Early Childhood Development (PreK-Grade 3 Licensure) Suggested Course Sequence

Semester One

• ENGL 1010 - Critical Reading and Expository Writing (3 credits)
• * General Education Humanities (3 credits)
• * Science (4 credits)
• General Education Math (3 credits)
• EDFN 2100 - Orientation to the Profession of Education (1 credit)
• CSCI 1100 - Using Information Technology (3 credits) or Proficiency Exam (0 credit)

Semester Two

• ENGL 1020 - Critical Thinking and Argumentation (3 credits)
• * Science (4 credits)
• * Fine Arts (3 credits)
• HIST 2010 - The United States to 1877 (3 credits)
• MATH 1410 - Number Concepts and Algebraic Structure (3 credits)

Semester Three

• ECED 2110 - Infant/Child/Toddler Development (3 credits) (10 Field Hours)
• General Education Literature (3 credits)
• HIST 2020 - The United States since 1877 (3 credits)
• SRVL 1020 - Introduction to Service-Learning in the Community (3 credits) (30 Field Hours)
• +  EDFN 2300 - Foundations for Teaching (2 credits)

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• SPCH 1300 - Introduction to Communication Studies (3 credits) or
• SPCH 2300 - Public Speaking (3 credits) or
• SPCH 2320 - Argumentation and Debate (3 credits)

Semester Four

• ECED 2180 - Foundations of Language and Literacy for Young Children (3 credit hours)
• ECED 3140 - Guiding Young Children (3 credits)
• ECED 3150 - Creative Development of Young Children (3 credits) (10 Field Hours) (10 Field Hours)
• ECED 3160 - Body/Brain-based Learning Environments (3 credits)
• HDAL 2310 - Developmental Psychology (3 credits)
• SPED 2300 - Exceptional Learners in Schools and Communities (3 credits) (10 Field Hours)

Semester Five

• EDFN 3310 - Educational Psychology (3 credits)
• ECED 3220 - Designing Physical Environments (3 credits)
• ♦  EDFN 3301 - Issues in Education (3 credits)
• ECED 3210 - Balanced Comprehensive Literacy and Assessment for Early Childhood (3 credit hours)
• SPED 3322 - Early Intervention Strategies for the Exceptional Child (3 credits)

Semester Six

• ♦  ECED 4450 - Constructivist Inquiry Approach to Science/Math for Young Children (3 credit hours)
• ♦  ECED 4161 - Curriculum Development for Young Children (3 credits)
• ECED 4347 - Technology and Media in Inclusive Early Childhood Education (3 credits)
• ECED 4517 - Family, School, Community Involvement (3 credits)
• ♦  CUAI 4517 - Math Methods for Early Childhood (3 credits)

Semester Total: 1 credit hour

Semester Seven

California Critical Thinking Skills Exam (CCTST) required semester seven.

• ♦  ECED 4617 - Residency I: Assessment Driven Literacy Instruction for PreK-3 (3 credit hours)
• ♦  ECED 4627 - Residency I: Writing Process, Assessment, and Strategies for PreK-3 (3 credit hours)
• ♦  ECED 4637 - Residency I: Instructional Strategies for Math and Differentiated Instruction PreK-3 (3 credit hours)
• ♦  ECED 4680 - Residency I: Clinical Experience and Seminar in PreK-3 (3 credit hours) (135 Field Hours)

Semester Eight

All PRAXIS II Exams must be passed prior to the beginning of semester eight.

• ♦  ECED 4780 - Residency II: Clinical Experience and Seminar PreK-3 (12 credit hours) (500 Field Hours)