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Program Sample Plan

Program name: Early Childhood B.S.
Sub-plan: Foundations of Education
Sample Plan: Foundations of Education Track
Total Credits: 120.0
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Year 1 - Fall Semester: 16.0 cr
Elective :5.0 cr
LE (Physical Sciences) :4.0 cr
CI 1806 - College Algebra through Modeling : 3.0 cr : MATH : Preferred Course
CEHD recommends CI 1032 [LE-AH]
EDHD 1525W - CEHD First Year Experience : 4.0 cr : WI : Preferred Course
Year 1 - Spring Semester: 16.0 cr
LE (Race, Power, and Justice US) :3.0 cr
Freshman Composition :4.0 cr
CPSY 2301 - Introduction to Developmental Psychology : 4.0 cr : SOCS
LE (Writing Intensive - Lower Division) :3.0 cr
Elective :2.0 cr
Year 2 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
CPSY 5241 - Field Experience in Early Childhood Education : 3.0 cr
CPSY 4331 - Social and Personality Development : 3.0 cr
CI 3610 - Linguistics for Teachers : 3.0 cr : SOCS
LE (Historical Perspectives) :3.0 cr
Year 2 - Spring Semester: 16.0 cr
LE (Arts/Humanities) :3.0 cr
CEHD recommends CI 1032 [LE-AH]
LE (Literature) :3.0 cr
LE (Biological Sciences) :4.0 cr
Recommend CPSY 1334 (Civic Life & Ethics LE) 3.0 cr
LE (Environment) :3.0 cr
Year 3 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
CPSY 5253 - Facilitating Cognitive and Language Learning in Early Childhood Education : 3.0 cr
OLPD 5009 - Human Relations: Applied Skills for School and Society : 1.0 cr
Elective :2.0 cr
CI 3401W - Diversity in Children's Literature : 3.0 cr : WI
EPSY 3119 - Learning, Cognition, and Assessment : 3.0 cr
CPSY 4343 - Cognitive Development : 3.0 cr
Year 3 - Spring Semester: 14.5 cr
CPSY 5252 - Facilitating Social and Emotional Learning in Early Childhood Education : 3.0 cr
CPSY 5254 - Facilitating Creative and Motor Learning in Early Childhood Education : 2.0 cr
CI 5307 - Technology for Teaching and Learning : 1.5 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
CI 3211 - Introduction to Elementary Teaching : 3.0 cr
CI 3212 - Field Experience: Elementary Teaching : 2.0 cr
Year 4 - Fall Semester: 14.0 cr
EPSY 5625 - Education of Infants, Toddlers, and Preschool Children with Disabilities: Introduction : 2.0 cr
CI 5413 - Foundations of Reading : 3.0 cr
CI 5414 - Field Experience: Working with Developing Readers : 2.0 cr
CPSY 5251W - Social and Philosophical Foundations of Early Childhood Education : 3.0 cr : WI
Elective :4.0 cr
Year 4 - Spring Semester: 13.5 cr
Elective :7.5 cr
CPSY 5281 - Student Teaching in Early Childhood Education : 6.0 cr