Early Childhood Education Major, B.S.

Required Before Teacher Education Program entry:

All professional education, general education courses for teachers, major, endorsement, and supporting courses require a grade of “C” or better for teacher licensure and graduation.

Effective 2012, all teacher education programs require passing scores on the appropriate Illinois Assessment of Professional Teaching (APT) test prior to completion of graduation requirements and licensure.

• EDUC 140 - Multicultural Foundations of Education
• EDUC 195 - Teacher Education Seminar I: Teachers and Technologies in the 21st Century
• EDUC 200 - Human Development & Education
• EDUC 225 - Classroom Management
• EDUC 280 - General Methods & Assessment

Required After Teacher Education Program entry, before Student Teaching

• EDUC 210 - Instructional Methods of Early Childhood Education
• EDUC 269 - Children’s Literature
• EDUC 300 - Applied Arts for Teachers
• EDUC 320 - Teaching Early Childhood Language Arts and Social Studies
• EDUC 330 - Teaching Early Childhood Math and Science
• EDUC 349 - Language Development
• EDUC 359 - Teaching Reading to Young Children
• EDUC 367 - Methods and Materials in Physical Education for the Elementary School
• EDUC 376 - Teaching Diverse Populations in the Regular Classroom
• EDUC 394 - Teacher Education Seminar II

Required After Teacher Education Program entry, during Student Teaching:

• EDUC 482 - Student Teaching for Early Childhood Education
• EDUC 493 - Teacher Education Seminar III