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Program Sample Plan

Program name: Early Childhood B.S.
Sub-plan: Early and Elementary Education
Sample Plan: Early and Elementary Education
Total Credits: 120.5
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Year 1 - Fall Semester: 14.0 cr
CI 1806 - College Algebra through Modeling : 3.0 cr : MATH
EDHD 1525W - CEHD First Year Experience : 4.0 cr : WI : Preferred Course
CPSY 2301 - Introduction to Developmental Psychology : 4.0 cr : SOCS
LE (Arts/Humanities) :3.0 cr
Year 1 - Spring Semester: 14.0 cr
LE (Civic Life and Ethics) :3.0 cr
Recommend CPSY 1334
LE (Writing Intensive - Lower Division) :4.0 cr
Recommend WRIT 1301
BIOL 1001 - Introductory Biology: Evolutionary and Ecological Perspectives : 4.0 cr : BIOL
AMIN 1003 - American Indians in Minnesota : 3.0 cr : HIS, DSJ
Year 2 - Fall Semester: 16.0 cr
ESCI 1001 - Earth and Its Environments : 4.0 cr : PHYS, ENV
FSOS 1211 - An Interdisciplinary Look at the Family in Multicultural America : 4.0 cr : DSJ, SOCS
CPSY 4331 - Social and Personality Development : 3.0 cr
LE (Literature) :3.0 cr
Elective :2.0 cr
Year 2 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
CI 1563 - Physics by Inquiry : 4.0 cr : PHYS
CPSY 5241 - Field Experience in Early Childhood Education : 3.0 cr
CI 3401W - Diversity in Children's Literature : 3.0 cr : WI
Elective :3.0 cr
CI 3001 - Engaged Arts Learning in Elementary Classrooms : 2.0 cr
Year 3 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
CI 3211 - Introduction to Elementary Teaching : 3.0 cr
CI 3212 - Field Experience: Elementary Teaching : 2.0 cr
CPSY 5253 - Facilitating Cognitive and Language Learning in Early Childhood Education : 3.0 cr
EPSY 5625 - Education of Infants, Toddlers, and Preschool Children with Disabilities: Introduction : 2.0 cr
CI 3610 - Linguistics for Teachers : 3.0 cr : SOCS
Elective :2.0 cr
Year 3 - Spring Semester: 16.0 cr
CPSY 5254 - Facilitating Creative and Motor Learning in Early Childhood Education : 2.0 cr
CPSY 4343 - Cognitive Development : 3.0 cr
CPSY 5252 - Facilitating Social and Emotional Learning in Early Childhood Education : 3.0 cr
EPSY 3119 - Learning, Cognition, and Assessment : 3.0 cr
KIN 3327 - Teaching Physical Education in the Elementary School : 2.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 4 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
CI 5413 - Foundations of Reading : 3.0 cr
CI 5414 - Field Experience: Working with Developing Readers : 2.0 cr
MTHE 3101 - Mathematics and Pedagogy for Elementary Teachers I : 3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
CPSY 5251W - Social and Philosophical Foundations of Early Childhood Education : 3.0 cr : WI
OLPD 5009 - Human Relations: Applied Skills for School and Society : 1.0 cr
Year 4 - Spring Semester: 15.5 cr
CPSY 5281 - Student Teaching in Early Childhood Education : 6.0 cr
CI 5307 - Technology for Teaching and Learning : 1.5 cr
MTHE 3102 - Mathematics and Pedagogy for Elementary Teachers II : 3.0 cr
Elective :2.0 cr
LE (Global Perspectives) :3.0 cr