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Purpose: The curriculum is designed for persons who seek full-time employment involving the care and direction of young children, or for those persons presently employed in these situations who wish to update and enhance their competencies. Occupational objectives include: assistants, managers, and/or directors in day care and child development facilities.
| Credits | ||||||
| First Year | 1st Semester | 2nd Semester | ||||
| CHD | 118 | Methods & Materials in the | ||||
| Language Arts for Children | 3 | |||||
| CHD | 121 | Childhood Educational Dev. I | 3 | |||
| EDU | 100 | Introduction to Education | 1 | |||
| EDU | 155 | Parent Education | 3 | |||
| ENG | 111 | College Composition I | 3 | |||
| PSY | 231 | Life Span Human Dev. I | 3 | |||
| STD | Elective | 1 | ||||
| CHD | 109 | Methods in Movement and | ||||
| Music Education for Children | 3 | |||||
| CHD | 122 | Childhood Educational Dev. II | 3 | |||
| CHD | 125 | Creative Activities for Children | 3 | |||
| CHD | 126 | Meth. & Mat. for Dev. Science | ||||
| & Math Concepts in Children | 3 | |||||
| ENG | 112 | College Composition II | 3 | |||
| Total Credits/Semester | 17 | 15 | ||||
| Credits | ||||||
| Second Year | 1st Semester | 2nd Semester | ||||
| CHD | 166 | Infant and Toddler Programs | 3 | |||
| CHD | 205 | Guiding/Behavior of Children | 3 | |||
| CHD | 210 | Intro. to Exceptional Children | 3 | |||
| CHD | 215 | Models/Early Child. Ed. Prog. | 3 | |||
| HLT | 110 | Concepts/Pers. & Comm. Health | 3 | |||
| 1 ___ | Social Science Elective | 3 | ||||
| CHD | 298 | Seminar and Project | 3 | |||
| EDU | 160 | Tech./Observation in Early Ed. | 3 | |||
| EDU | 235 | Health, Safety & Nutrition Ed. | 3 | |||
| MTH | 151 | Math for the Liberal Arts I | 3 | |||
| 2 PED | 116 | Lifetime Fitness & Wellness | 1 | |||
| 2 PED | /RPK | 1 | ||||
| SPD | 110 | Intro. to Speech Communication | 3 | |||
| Total Credits/Semester | 18 | 17 | ||||
Total credits for the A.A.S. Degree in Early Childhood Development = 67.
1 The social science elective may be selected from the following: economics, geography, history, political science, psychology, or sociology (includes anthropology).
2 The PED requirement may be met by one of the following options: PED 116, 2 cr.; PED 116, 1 cr. plus a PED activities course, 1 cr.; or PED 116, 1 cr. plus RPK 205, 207, 208, 216, or 225. PED 116 is offered as both a 1- credit and a 2-credit course.
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