300-Level Courses
ECE 320 : Teaching the Creative Arts: Birth Through Kindergarten.
(3:3:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F |
| PREREQUISITE: | Admittance to ECE major. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Implementing integrated learning experiences in dance, music, drama, and visual art for the very young, including importance of home, family, and environments on child's aesthetic growth. |
ECE 321 : Teaching the Creative Arts: Grades One Through Three.
(3:3:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | W |
| PREREQUISITE: | Admittance to ECE major. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Implementing integrated learning experiences in dance, music, drama, and visual art in primary grades, focusing on natural creative expression and nurturing creative impulses in classroom. |
ECE 323 : Integrated Curriculum in Programs for Young Children.
(2:2:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Sp (Su rarely) |
| PREREQUISITE: | SFL 221, 222; admittance to either ECE or El Ed licensing programs. Dual majors, please see advisor. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Implementing integrated learning experiences in dance, music, drama, and visual art for the very young, including importance of home, family, and environments on child's aesthetic growth. |
ECE 324 : Planning and Management.
(2:2:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W |
| PREREQUISITE: | Admittance to ECE program. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Learning principles, lesson planning, classroom atmosphere, classroom management, professional attitudes and practices. |
ECE 325 : Early Childhood Practicum.
(2:0:12)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W |
| PREREQUISITE: | Admittance to ECE program. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Practicum experience in the primary grades. Field experience designed to give students opportunities to interact with primary children (grades 1-3) and apply skills and knowledge acquired in the ECE cohort classes. |
ECE 327 : Assessment and Action Research in Early Childhood Programs.
(2:2:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W |
| PREREQUISITE: | Admittance to ECE cohort. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Formal and informal assessment strategies and data collection procedures for evaluating children's progress; programs to enhance learning, individualize instruction, and communicate with others. |
ECE 356 : Teaching Reading and Language Arts in the Primary Grades.
(2:2:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W |
| PREREQUISITE: | Major status; at least a C- grade in ECE 353. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Issues, theories, and practices of literacy instruction for primary grades, including developing literacy through listening, speaking, reading, and writing. |
ECE 361 : Teaching Mathematics in the Elementary School.
(2:2:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W |
| PREREQUISITE: | Major status. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Methods and materials for teaching elementary school mathematics guided by current principles of curriculum, instruction, and assessment in mathematics education. |
ECE 363 : Teaching Science in the Elementary School.
(2:2:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W |
| PREREQUISITE: | Major status; departmental approval. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Developing knowledge, skills, and attitudes related to teaching science in the elementary school. |
ECE 365 : Teaching Social Studies for Cultural Understanding.
(2:2:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W |
| PREREQUISITE: | Admittance to ECE cohort. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Developing and implementing meaningful integrated learning experiences in the social studies area, taking into account children's home experience and cultural values. |
400-Level Courses
ECE 422 : Preschool or Kindergarten Student Teaching Internship.
(6:0:6.0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Sp, Su |
| PREREQUISITE: | All ECE core and professional sequence courses; concurrent enrollment in ECE 426; prior application; requires a major GPA of 2.85; at least a C- grade in methods courses (ECE 324, 327, 356, 361, 363, 365). |
| DESCRIPTION: | Student teaching experience in preschool or kindergarten. |
ECE 425 : Grades 1-3 Student Teaching/Internship.
(6:0:6)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Sp, Su |
| PREREQUISITE: | All ECE core and professional sequence courses; concurrent enrollment in ECE 426; prior application; requires a major GPA of 2.85; at least a C- grade in methods courses (ECE 324, 327, 356, 361, 363, 365). |
| DESCRIPTION: | Student teaching/interning experience in the primary grades. |
ECE 426 : Capstone Seminar.
(1:1:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Sp (Su rarely) |
| PREREQUISITE: | Concurrent enrollment with student teaching practicum. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Gaining insight into significant issues in early childhood education, developing a sense of professional ethics, and becoming personally committed to ongoing professional development. |
ECE 427 : El Ed/ECE Emphasis Capstone Seminar.
(.5:1:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, 1st and 2nd blocks |
| PREREQUISITE: | El Ed majors with an ECE emphasis; concurrent enrollment in ECE student teaching practicum block. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Gaining insight into significant issues in early childhood education, developing a sense of professional ethics, and becoming personally committed to ongoing professional development. |
ECE 496R : Academic Internship.
(12:0:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F |
| PREREQUISITE: | Three-semester professional sequence and prior application; requires a major GPA of 2.85; at least a C- grade in methods courses (ECE 324, 327, 356, 361, 363, 365). |
| DESCRIPTION: | A full-year classroom teaching internship in the public schools. |
| NOTE: | See Education Advisement and Certification Office for application dates. |