Education department, course descriptions
Education - Elementary and Early Childhood
(also appropriate for special education)
(A.A. degree)(see also Child and Family Studies)
1st year - College Orientation/Success (1 hour), writing course (3), Speech Communication (3), computer exam or course (0-3), math course (3), Introduction to Education (3), Education Field Experience (1), Biblical Literature (3), U.S. History I or II (3), General Psychology (3), biology course (4), elective course (3).
2nd year - The Exceptional Student (3), physical science course (4), second HC Distinctive course (3), History of World Civilization I or II (3), Developmental Psychology (3), second writing course (3), Fitness Concepts (1), sociology or economics course (3), literature or humanities course (3), elective courses (6).
Recommendations for electives: Spanish (8), and for the student interested in early childhood education: Introduction to ECE (3), Teaching/Learning Strategies (4), and Early Childhood Environments (3).