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
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 for each program is described below. Each of these programs requires a specified number of courses in the college’s core curriculum and 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. | Core Requirements Go to /core_curriculum/mission.asp for complete information about the Core Curriculum. |
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| 2. | Concentration: English, French, German, Mathematics, Music, Science, Social Studies, or Spanish | ||||
| 3. | Pedagogical Core: (21 courses) | 66 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 | ||||
| ECCH 221 Teaching Literacy I | 3 credits | ||||
| ECCH 222 Teaching Literacy II | 3 credits | ||||
| EDU 250 Foundations of Education | 3 credits | ||||
| EDY 306 Music, Movement, and the Arts in EC Classrooms | 3 credits | ||||
| EDY 310 Teaching Math/Science 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 | ||||
| SPE 341 Inclusive Strategies | 3 credits | ||||
| EDE 390 Cognition, Learning, and Assessment Birth-Childhood | 1 credit | ||||
| ECCH 412 Managing the EC & Elementary School Classroom | 3 credits | ||||
| EDE 432 Seminar in Teaching and Assessment-CH | 3 credits | ||||
| EDU 495 Child Abuse Seminar | 0 credits | ||||
| EDU 496 Prevention of School Violence Seminar | 0 credits | ||||
| ECCH 493 Student Teaching-EC/CH | 12 credits | ||||
| ECCH 494 Capstone Seminar for the Reflective Teacher | 3 credit | ||||