Early Childhood Education, AAS

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MAJOR CODE: 3553

The early childhood education program is designed primarilyfor preschool workers and P-4 teaching assistants or paraprofessionals who are not seeking admission into a teacher licensure program. The coursework is specifically designed to address the birth-five population, and lead to an associateof applied science, technical certificate, and/or certificate of proficiency. A unique feature of the AAS is the completion of the educational component of the national CDA credentialing within the first two semesters. Students who are successful in degree completion will meet the educational component of the Arkansas Birth through Pre kindergarten Teaching Credential, awarded bythe Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education.

Freshman Year Fall Semester - 16 Hours

ECD 1003 - Foundations Of Early Childhood Education Credit Hours: 3 ²
ECD 1103 - Child Growth And Development Credit Hours: 3 ²
ECED 1401 - Early Childhood Field Experience I Credit Hours: 1 ²
SPCH 1203 - Introduction To Speech Communication Credit Hours: 3
English Composition requirement Credit Hours: 3 ¹
Mathematics requirement Credit Hours: 3 ¹

Freshman Year Spring Semester - 15 Hours

ECTC 2803 - Infant Toddler Curriculum Credit Hours: 3 ²
ECTC 2903 - Future Perspectives In Early Childhood Credit Hours: 3 ²
HLTH 2953 - First Aid Credit Hours: 3 ²
English Composition requirement Credit Hours: 3 ¹
History/Government requirement Credit Hours: 3 ¹

Sophomore Year Fall Semester - 16 Hours

ECED 1411 - Early Childhood Field Experience II Credit Hours: 1 ²
ECTC 2403 - Math And Science For Early Childhood Credit Hours: 3 ²
ECTC 2503 - Child Guidance Credit Hours: 3 ²
ECTC 2703 - Preschool Curriculum (Birth - Pre-K) Credit Hours: 3 ²
ELML 2013 - Educational Technology And Digital Literacy Credit Hours: 3 ²
Social Science requirement Credit Hours: 3 ¹

Sophomore Year Spring Semester - 13 Hours

ECED 2093 - Health, Safety, And Nutrition For Young Learners Credit Hours: 3 ²
ECTC 2303 - Literacy And Language Arts For Early Childhood Credit Hours: 3 ²
ECTC 2603 - Practicum Credit Hours: 3 ²
FIN 1521 - Personal Finance Applications Credit Hours: 1 ³
Fine Arts requirement Credit Hours: 3 ¹

60 Total Hours

Notes

General Education Core requirements, see Associate of Applied Science General Education Core requirements section of this catalog for courses that meet these requirements.
These courses are used to determine major courses in residency, see Graduation Requirements. Student must maintain a 2.50 cumulative GPA in these courses. Any course with grade of D must be retaken.
Prior to graduation students must demonstrate competency in financial literacy by satisfactory completion of FIN 1521 (or an approved substitution) with a gradeof C or better, or by a score of 70% or more on a challenge examfor FIN 1521 .