ECED605  Advanced Child Development (3 sh)
Designed to provide graduate students with a review of frameworks for viewing diversity in development from infancy through middle childhood. These frameworks are then applied to key diversity factors shaping development. Students are provided with the opportunity to explore several of these factors in depth and to examine and analyze the implications for teaching and learning.

ECED610 Childhood Play:  Theory and Practice (3 sh)
Designed to provide graduate students with an in depth look at play theories and the importance of play in child development and learning.

ECED615 Family, Community and Educational Collaboration (3 sh)
Designed to provide graduate students with a review of frameworks for viewing educational collaboration from a family and community perspective. These two factors are explored in depth to examine and analyze their implications for teaching and learning.