Early Childhood Education (Non-licensure), BS

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The Bachelor of Science in Early Childhood Education (BS ECE) is fully online and allows students who complete the AAS in Early Childhood Education at UAFS or an Arkansas two-year institution to transition to the completion of the BS ECE. Note: the awarded BS ECE does not lead to teacher licensure but does meet the educational requirement to enroll in the Arkansas Preschool Academies that lead to a preschool-specific teaching license.

Freshman Year Fall Semester - 16 Hours

ECED 10073 - Foundations Of Early Childhood Education Credit Hours: 3 ²
ECED 11003 - Child Growth And Development Credit Hours: 3 ²
ECED 14071 - Early Childhood Field Experience I Credit Hours: 1 ²
SPCH 10003 - 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 28003 - Infant Toddler Curriculum Credit Hours: 3 ²
ECTC 29003 - Future Perspectives In Early Childhood Credit Hours: 3 ²
ALHE 29503 - First Aid Credit Hours: 3
English Composition requirement Credit Hours: 3 ¹
History/Government requirement Credit Hours: 3 ¹

Sophomore Year Fall Semester - 16 Hours

ECED 14171 - Early Childhood Field Experience II Credit Hours: 1 ²
ECTC 24003 - Math And Science For Early Childhood Credit Hours: 3 ²
ECTC 25003 - Child Guidance Credit Hours: 3 ²
ECTC 27003 - Preschool Curriculum (Birth - Pre-K) Credit Hours: 3 ²
EDFD 20143 - Educational Technology And Digital Literacy Credit Hours: 3 ²
Fine Arts/Humanities/Social Sciences requirement Credit Hours: 3 ¹

Sophomore Year Spring Semester - 13 Hours

ECED 20973 - Health, Safety, And Nutrition For Young Learners Credit Hours: 3 ²
ECTC 23003 - Literacy And Language Arts For Early Childhood Credit Hours: 3 ²
ECTC 26003 - Practicum Credit Hours: 3 ²
FINN 15201 - Personal Finance Applications Credit Hours: 1 ⁴
Fine Arts/Humanities/Social Sciences requirement Credit Hours: 3 ¹

Junior Year Fall Semester - 16 Hours

EDFD 27843 - Introduction To Educational Foundations Credit Hours: 3 ²
Fine Arts/Humanities/Social Sciences requirement Credit Hours: 3 ¹
Fine Arts/Humanities/Social Sciences requirement Credit Hours: 3 ¹
Lab Science requirement Credit Hours: 4 ¹
Elective Credit Hours: 3 ⁵

Junior Year Spring Semester - 15 Hours

EDFD 30143 - Educational Psychology Credit Hours: 3 ^{2, 3}
EDHP 31053 - Practicum I Credit Hours: 3 ^{2, 3}
EDHP 32063 - Introduction To Assessment Credit Hours: 3 ^{2, 3}
EDHP 33053 - Learning Environments Credit Hours: 3 ^{2, 3}
READ 33043 - Foundations Of Teaching Reading And Writing Credit Hours: 3 ^{2, 3}

Senior Year Fall Semester - 14 Hours

ELED 44001 - Integrating Health And Physical Education Credit Hours: 1 ^{2, 3}
SPED 30093 - Teaching Diverse Learners Credit Hours: 3 ^{2, 3}
Lab Science requirement Credit Hours: 4 ¹
Upper-level elective Credit Hours: 3⁵
Upper-level elective Credit Hours: 3⁵

Senior Year Spring Semester - 15 Hours

ECED 33003 - Early Childhood Administration Credit Hours: 3 ²
HIST 41533 - History Of Arkansas Credit Hours: 3
Upper-level elective Credit Hours: 3⁵
Upper-level elective Credit Hours: 3⁵
Upper-level elective Credit Hours: 3⁵

120 Total Hours

At least 40 hours must be upper level.

Notes

General Education Core Requirements, see General Education Core requirements section of this catalog for courses that meet these requirements.
These courses are used to determine major GPA. see Graduation Requirements section of this catalog.
Requires admission to School of Education non-licensure track.
Prior to graduation students must demonstrate competency in financial literacy by satisfactory completion of FINN 15201 (or an approved substitution) with a grade of C or better, or by a score of 70% or more on a challenge exam for FINN 15201 .
Electives, 18 hours. At least 15 hours must be upper-level (3000-4000) courses to ensure completion of 40 upper-level hours.