Focuses on current understanding of supporting children and families in relations to home, school, and community contexts. Emphasis is on building respectful, culturally sensitive relationships with families, utilizing community resources…

Covers the basic principles involved in setting up, equipping and administering a child care center .Emphasis is on business procedures, insurance, funding, state and federal regulations, staff and community relations,…

This a supervised experience of at least 80 contact hours in a selected early childhood settings serving children ages birth through eight. Prerequisites: ECE 210 – Early Childhood Prof III and ECE…

Supervised experience in selected early childhood settings serving children ages birth through eight. Includes integration of theory, research, and reflective practice. Provides an understanding of developmentally appropriate practices and the…

An in-depth study of current political, economic, social and cultural events and their impact on children and child care.

Focuses on developmentally appropriate, evidence-based approaches and positive guidance strategies for supporting the development of each child. Emphasizes supportive interactions and developmentally appropriate environments. Uses assessment to analyze and guide…

Focuses on care, education, and assessment of children from birth to thirty-six months. Prepares students to utilize develop­mentally appropriate practices including responsive caregiving, routines as curriculum, importance of relationships with…

This course emphasizes problem solving skills and team building through a variety of group activities. Prerequisites: ECE 111 – Early Childhood Professionals II

Reviews typical and atypical development of children from con­ception to adolescence in all developmental domains. Presents interactions between child, family and society within a variety of community and cultural contexts.…

Focuses on the development, implementation and assessment of appropriate environments and curricula for young children ages three through eight. Students prepare to utilize developmentally appropriate practices in a context of…

Focuses on the development, implementation and assessment of appropriate environments and curricula for young children ages three through eight. Students prepare to utilize developmentally appropriate practices in a context of…

Examines and evaluates early childhood curriculum and methods leading to the development and implementation of appropriate curricula for young children.