EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION PROGRAM SHEET

 

Courses are offer on a semester rotation.  Not all courses are offered every semester. Please check to be sure you take courses when offered.

 

NEW PRE-K THROUGH 4TH GRADE CERTIFICATE AVAILABLE

JANUARY 2013

Approved by Pennsylvania Department of Education with Special Designation , Sept 2009

 

 PK-4/ EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
LOCK HAVEN UNIVERSITY

    
Name:_______________________________Advisor: ______________________________________ 
 
 
GENERAL EDUCATION: REQUIRED                                                                 42 s.h
  CURRICULUM AREA   COURSE NUMBER/COURSE NAME

 M INIMUM

GRADE

SEMESTER  HOURS
Composition   C- 3 s.h.
Philosophy     3 s.h.
Speech   C- 3 s.h.
Literature   C- 3 s.h.
Art/Music/Theater     3 s.h.
Art/Music/Theater     3 s.h.
Lab Science   C- 3 s.h.
Lab Science   C- 3 s.h.
Mathematics Math 102 C 3 s.h.
Psychology PSYC 111 C 3 s.h.
Sociology/Anthropology     3 s.h.
World History   C- 3 s.h.
Govt./Econ./Pol.Sci.     3 s.h.
Wellness HLTH 245   3 s.h.
 
 PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION1                                                        31 S.H.
 COURSE NUMBER/COURSE NAME  GRADE SEMESTER HOURS
EDUC 101 Social Foundations of Education C 2 s.h.
SPEC 204 Cognitive Development of Diverse  Learners C 3 s.h.
PSYC 201 Educational Psychology C 3 s.h.
READ 204 Developmental Reading C 3 s.h.
SPEC 309 Effective Instructional Strategies C 3 s.h.
MATH 215 Statistics and Geometry C 3 s.h.
SPEC 345 Literacy Instruction for Students w/Disabilities C 3 s.h.
 
REQUIRED EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION                     28 S.H.
 COURSE NUMBER/COURSE NAME  GRADE SEMESTER HOURS
ECED 119 first Year Seminar   1 s.h.
ECED 100 Introduction to Early Childhood Education C 3 s.h.
ECED 150 Diversity in Developmetn of Infants/Toddlers/Young Children C 3 s.h.
ECED 200 Observing and Assessing Young Children C 3 s. h.
ECED 212 Language Development C 3 s.h.
ECED 225 Beginning Literacy C 3 s.h.
ECED 230 Professional Communication and Family Collaboration C 3 s.h.
ECED 220 Emerging Mathematics C 3 s.h.
ECED 325 Assessment and Evaluation in Early Childhood C 3 s.h.
ECED 331 Planning & Administering Early Childhood Programs C 3 s.h. 
ECED 332 Developing Creative Expression C  3 s.h.
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION PROFESSIONAL SEMESTER            15 s.h.
 COURSE NUMBER/COURSE NAME  GRADE SEMESTER HOURS
ECED 431 Science for Young Children C 3 s.h.
ECED 432 Language Arts & Reading for Young Children C 3 s.h.
ECED 433 Math for Young Children C 3 s.h.
ECED 415 Integrating Curriculum and Instruction C 3 s.h.
ECED 436 Social Studies for Early Childhood C 3 s.h.
Student Teaching   12 s. h.
 ECED 493/494 Student Teaching and Practicum   12 s.h.
 

 

GENERAL EDUCATION: ELECTIVES (TOTAL = 0 S.H. REQUIRED)
 CURRICULUM AREA  COURSE NUMBER/COURSE NAME  GRADE SEMESTER HOURS
       
       
       
       

 

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