Early Childhood Education
If you enjoy being with children and want to help them learn, then studying early childhood education may be the right choice for you. This degree program will help to prepare you for several career choices, including:
• Child Care Worker
• Education Administrator
• Kindergarten Teacher
• Preschool Teacher
Concentrations for early childhood education majors include the following:
• Child Development Practitioner
• Early Childhood Development
• Policy
Examples of the courses you would take in an early childhood education degree program are:
• Administration of Childhood Centers
• Art in Early Childhood Education
• Atypical Development
• Child Centers and Programs
• Child Development, Adolescence
• Child Growth and Development
• Children’s Health and Safety
• Children’s Literature and Language Development
• Conceptual Creative Experiences
• Developmental Perspectives of Young Children with Disabilities
• Early Childhood Programs
• Families and Communities
• Foundation of Early Childhood Education
• Foundations of Infant Caregiving
• Foundations of Working with Exceptional Children
• Human Development
• Infancy and Toddlerhood
• Introduction to Disabilities
• Introduction to Early Childhood Guidance
• Introduction to Observing and Recording Behavior of Young Children
• Methods and Materials
• Music in Early Childhood Education
• Nutrition, Health, and Safety
• Parent and Family Development
• Preschool Development
• Presenting Literature to Children
• Programming for Exceptional Children
• Programming for Infants
• The Process of Curriculum Development
• Working with Families
