Associate of Science with a Concentration in Early Childhood Education

The Early Childhood Education program is a two-year associate degree program developed for the purpose of preparing persons who wish to teach in child development centers and preschool programs. Graduates may also be employed as kindergarten aides, after-school caregivers, or similar places.

The Associate of Science degree may be earned by four semesters of successful full-time academic work. Students attending classes on less than a full-time basis may expect the period to extend beyond two years. Prior to finishing this degree, students must complete a practicum. Students should apply for this practicum one full semester ahead of time by contacting the director of student teaching.

A minimum of 62 credit hours is required for graduation. A minimum overall GPA of 2.0 and not less than a 2.0 in each education course must be earned for retention and graduation in the Early Childhood Education program. With early advising it is possible to complete the Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education in two additional years after the completion of the associate degree. An overall GPA of 2.5 is required to be admitted to the Teacher Education Program and go on for the Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education. An outline of program requirements follows:

General Education Courses

(All courses are 3 cr. hours unless otherwise designated.)

Content Subjects (21 cr.)
ENG W131 Elementary Composition
ENG L390 Children’s Literature
HPER N220 Human Nutrition
MATH T101 Mathematics for Elementary Teachers I
PSY P103 General Psychology
SOC S161 Principles of Sociology
SPCH S121 Public Speaking

Professional Education Courses

Professional education courses may not be taken by correspondence.

Foundations (9 cr.)
EDUC E328 (P) Science in the Elementary School (2 cr.)
EDUC E339 (P) Methods of Teaching Language Arts (2 cr.)
EDUC E340 Methods of Teaching Reading I
EDUC F201 (P) Exploring the Personal Demands of Teaching: Laboratory Experience (2 cr.)
EDUC F202 (P) Exploring the Personal Demands of Teaching: Field Experience (1 cr.)
EDUC M301 (P) Laboratory/Field Experience (1 cr.)
EDUC M314 (P) General Methods for Senior High/Junior High/Middle School Teachers
EDUC M323 (P) The Teaching of Music in the Elementary­School (2 cr.)
EDUC M333 (P) The Teaching of Art in the Elementary School (2 cr.)
EDUC P250 Educational Psychology
EDUC R301 (P) Audiovisual-Production of Materials (1 cr.)

Early Childhood Education Courses (16 cr.)
EDUC E317 (P) Practicum in Early Childhood Education (4 cr.)
EDUC E330 (P) Infant Learning Environments
EDUC E335 Introduction to Early Childhood Education
EDUC E337 Classroom Learning Environments
EDUC E338 (P) The Early Childhood Educator
EDUC M101 Laboratory/Field Experience (0 cr.)

Special Education Courses (6 cr.)
EDUC K200 Introductory Practicum in Special­Education (0 cr.)
EDUC K205 Introduction to Exceptional Children

Master of Science in Early Childhood Education

Admission Requirements

• General application requirements and procedures as described in preceding section on admission.
• Approval of application by the director of the elementary education program.

Program Requirements

Current program information is available on the School of Education Web site at www.iusb.edu/~edud/.

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