Bachelor of Arts in Early Childhood Unified (D20B)

Catalog Term: Fall 2023
Total Credit Hours: 129

FIRST YEAR
FALL SEMESTER  CREDIT HOURS
ENGL 101 College English I 3
MATH 111 College Algebra (C or better required) 3
PSY 111 General Psychology 3
SOC 111 (or)
ANTH 102

Intro to Sociology (or)                                                                                                          
Cultural Anthropology                                          

3
GEN ED - FYS

First Year Seminar - See list

3
  Credit Hours 15
SPRING SEMESTER  CREDIT HOURS
ENGL 102         College English II 3
COMM 111 Public Speaking 3

CI 270

Intro to Education Profession
(B- or better required)
3
STAT 370 Elementary Statistics 3

GEN ED - Fine Arts

Fine Arts Gen. Ed. - See list

3
  Credit Hours                                                                            
15

SECOND YEAR
FALL SEMESTER  CREDIT HOURS
MATH 501           Elementary Mathematics (C or better required)                                                              5                               
CESP 334

Intro to Diversity:  Human Growth and Development
(B- or better required)

3

GEOG 125 (or)
GEOG 210

Principles of Human Geography (or)
Intro to World Geography

3

HPS 425

Methods in Physical Education and Health (B- or better required)

2

GEOL 300  (or)  
BIOL 370

Introduction to Environmental Science

3
  Credit Hours 16
SPRING SEMESTER  CREDIT HOURS
CI 203

Self-Care for Today's Educator

1
BIOL 106 Human Organism 3
CI 401 Professional Collaboration in Schools and Communities ( B- or better required) 3
CI 416 Classroom Management (B- or better required) 2
CI 519 Mathematical Investigations (C or better required) 3
HIST 131 (or)
HIST 132
U.S. Colonial to 1865 (or)
U.S. since 1865                
3
  Credit Hours   
15

 

THIRD YEAR
FALL SEMESTER CREDIT HOURS
CI 311 Intro to Diversity: Field Experience (B- or better required)    1
CI 320 Intro to Diversity:  Exceptionalities (B- or better required) 2
CI 321 Intro to Diversity: Cultural Issues (B- or better required 2
CI 313 Reading & Writing Exceptionalities 2
CI 327 ECU Foundations (B- or better required) 2

CI 520

Physical Science in the Elementary Classroom 3

CI 403

Learning and Educational Assessment
(B- or better required)
2

CI345

Integrated Learning Through the Arts 2
  Credit Hours 16

 

SPRING SEMESTER CREDIT HOURS
CI 402J Instructional Strategies, Assessment and Management (ISAM): Elementary Social Studies (B- or better required) 3
CI 402E Instructional Strategies, Assessment and Management (ISAM):
Elementary Teaching Early Literacy (K-2) (B- or better required)
3
CI411A   Preteaching Internship: Elementary Core IIA   (B- or better required) 2
CI  312 ECU Assessment & Methods:  Infants, Toddlers, and Families
(B- or better required)
3
CI 312I ECU Pre-Student Teaching:  Infants, Toddlers and Families (B- or better required) 2
CI 328 ECU Assessment & Methods:  K-3 (B- or better required) 3
  Credit Hours 16
SUMMER SEMESTER  CREDIT HOURS
CI 324 Linguistics for Elementary Teacher
(B- or better required)                                                                    
3
CI 427 Philosophy, History and Ethics of Education (B- or better required) 3
  Credit Hours 6

 

FOURTH YEAR
FALL SEMESTER  CREDIT HOURS

CI 402U

                         
Instructional Strategies, Assessment and Management (ISAM):
Intermediate Literacy (3-6)
3                               
CI 402M Instructional Strategies, Assessment and Management (ISAM):  Elementary Mathematics
 (B- or better required)
3
CI 402S Instructional Strategies, Assessment and Management (ISAM):  Elementary Science
 (B- or better required)
3
CI 411B Preteaching Internship:   Elementary Core IIB (B- or better required) 2
CI 404 ECU Assessment & Methods:  Preschool (B- or better required) 3
CI 404P ECU Preteaching Internship:  Preschool (B- or better required) 2
  Credit Hours 16

 

SPRING SEMESTER   
CI 446 Elementary Teaching Internship and Classroom Management Seminar (B- or better required)  2                       
CI 405A ECU Teaching Internship - ECU K-3 (9 weeks) (B- or better required)  6
CI 405B ECU Teaching Internship Birth-Pre-K (6 weeks) (B- or better required)  6
CAS 501 Teacher Licensure Capstone 0
  Credit Hours 14