Early Care and Education, A.A.S.

General Education Requirements

• ENG 101 - English Composition I ^1,3 OR 
  ENG 165 - Professional Communication
   ²  3 credit(s)
• Humanities Requirement  3 credit(s)
• MAT 103 - Quantitative Reasoning OR 
  MAT 155 - Contemporary Mathematics
     3 credit(s)
• PSY 201 - General Psychology   3 credit(s)
• SPC 205 - Public Speaking ¹  OR 
  SPC 209 - Interpersonal Communication
   ²  3 credit(s)

Major Requirements

• COL 105 - Freshman Seminar   3 credit(s)
• ECD 101 - Introduction to Early Childhood   3 credit(s)
• ECD 102 - Growth and Development I   3 credit(s)
• ECD 105 - Guidance-Classroom Management   3 credit(s)
• ECD 107 - Exceptional Children   3 credit(s)
• ECD 108 - Family and Community Relations   3 credit(s)
• ECD 131 - Language Arts   3 credit(s)
• ECD 132 - Creative Experiences   3 credit(s)
• ECD 133 - Science and Math Concepts   3 credit(s)
• ECD 135 - Health, Safety and Nutrition   3 credit(s)
• ECD 201 - Principles of Ethics and Leadership in Early Care and Education   3 credit(s)
• ECD 203 - Growth and Development II   3 credit(s)
• ECD 237 - Methods and Materials   3 credit(s)
• ECD 243 - Supervised Field Experience I   3 credit(s)

Elective Requirements

Choose nine (9) credit hours from the following^3,4:

• ECD 109 - Administration and Supervision   3 credit(s)
• ECD 200 - Curriculum Issues in Infant and Toddler Development   3 credit(s)
• ECD 205 - Socialization and Group Care of Infants and Toddlers   3 credit(s)
• ECD 207 - Inclusive Care for Infants and Toddlers   3 credit(s)
• ECD 259 - Behavior Management for Special Needs   3 credit(s)
• ECD 260 - Methods of Teaching Special Needs Students   3 credit(s)
• MGT 101 - Principles of Management   3 credit(s)
• MGT 121 - Small Business Operations   3 credit(s)
• SCI 201 - Science for Early and Elementary Educators ³   3 credit(s)
• SPA 101 - Elementary Spanish I   3 credit(s)

Note

1. Students intending to transfer need to take the combination of ENG 101  and SPC 205 . 
2. Students not intending to transfer can take the combination of ENG 165  and SPC 209 .
3. Students interested in transferring to Southern Wesleyan University (SWU) should consider taking ENG 101   or either BIO 101   or PHS 101   or SCI 201   as a program elective.
4. Students interested in transferring to other four-year institutions should consider choosing program electives from the following: ENG 102  ,AST 101 , BIO 101  , BIO 102  , CHM 105  , CHM 106  , CHM 110  , CHM 111  , PHS 101  , PHS 102  , PHY 201 , PHY 221  , PHY 222 , HIS 101  , HIS 102  , PSC 201  , ANT 101  ,CRJ 101  ,ECO 101  , ECO 210  , ECO 211  , SCI 201  , SOC 101  .