09 - 10 Undergraduate Catalog | Early Childhood Education (ECE) 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.

OFFERED:	F, W
PREREQUISITE:	Admittance to ECE program.
DESCRIPTION:	Learning principles, lesson planning, classroom atmosphere, classroom management, professional attitudes and practices.

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.

OFFERED:	F, W
PREREQUISITE:	SFL 355 or equivalent.
DESCRIPTION:	Issues, themes, and practices of literacy instruction for young children (P-3).

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.

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.

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.

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.

OFFERED:	F, W, Sp, Su
PREREQUISITE:	Departmental approval.

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.

Undergraduate Catalog