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Undergraduate Concentration Early Childhood Education

(B.S. in Family and Consumer Sciences)

Suggested four year plan

FALL SEMESTER	SPRING SEMESTER
Freshman Year
ECFS 1010 3 ENGL 1010 3 General Ed Natural Science:   BIOL 1010, 1011 or   ASTR 1010 4 GEOG 1010 or 1020 3 SAHE 1000 1   14	ART 1010 3 ENGL 1020 3 FACS 1010 1 General Ed Natural Science:   BIOL 1020, 1021 or   ASTR 1010 4  MATH 1110 3   14
Sophomore Year
ECFS 2010 3 EDCI 2010 3 ENGL 2010-2024 3 HIST 2010 or 2020 3 PSYC 2010 or   approved GEN ED/SOC SCI 3   15	COMM 2200 3 ECFS 3020 3 HIST 2030 3 HPSS 3100 2 MATH 1410 3 MUSC 1010 3   17
Junior Year
ECFS 3610 3 ECFS 4620 or   ECFS 4520 3 EDCI 3110 or   ECCD 4000 3 EDCI 3870 3 NUFS 3330 3 PSYC 3120 3   18	ECFS 3320 3 ECFS 3520 3 ECFS 4600 3 ECFS 4630 3 EDSE 3330 3 ENGL 3730 3   18
Senior Year
ECFS 4650 3 EDCI 3905 3 EDCI 3906 3 EDRD 4240 3 FACS 4500 3 FACS 4700 1   16	ECFS 4720 9 EDCI 4706 3   12

 

Undergraduate Concentration Courses

ECFS 1010 Introduction to Early Childhood and Child Development

ECFS 2010 Principles and Concepts of Child Development

ECFS 3020 Middle Childhood and Adolescence

ECFS 3320 Expressive Arts for Young Children

ECFS 3510 The Young Child and Family

ECFS 3520 Observation, Participation and Management in Early Childhood Settings

ECFS 3530 Infant Clinic

ECFS 3610 Early Childhood Curriculum I

ECFS 4000 Guiding Young Children

ECFS 4520 Early Childhood Administration and Leadership

ECFS 4600 Preschool and Kindergarten Methods and Materials

ECFS 4620 Current Topics and Issues in Early Childhood Education

ECFS 4630 Family Relationships

ECFS 4650 Parenting/Practical Steps to Childrearing

ECFS 4660 Internship or Fieldwork in Child Development

ECFS 4720 Observation and Student Teaching in Pre-K and K-3