care program, including record keeping, financial, and staff supervision.
Implement a developmentally appropriate program for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers.
Meet licensing requirements for being director of a preschool and/or infant/toddler program.
Distinguish typical and atypical development in young children.
Demonstrate appropriate skills in modifying the care and education of young children to allow for the appropriate inclusion of children with atypical development.

General Education Requirements (22 Credits)

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 Physical 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 PHIL prefix course
or any PSC prefix course
or any PSY prefix course
or any SOC 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 (38 Credits)

MGT 103 - Introduction to Small Business Management
and ECE 130 - Infancy
and ECE 200 - The Exceptional Child
and ECE 204 - Principles of Child Guidance
and ECE 231 - Preschool Practicum
and ECE 232 - Practicum: Infant and Toddler
and ECE 235 - Adapting Curricula for Young Children with Special Needs
and ECE 240 - Administration of the Preschool
and ECE 245 - Practicum Seminar
and ECE 250 - Introduction to Early Childhood Education
and ECE 251 - Curriculum in Early Childhood Education
and ECE 252 - Infant/Toddler Curriculum
and ECE 274 - Individual Child and Family