Early Childhood Education Bachelor's Degree Program Outline

Sharpen skills that will help you achieve maximum learning as you complete your degree program.

Concentrates on improving the basic English skills necessary to write fluently. Designed to help college students develop skills in the use of standard written English and/or in the writing of well- developed, coherent paragraphs.

Fundamental concepts and terminology related to computer hardware, software, networks, graphics, design and the Internet.

The human and physical attributes that give uniqueness and diversity to world regional patterns on the Earth's surface as a backdrop to contemporary world events.

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Writing and critical thinking techniques for organizing, composing and proofreading reports, summaries, short essays and research papers.

A comprehensive review of mathematical skills and concepts commonly used in academic and vocational applications. Covers whole numbers, fractions, decimal notation, ratios and proportions, percents, statistics and measurement, geometry, real numbers and algebra.

Introduction to the essential principles of biology and the structure of biological systems.

Political, economic, social, cultural and artistic structures of the world - from ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia to the mid-sixteenth century.

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A consumer-oriented overview of the practical application of economic concepts. Emphasizes decision making about budgeting, savings, consumer strategies, insurance, investing, retirement planning and estate planning.

Basic principles of communication that are particularly applicable in business and industry, providing a foundation for more effective communication skills. Focuses on the proper use of English grammar in business settings.

Basic concepts such as sets and numbers, followed by intermediate algebra topics, emphasizing concepts commonly used in computer science.

Survey of world history from the late-sixteenth century through the present - emphasizing political, intellectual and social history.

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The terminology, theories and questions used by sociologists to study how groups, cultures, institutions, norms and values shape society and world view.

The basics of written communication in business. Explores differences in approach and format for various business documents. Also covers techniques for planning, researching, organizing, and writing reports.

Personal, political, economic and environmental impact of technological innovation on social organizations.

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Introduces the student to the field of early childhood education by describing, at a fundamental level, how children learn, how teachers work with children and their parents, what is taught and where the teaching takes place.

Examines childhood development by observing physical and psychosocial factors that lead to cognitive, language and literacy development according to a child's age.

The student will learn how the topics of health, safety, and nutrition are interrelated, how to assess children's health, how to plan for safety and attend to children's injuries, and how to foster nutritious eating habits.

Guidance and discipline concepts applicable to children's behavior in preschool and primary school classrooms. By applying the concepts taught in this course, the student will be able to help children become responsible and productive.

Play is a core component of an early childhood curriculum. This course will reinforce the importance of play and teach students how to integrate play into the art, music, movement, and drama curricula. This course will also analyze the connection between play and creativity and will demonstrate techniques for fostering creativity.

A broad-based course in physical education for children, which emphasizes the development of fundamental motor skills through child-centered activities that often involve the use of music.

An introduction to teaching young children how to read and write during the preschool years. This course covers the progression of communication, language, literacy, listening and the uses of children's literature to facilitate the development of literacy in early childhood.

This course teaches the student why art activities are important to young children and how to provide those art activities in the classroom.

Literature is a core component of an early childhood curriculum. This course will teach students how to evaluate appropriate resources and how to use these resources in a classroom to meet specific educational objectives.

Focuses on incorporating the fundamental concepts of math and science into education programs for young children. It provides strategies for teaching children how to apply these concepts in problem solving and scientific investigation.

A sociological overview of the ways in which cultural diversity influences children's behavior, communication and learning styles, plus suggestions for teachers working with children from diverse backgrounds.

Introduction to the special needs of children with developmental disabilities and how to implement programs that include these children in an early childhood classroom.

How to develop and implement appropriate curriculum for young children. Topics include the use of play, cooking, physical activity; techniques for fostering creativity and emotional, social, and verbal competence within the curriculum.

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Designed to help students explore early childhood environments and curriculum that will enhance the learning and development of young children. It focuses on creating healthy, safe and emotionally supportive environments that facilitate and promote learning in a variety of areas – literacy, math, science, art, music, play, etc.

Introduction to the partnerships with parents and others that teachers must create in order to achieve the best results for children in their classroom. Among the topics covered are home visits with parents and children, meetings with parents and parental visits to the child's classroom.

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The foundations of cultural anthropology and how they apply to interactions between culture, technology and social organizations.

Entry-level survey of art history and artistic movements, from primitive cave paintings progressing to 20th century world art.

The fundamentals of writing technical manuals for end users.

Foundations of statistical analysis, including distributions, measures of location and dispersion, probability, the normal probability distribution, sampling and testing methods and decision analysis.

Advanced topics in the statistical analysis of business operations for use in forecasting, quality control and decision-making.

Moral issues surrounding the use of computers and information technology, with an emphasis on determining the difference between ethical and unethical behavior in a number of scenarios.

Introduction to the basic tenets of chemistry and chemical processes relating to the environment, energy, health and the body.

Fundamental principles of ecosystem processes, community and ecosystem development plus species adaptation and diversity.

Offers a skill-based approach to planning and decision-making, organization theory, leadership and motivation to provide a concrete understanding of how these processes relate to business activity.

Introduction to marketing concepts and the role of marketing in sound business decisions. Covers the components of basic marketing strategy, market globalization and marketing in the service industry.

Students learn how to manage employee performance through human resource planning and development.

Students will assess, explore, critique and celebrate the phenomenon of entrepreneurship. The course will focus on the creation of new ventures, the ways that they come into being and factors associated with their success.

An introduction to the study of psychology, including psychological research, biology and behavior, and the relationships between the environment and behavior. Also covers neurons, hormones, the brain, body rhythms and mental states, sensation and perception, learning and conditioning and behavior in social and cultural contexts.

A continuation of Introduction to Psychology I, this course explores thinking and feeling, the developing person and health and disorders. Also covers emotion, motivation, theories of personality, development over the life span and approaches to treatment and therapy.

Surveys the field of psychology, including the development of behavior, physiological mechanisms of behavior, perception, motivation and emotion, consciousness, learning, memory, personality, and mental health.

An in-depth look at physical, cognitive and psychosocial development from birth through middle childhood.

A continuation of Human Growth and Development I, this course covers physical, cognitive and psychosocial development from adolescence through late adulthood and death.

Overview of social problems with emphasis on sexual variance, alcohol and drugs, crime and delinquency, violence, poverty, family problems, physical and mental illness, war, population, aging, urban problems and environmental destruction.

Factors shaping personality, including the biological (genes and evolution), the intrapsychic (factors within the mind that influence behavior, thoughts, and feelings), the dispositional (aspects of personality that are stable over time and relatively consistent in a variety of situations), the cognitive and experiential (perceptions, thoughts, feelings, desires, beliefs and other conscious experiences), the social and cultural (social institutions, social roles and expectations, and relationships with other people) and adjustments to events in day-to-day life.