STEM in Early Learning - One Year Certificate of Completion (CC1)
The STEM in Early Learning One-Year Certificate of Completion provides early learning educators with the initial content, skills, and dispositions to support young children’s engagement in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) through developmentally appropriate and culturally responsive practices. Required coursework will address the content and pedagogical considerations for supporting young children about the foundations for STEM related focus areas. This certificate prepares current and future early learning educators for employment opportunities that include classroom teaching, family advocacy and engagement, before/after school programming, and early learning curricu
Courses
- BI 103 — General Biology: Ecology (4 Credits)
- ED 114 — Mathematics for Early Learning Educators (4 Credits)
- ED 140 — Introduction to Early Childhood Education (4 Credits)
- ED 150 — Environments & Curriculum in Early Childhood Education (4 Credits)
- ED 174 — Math, Science, and Technology in Early Childhood Education (3 Credits)
- ED 219 — Multicultural Issues in Education Settings (3 Credits)
- ED 224 — Anti-Bias Curriculum in Education (4 Credits)
- ED 235 — Teaching and Learning in a Digital Age (3 Credits)
- ED 240 — Purposeful Learning and Active Exploration through Play (4 Credits)
- PH 100 — Introductory Physics (4 Credits)
- WR 121Z — Composition I (4 Credits)