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Early Childhood Education (M.A.T.)

(For those who hold no previous teaching certificate)

Core Course Requirements 9

EPS500A* Contemporary Survey of Child Development with a Focus on Early Childhood 3
ESR514 Research in Action: Becoming Practitioner Researchers 3
FND503* Historical and Philosophical Foundations of Early Childhood Education 3

 

Program Requirements 28

ECE501* Instructional Methods/Primary/Language Arts, Social Studies 2
ECE502* Early Childhood Preclinical Experiences 2
ECE505* Instructional Methods/Pre-primary/Language Arts, Art, Music, and Movement 2
ECE506* Instructional Methods/Pre-primary/Mathematics, Science, Social Studies 2
ECE510* Child, Family and Community 3
ECE580 Early Childhood Practicum 2
ECE590* Student Teaching in Early Childhood Education 5
MHE482* Instructional Methods/Primary/Mathematics and Science 2
RLR538* Methods of Literacy I 3
SPE500* Introduction to Exceptional Children and Adolescents/Special Education 3
ECE520* Speech and Language Development in Early Childhood/Special Education 2

 

Total Minimum Hours 37

*Professional courses needed for Type 04 (birth - age 8) certificate. Individuals must also meet general education requirements.