Early Childhood Studies Minor

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The Minor in Early Childhood Studies provides a basic introduction to early childhood studies and working with young children and families of young children. The minor is designed both for students with majors outside Elementary Education and those with an Elementary Education major who are not pursuing the Early Childhood Specialist Endorsement (ZS), yet have an interest in early childhood education.

Requirements

Twenty-one credits as follows, with a grade point average of 2.7 (B-) or better.

A. Core Courses (15 credits)

ECE 100 - A Global Lens: Learning, Supporting and Advocating with Children (3)
ECE 200 - Child Development and Learning (3)
ECE 225 - Play and Learning (3)
ECE 235 - Working with Families, Children and Community (3)
ECE 467 - Supervised Fieldwork in Early Childhood for Early Childhood Studies Minors (3)

B. Electives (6 credits)

Two from:

ECE 120 - Music in Early Childhood (3)
ECE 233 - Infant/Toddler Learning Environments (3)
ECE 240 - Child Guidance: Creating Learning Environments and Building Relationships (3)
ECE 343 - Emergent Literacy (3)
ECE 344 - Emergent Mathematical Thinking (3)
ECE 420 - Young Children with Special Needs (3)
ECE 449 - Administration, Organization and Operation of Early Childhood Programs (3)
ECE 480 - Independent Study in Early Childhood Education (1-3)
ECE 485 - Special Topics in Early Childhood Education (1-6)
ART 101 - Introduction to Art Education (3)
DAN 301 - Teaching Children Dance (3)