Early Childhood Development Major, B.S. (PreK-Grade 3 Licensure)

Clemmer College of Education

Department of Teaching and Learning

Early Childhood Development Program Information

Program Coordinator: Dr. Kimberly Hale

email: halekd@etsu.edu

Phone: (423) 439-7671

The Department of Teaching and Learning in the Clemmer College of Education offers an interdisciplinary undergraduate program leading to the Bachelor of Science degree in early childhood development. The licensure program is designed to provide academic preparation in the growth and development of young children (0-8), their families, and environmental factors influencing their development and leads to PreK-3 teaching license. The non-licensure program prepares candidates to work in the field of early childhood education not requiring a license (e.g., childcare, community settings/agencies.) In addition, the early childhood education program offers a minor in early childhood education and opportunity for adding an early childhood endorsement (PreK-3) to existing education licenses.

Graduate Study – The Department of Teaching and Learning offers a graduate program leading to a master’s degree in early childhood education with three concentrations (Initial Licensure, Master Teacher, Researcher). In addition, a Ph.D. in early childhood education is offered beyond the master’s degree.  Also available are two online graduate programs, a Master’s Certificate in Emergent Inquiry and M.A. degree , Master Teacher. Further information on this program may be obtained from the School of Graduate Studies.

Early Childhood Development (PreK-Grade 3 Licensure)

This program in early childhood is designed to meet the state competencies for licensure in PreK-3. It includes courses in early childhood development, a professional education component, and a student teaching experience in both PreK-K and grades 1-3.

General Program Information

To earn a degree from ETSU, there are specific course requirements put forth by ETSU, by the Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR), by each college, and by each department. All students must meet the degree requirements at each of these levels. Please follow the format below:

University-level Degree and Graduation Requirements

• Degree and Graduation Requirements 
• Completion of a minimum of 120 credit hours is required.
• CSCI 1100  or the proficiency exam
• Proficiency Intensive Course Requirements
• Senior Exit Exam
• Additional Requirements for Transfer Students
• Second Bachelor Degrees
• Double Majors/Double Degrees

Total Credit Hours for Degree: 120

TBR General Education Requirements: 41 - 42 Credit Hours

Below you will see the categories and courses specified under TBR General Education Requirements. Note that certain courses are required for this degree, specific to this major. Thus, these courses will satisfy both a TBR General Education requirement AND a requirement of this major. (Other majors may require different General Education courses.) Where specific courses are required for this major, we only list those courses under the category. If there are no specific major requirements for a category, all course options appear.
 

Communication

9 credits, consisting of 6 credits of written composition and 3 credits of oral communication.

Written Composition

Complete both of the following: 

• ENGL 1010 - Critical Reading and Expository Writing (3 credits)
• ENGL 1020 - Critical Thinking and Argumentation (3 credits)

• Students required to complete learning support in writing must enroll in a learning support-designated section (L01-L99) of ENGL 1010  during their first 15 hours at ETSU (not including summer) unless they are also required to complete learning support in reading. Students needing learning support in both reading and writing should enroll in ENGL 1010-Lxx immediately upon completing learning support in reading. Additional information may be found on the University Advisement Center website www.etsu.edu/uac/learningsupport. Students must earn a grade of “C” or better in ENGL 1010  and ENGL 1020 .

   

Oral Communication

Complete one of the following:

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

• When one of the oral communication courses listed above is completed to meet the general education core requirement, that course will not count toward ETSU’s oral communication-intensive requirement. (See “Other Graduation Requirements.”) Any additional course from this list that is completed will count toward the oral communication-intensive requirement.

Humanities and Fine Arts

9 credits, consisting of 3 credits of literature, 3 credits of fine arts, and 3 credits of humanities electives.

Literature

Complete one of the following: 

• ENGL 2030 - Literary Heritage (3 credits)
• ENGL 2110 - American Literature I (3 credits)
• ENGL 2120 - American Literature II (3 credits)
• ENGL 2210 - British Literature I (3 credits)
• ENGL 2220 - British Literature II (3 credits)
• ENGL 2330 - World Literature (3 credits)
• ENGL 2430 - European Literature (3 credits)

Fine Arts

Complete one of the following:

• ARTH 2010 - Art History Survey I (3 credits)
• ARTH 2020 - Art History Survey II (3 credits)
• DANC 3500 - Dance as a Human Experience (3 credits)
• HUMT 2310 - Arts and Ideas I (3 credits)
• HUMT 2320 - Arts and Ideas II (3 credits)
• MUSC 1030 - Introduction to Music (3 credits)
• MUSC 1035 - History of Jazz (3 credits)
• THEA 1030 - Introduction to the Theatre (3 credits)

Humanities Electives

Complete one of the following:

• ENGL 3150 - Literature, Ethics, and Values (3 credits)
• ENGL 3280 - Mythology (3 credits)
• ENTC 3020 - Technology and Society (3 credits)
• HIST 1110 - World History and Civilization to 1500 (3 credits)
• HIST 1120 - World History and Civilizations Since 1500 (3 credits)
• PHIL 1030 - Introduction to Philosophy (3 credits)
• PHIL 2020 - Introduction to Ethics (3 credits)
• PHIL 2040 - Philosophy as Conversation (3 credits)
• PHIL 2640 - Science and the Modern World (3 credits)
• RELI 2210 - Introduction to the Study of World Religions (3 credits)

Social and Behavioral Sciences

6 credit hours consisting of:

• HDAL 2310 - Developmental Psychology (3 credits)
• SRVL 1020 - Introduction to Service-Learning in the Community (3 credits)

History

6 credits, consisting of both of the following:

• HIST 2010 - The United States to 1877 (3 credits)
• HIST 2020 - The United States since 1877 (3 credits)

• Note:  HIST 2030 History of Tennessee  (3 credits) may be substituted for 3 credits of United States History.

Natural Sciences

8 credits, consisting of two of the following (some require labs which are listed directly after the lecture):

(Note: Students pursuing a Bachelor of Science in the College of Arts and Sciences must select 8 credit hours in a SINGLE laboratory science. Please see listing in College of Arts and Sciences B.S. Degree Requirements for options.)

• ASTR 1010 - Astronomy I (4 credits)
• ASTR 1020 - Astronomy II (4 credits)
• ASTR 1035 - Life in the Universe (4 credits)

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• BIOL 1110 - Biology for Science Majors Lecture I (4 credits)
• BIOL 1111 - Biology for Science Majors Laboratory I (0 credit)
• BIOL 1120 - Biology for Science Majors Lecture II (4 credits)
• BIOL 1121 - Biology for Science Majors Laboratory II (0 credit)
• BIOL 1130 - Biology for Science Majors Lecture III (4 credits)

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• CHEM 1110 - General Chemistry Lecture I (4 credits)
• CHEM 1111 - General Chemistry Laboratory I (0 credit)
• CHEM 1120 - General Chemistry Lecture II (4 credits)
• CHEM 1121 - General Chemistry Laboratory II (0 credit)

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• GEOG 1110 - Earth Science: Weather and Climate (4 credits)
• GEOG 1120 - Earth Science: Landforms and Processes (4 credits)

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• GEOL 1040 - Exploring Geology Lecture (3 credits)
• GEOL 1041 - Exploring Geology Laboratory (1 credit)
• GEOL 1050 - Life through Time (3 credits)
• GEOL 1051 - Life through Time Laboratory (1 credit)

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• HSCI 2010 - Anatomy and Physiology I (4 credits)
• HSCI 2011 - Anatomy and Physiology Laboratory I (0 credit)
• HSCI 2020 - Anatomy and Physiology II (4 credits)
• HSCI 2021 - Anatomy and Physiology Laboratory II (0 credit)

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• PHYS 2010 - General Physics I-Noncalculus (3 credits)
• PHYS 2011 - General Physics Laboratory I-Noncalculus (1 credit)
• PHYS 2020 - General Physics II-Noncalculus (3 credits)
• PHYS 2021 - General Physics Laboratory II-Noncalculus (1 credit)

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• PHYS 2110 - Technical Physics I-Calculus Based (5 credits)
• PHYS 2120 - Technical Physics II-Calculus Based (5 credits)

• Open to non-science majors only:

• BIOL 1010 - Biology for Non-majors I (4 credits)
• BIOL 1011 - Biology for Non-majors Laboratory (0 credit)
• BIOL 1020 - Biology for Non-majors II (4 credits)
• BIOL 1021 - Biology for Non-majors Laboratory II (0 credit)
• BIOL 1310 - Concepts in Biology (4 credits)
• BIOL 1311 - Concepts in Biology Laboratory (0 credit)
• CHEM 1000 - Chemistry and Well-Being (4 credits)
• CHEM 1030 - Introduction to Chemistry Survey (4 credits)
• PHYS 1030 - Introduction to Physics Survey (4 credits)

Mathematics

3 - 4 credits, consisting of one of the following:

• MATH 1530 - Probability and Statistics – Noncalculus (3 credits)
• MATH 1840 - Analytic Geometry and Differential Calculus (3 credits)
• MATH 1910 - Calculus I (4 credits)

• Note:

  Students will enroll in the appropriate general education math course during their first calendar year of enrollment at ETSU. Students required to complete learning support in mathematics must enroll in a learning support-designated section (L01-L99) of MATH 1530  during their first 15 hours at ETSU (not including summer) unless they are also required to complete learning support in reading or writing. Students needing learning support in reading or writing in addition to learning support in math should enroll in MATH 1530-Lxx immediately upon completing their other learning support requirements. Additional information may be found on the University Advisement Center website www.etsu.edu/uac/learningsupport/

Professional Education: 15 Credit Hours

• ECED 4347 - Technology and Media in Inclusive Early Childhood Education (3 credits)
• EDFN 2100 - Orientation to the Profession of Education (1 credit)
• EDFN 2300 - Foundations for Teaching (2 credits)
• EDFN 3301 - Issues in Education (3 credits)
• EDFN 3310 - Educational Psychology (3 credits)
• SPED 2300 - Exceptional Learners in Schools and Communities (3 credits)

Early Childhood Development Major: 27 Credit Hours

• ECED 2110 - Infant/Child/Toddler Development (3 credits)
• 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)
• ECED 3160 - Body/Brain-based Learning Environments (3 credits)
• ECED 3210 - Balanced Comprehensive Literacy and Assessment for Early Childhood (3 credit hours)
• ECED 3220 - Designing Physical Environments (3 credits)
• ECED 4517 - Family, School, Community Involvement (3 credits)
• SPED 3322 - Early Intervention Strategies for the Exceptional Child (3 credits)

Early Childhood Education Concentration (ECDP): 37 Credit Hours

• CUAI 4517 - Math Methods for Early Childhood (3 credits)
• ECED 4161 - Curriculum Development for Young Children (3 credits)
• ECED 4427 - Pre-Residency: The First 6-weeks of School (1 credit hour)
• ECED 4450 - Constructivist Inquiry Approach to Science/Math for Young Children (3 credit hours)
• 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)
• ECED 4780 - Residency II: Clinical Experience and Seminar PreK-3 (12 credit hours)
• MATH 1410 - Number Concepts and Algebraic Structure (3 credits)

Minor: no minor required

Additional Information

Admission: Any student who chooses to pursue early childhood for licensure in PreK-3 must apply for admission to the Teacher Education Program.

Transfer Students: Transfer students should apply for admission into the program and meet with an early childhood development advisor to plan their program. These students must meet the requirements of the university regarding transfer and program admission.

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