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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Interdisciplinary Early Childhood Education, B.S.E. 4-Year Plan

The Bachelor of Science in Education in Interdisciplinary Early Childhood Education requires a minimum of 120 credit hours.

Suggested Four-Year Plan

Year 1

First Semester

CIS 110 - COMPOSITION AND COMMUNICATION I Credit(s): 3
OR
WRD 110 - COMPOSITION AND COMMUNICATION I Credit(s): 3
HIS 104 - A HISTORY OF EUROPE THROUGH THE MID-SEVENTEENTH CENTURY Credit(s): 3
OR
HIS 108 - HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES THROUGH 1876 Credit(s): 3
IEC 120 - INTRODUCTION TO EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION Credit(s): 3
MA 111 - INTRODUCTION TO CONTEMPORARY MATHEMATICS Credit(s): 3 - 4 (Variable) (fulfills UK Core - Quantitative Foundations)
UK Core - Arts and Creativity Credit(s): 3

Second Semester

CIS 111 - COMPOSITION & COMMUNICATION II Credit(s): 3
OR
WRD 111 - COMPOSITION AND COMMUNICATION II Credit(s): 3
HIS 105 - A HISTORY OF EUROPE FROM THE MID-SEVENTEENTH CENTURY TO THE PRESENT Credit(s): 3
OR
HIS 109 - HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES SINCE 1877 Credit(s): 3
BIO 102 - HUMAN ECOLOGY Credit(s): 3 (fulfills UK Core - Natural, Physical and Mathematical Sciences)
EDS 375 - INTRODUCTION TO EDUCATION OF EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN Credit(s): 3
PSY 100 - INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY Credit(s): 4 (fulfills UK Core - Social Sciences)

Year 2

First Semester

BIO 103 - BASIC IDEAS OF BIOLOGY Credit(s): 3
BIO 111 - GENERAL BIOLOGY LABORATORY Credit(s): 1
EDP 202 - HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND LEARNING Credit(s): 3
IEC 255 - CHILD DEVELOPMENT Credit(s): 3
STA 210 - MAKING SENSE OF UNCERTAINTY: AN INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICAL REASONING Credit(s): 3 (fulfills UK Core - Statistical Inferential Reasoning)
Elective Credit(s): 3

Second Semester

EPE 301 - EDUCATION IN AMERICAN CULTURE Credit(s): 3 (fulfills UK Core - Community, Culture and Citizenship in the USA)
IEC 256 - GUIDANCE STRATEGIES FOR WORKING WITH YOUNG CHILDREN Credit(s): 3
IEC 260 - CURRICULUM PLANNING IN INTERDISCIPLINARY EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION Credit(s): 4
UK Core - Global Dynamics Credit(s): 3
Elective Credit(s): 3

Year 3

First Semester

EDS 513 - LEGAL ISSUES IN SPECIAL EDUCATION Credit(s): 3
EDS 530 - MODERATE AND SEVERE DISABILITIES Credit(s): 3
IEC 512 - LANGUAGE AND LITERACY FOR YOUNG CHILDREN Credit(s): 3
SOC 101 - INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY Credit(s): 3
Elective Credit(s): 3

Second Semester

EDS 516 - CREATING SUPPORTIVE & RESPECTFUL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS Credit(s): 3
IEC 522 - CHILDREN AND FAMILIES Credit(s): 3
IEC 546 - TRANSDISCIPLINARY SERVICES FOR YOUNG CHILDREN Credit(s): 3
IEC 557 - INFANT DEVELOPMENT Credit(s): 3
Elective Credit(s): 3

Year 4

First Semester

IEC 507 - ASSESSMENT OF YOUNG CHILDREN Credit(s): 3
IEC 508 - ADVANCED CURRICULUM PLANNING IN INTERDISCIPLINARY EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION Credit(s): 3
IEC 509 - INTERVENTION PLANNING FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS Credit(s): 3
IEC 552 - ADMINISTRATION AND SUPERVISION IN INTERDISCIPLINARY EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION PROGRAMS Credit(s): 3

Second Semester

IEC 510 - PRACTICUM IN INTERDISCIPLINARY EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION Credit(s): 1 - 12 (Variable)
IEC 523 - PRACTICUM IN EARLY CHILDHOOD ADMINISTRATION AND SUPERVISION Credit(s): 3