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Program Sample Plan

Program name: Early Childhood B.S.
Sub-plan: Individualized Studies
Sample Plan: Individualized Studies
Total Credits: 120.0
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Year 1 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
Elective :2.0 cr
LE (Mathematical Thinking) :3.0 cr
Freshman Composition :3.0 cr
LE (Biological Sciences) :3.0 cr
EDHD 1525W - CEHD First Year Experience : 4.0 cr : WI : Preferred Course
Year 1 - Spring Semester: 16.0 cr
LE (Physical Sciences) :4.0 cr
CPSY 2301 - Introduction to Developmental Psychology : 4.0 cr : SOCS
Elective :5.0 cr
LE (Writing Intensive - Lower Division) :3.0 cr
Year 2 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
LE (Civic Life and Ethics) :3.0 cr
CEHD recommends FSOS 1461 [LE-CIV]
LE (Writing Intensive - Lower Division) :3.0 cr
CPSY 3xxx : 3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
LE (Historical Perspectives) :3.0 cr
Year 2 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
LE (Literature) :3.0 cr
LE (Arts/Humanities) :3.0 cr
CPSY 5241 - Field Experience in Early Childhood Education : 3.0 cr
CPSY 4xxx : 3.0 cr
CPSY 4331 - Social and Personality Development : 3.0 cr
Year 3 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
CPSY 5253 - Facilitating Cognitive and Language Learning in Early Childhood Education : 3.0 cr
FSOS 3xxx : 3.0 cr
LE (Technology and Society) :3.0 cr
EPSY 3xxx : 3.0 cr
CPSY 4343 - Cognitive Development : 3.0 cr
Year 3 - Spring Semester: 15.0 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
Elective :7.0 cr
LE (Race, Power, and Justice US) :3.0 cr
Year 4 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
EPSY 5625 - Education of Infants, Toddlers, and Preschool Children with Disabilities: Introduction : 2.0 cr
LE (Writing Intensive - Upper Division) :3.0 cr
Elective :4.0 cr
YOST 2xxx : 3.0 cr
CPSY 5251W - Social and Philosophical Foundations of Early Childhood Education : 3.0 cr : WI
Year 4 - Spring Semester: 14.0 cr
Elective :6.0 cr
LE (Environment) :3.0 cr
CPSY 4314 - Trauma-Informed Care Practices in Early Childhood : 3.0 cr
CPSY 4315 - Practicum in Early Childhood Trauma-Informed Care : 2.0 cr