Dual Certification: Early Childhood/Childhood Education
CODES
EDE Childhood Education
EDY Early Childhood Education
EDU Teacher Education (applies to several or all programs)
EDS Adolescence Education
EMC Middle Childhood Education
SPE Students with Disabilities
AS Area Studies
M Major
CN Concentration
FE Free Elective
Early Childhood, Childhood and Students with Disabilities Programs
Candidates may choose to major in one of five programs designed for teachers in grades 6 and below: Early Childhood; Childhood; Early Childhood/Childhood; Students with Disabilities/Early Childhood; Students with Disabilities/Childhood. The curriculum and the eight-semester recommended course sequence for each program is described below. Each of these programs requires a specified number of courses in the college’s core curriculum and area studies (General Education), 10 courses in one of the eight academic disciplines (Academic Concentration) and appropriate professional education courses (Pedagogical Core). The eight academic concentration areas are the same for each area of certification. In all, there are 40 program options at this level.
Dual Certification Early Childhood/Childhood Curriculum (Birth to Grade 6)
| 1. | College Core: ENG 101, ENG 102, PHI 101, RST 101 (4 courses) |
(12 credits) | |||
| 2. | Area studies: One course each from AS I, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII (except from AS II); Plus, choose three more AS courses, but not more than one from any area, and none from AS II. (9-10 courses) | (27-32 credits) | |||
| 3. | Concentration: English, French, German, Mathematics, Music, Science, Social Studies, or Spanish | (27-39 credits) | |||
| 4. | Pedagogical Core: (21 courses) | (64 credits) | |||
| EDE 100 Human Growth & Social Development | (3 credits) | ||||
| EDE 121 Introduction to Literacy, Children’s Literature and the Arts | (3 credits) | ||||
| EDU 122 Technology in Education | (3 credits) | ||||
| EDY 208 Infant/Toddler Care and Education | (3 credits) | ||||
| EDY 209 Developmentally Appropriate Curriculum in EC: Playing to Learn | (3 credits) | ||||
| EDE 221 Teaching Literacy in Elementary Schools I | (3 credits) | ||||
| EDE 222 Teaching Literacy in Elementary Schools II | (3 credits) | ||||
| EDY 226 Literacy and the Young II | (3 credits) | ||||
| EDU 250 Foundations of Education | (3 credits) | ||||
| EDY 306 Music, Movement, and the Arts in EC Classrooms | (3 credits) | ||||
| EDE 311 Science in the Schools | (3 credits) | ||||
| EDE 317 Teaching Math: Elementary | (3 credits) | ||||
| EDE 331 Teaching Social Studies: Elementary | (3 credits) | ||||
| EDU 341 Inclusive Strategies | (3 credits) | ||||
| EDE 390 Cognition, Learning, and Assessment Birth-Childhood | (1 credit) | ||||
| EDE 412 Managing the Elementary School Classroom | (3 credits) | ||||
| EDE 432 Seminar in Teaching and Assessment-CH | (3 credits) | ||||
| EDE 450 Student Teaching Seminar | (1 credit) | ||||
| EDU 451 Child Abuse Seminar | (0 credits) | ||||
| EDU 452 Prevention of School Violence Seminar | (0 credits) | ||||
| EDE 465 Student Teaching-EC/CH | (12 credits) | ||||
| Free Elective(s): 1 for English concentration only | (0-3 credits) | ||||
| Total | (44 courses) | (133-142) | |||
Recommended Schedule
| Fall | Spring | |||||
| Freshman Year | ||||||
| ENG 101 | 3 credits | ENG 102 | 3 credits | |||
| EDE 100 or AS | 3 credits | EDE 100 or AS | 3 credits | |||
| EDE 121 or EDU 122 | 3 credits | EDE 121 or EDU 122 | 3 credits | |||
| AS | 3 credits | AS | 3 credits | |||
| CN | 3 credits | CN | 3 credits | |||
| Total | 15 credits | Total | 15 credits | |||
| Sophomore Year | ||||||
| PHI 101 or RST 101 | 3 credits | PHI 101 or RST 101 | 3 credits | |||
| EDY 208 & EDY 209 | 6 credits | EDE 221 & 222 or two CN | 6 credits | |||
| (must register first semester sophomore year) | EDU 250 | 3 credits | ||||
| AS | 3 credits | AS | 3 credits | |||
| AS | 3 credits | AS | 3 credits | |||
| Total | 15 credits | Total | 18 credits | |||
| Junior Year | ||||||
| EDY 326 | 3 credits | EDY 306 | 3 credits | |||
| EDE 311 or 317 | 3 credits | EDE 311 or 317 | 3 credits | |||
| EDE 390 or EDE 331 | 3 credits | EDE 390 or EDE 331 | 3 credits | |||
| AS or EDE 341 | 3 credits | AS or EDE 341 | 3 credits | |||
| CN | 3 credits | AS | 3 credits | |||
| AS | 3 credits | CN | 3 credits | |||
| Total | 18 credits | Total | 18 credits | |||
| Senior Year | ||||||
| EDE 412 | 3 credits | EDE 450 Seminar | 1 credit | |||
| EDE 432 | 3 credits | EDU 451 Child Abuse | 0 credits | |||
| AS/CN | 3 credits | EDU 452 School Violence | 0 credits | |||
| AS/CN | 3 credits | EDE 465 Student Teaching | 12 credits | |||
| AS/CN | 3 credits | |||||
| AS/CN | 3 credits | |||||
| Total | 18 credits | Total | 13 credits | |||
| TOTAL | 133-142 credits |