Early Childhood Education(ECE)
This program prepares the graduate to work with children aged birth through nine. Students who complete the AAS in Early Childhood Education are qualified as a group supervisor or head teacher in an early care and education program, including Head Start classrooms and childcare centers with children in infant/toddler, preschool or school-age care. With additional experience, graduates can be qualified to be Center Directors. Students who transfer to four-year colleges work towards Pre-K to fourth grade teacher certification for employment in early childhood or elementary school settings.Students seeking to transfer and interested in seeking teaching certification must consult with an advisor
Courses
- BIO101 — Introductory Biology
- CHE105 — Fundamentals of Chemistry
- ECE110 — Fund of Early Child Educ
- ECE120 — Child Growth & Development.
- ECE125 — Educ & Care of Infants & Todd
- ECE130 — Integ Arts/Play in Early Child
- ECE140 — Observation & Recording Tech
- ECE210 — Integ Curr in Early Child
- ECE215 — Language and Literacy
- ECE218 — Communities and Families
- ECE221 — Advanced Fieldwork Experience
- ECE225 — Early Childhood Professional
- EDU105 — Intro to Special Education
- EDU114 — Careers in Education
- ENG105 — Research and Composition
- ENG106 — Introduction to Literature
- MAT125 — Fund of Math I
- MAT126 — Fund of Mathematics II
- PHY101 — Conceptual Physics