Early Childhood Education (ECED)

This course introduces and explores the nature of the field of early childhood education and care.

This course introduces concepts of developmentally appropriate practice and the importance of play. This course provides an overview of and experience with the knowledge and skills necessary for working with children birth through age eight, including children with special needs.

This course introduces theories and practices for creating and maintaining a safe, healthy learning environment for young children and adults in group settings. It introduces guidelines and practices for providing for the nutritional needs of young children and adults in group settings.

This course introduces principles of human development from conception through age eight and how this informs practice. This course focuses on the relationships between physical, cognitive, emotional, and social aspects of the individual during this period.

This course addresses positive ways to support children's social-emotional development. This course focuses on adult-child and child-child interactions and relationships.

This course provides an overview of the basic skills needed for working with infants and toddlers and their families in group care settings. This course focuses on interactive aspects of child development and introduces infant-toddler care-giving routines and environments, and caregiver roles.

This course provides a mid-program supervised work experience in an early childhood education and care setting. It is designed to support students in integrating content knowledge with practice.

This course develops communication skills and other strategies for building effective relationships with diverse families and relevant community members. This course introduces students to the local resources available for family referral.

This course addresses creative and language disciplines, stages of development for each, and how these relate to appropriate early childhood curriculum. It includes designing curriculum for language, literacy, literature, and creative expression (art, music, & creative movement/dance) based on observation of children. Students must have contact with preschool children in a formal setting for observation and implementation of course assignments.

This course addresses physical development and inquiry disciplines, stages of development for each, and how these relate to appropriate early childhood curriculum. It includes designing curriculum for physical development, and inquiry (math, science, and social studies) based on observation of children. The course introduces integrated curriculum based on science and social studies topics. Students must have contact with preschool children in a formal setting for observation and implementation of course assignments.

This course provides a final supervised work experience in an early childhood education and care setting. It is designed to support students in integrating content knowledge with practice.