Early Childhood Education-AL AAS (90 Credits)

CIP Code

13.1210

6 quarter AAS

Required Courses

Required Courses

ECE 204Early Childhood Practicum II

2

ECE 207Professionalism

5

ECE 210Early Childhood Practicum III

2

ECE 211Emotional and Social Development

3

ECE 212Cognitive Development

5

ECE 213Creative Experience - Art & Movement

5

ECE 215STEM for Young Children

3

ECED &105Intro to Early Childhood Education

5

ECED &107Health, Nutrition and Safety

5

ECED &120Practicum - Nurturing Relationships

2

ECED &160Curriculum Development

5

ECED &170Environments for Young Children

3

ECED &180Language & Literacy Development

3

ECED &190Observation and Assessment

3

EDUC &115Child Development

5

EDUC &130Guiding Behavior

3

EDUC &150Child, Family and Community

3

EDUC &204Exceptional Child

5

Electives (Choose 1 from list below)

Electives

ECE 296Work-Based Learning Experience

1 to 13

ECED &132Infant and Toddler Care

3

ECED &134Family Child Care

3

ECED &139Administration of EL

3

EDUC &136School Age Care

3

Note: INSTR APP REQ

General Education Requirements

Communications (5 Credits Required)

ENGL 175Professional Writing

5

ENGL& 101English Composition I

5

Humanities/Social Sciences/Natural Sciences/Other (10 Credits Required)

BIOL 170Medical Terminology

2

BIOL& 160General Biology

5

BIOL& 175Human Biology with Lab

5

BIOL& 241Human Anatomy and Physiology I

5

BIOL& 242Human Anatomy and Physiology II

5

BIOL& 260Microbiology

5

CHEM &121General Chemistry

5

CHEM &131Introduction to Organic/Biochemistry

5

CMST& 102Introduction to Mass Media

5

CMST& 152Intercultural Communication

5

CMST& 210Interpersonal Communication

5

CMST& 220Public Speaking

5

ECON& 201Microeconomics

5

ECON& 202Macroeconomics

5

HIST 101A History of Science and Technology

5

HREL 111Interviewing and Career Success

5

HUM &101Introduction to Humanities

5

NUTR& 101Intro to Nutrition

5

POLS &101Introduction to Political Science

5

PSYC &100General Psychology

5

PSYC &200Lifespan Psychology

5

SOC &101Introduction to Sociology

5

Humanities changed from 15 to 10 credits 4/27/22

Quantitative (5 Credits Required)

AMATH 170Engineering Foundational Mathematics

5

MATH 172Business Math

5

MATH 173Early Childhood Math

5

MATH& 107Math in Society

5

MATH& 141Precalculus I

5

MATH& 142Precalculus II

5

MATH& 146Statistics

5

MATH& 151Calculus

5

MATH& 152Calculus II

5

Note: See a Career Advisor prior to choosing courses that meet general education requirements.