Education department, Social Science department, Education course descriptions, Sociology course descriptions
Child and Family Studies
(A.A. degree with emphasis on either early childhood education or social science)
1st year - College Orientation/Success (1 hour), computer exam or course (0-3), College Writing I (3), Biblical Literature (3), Fitness Concepts (1), physical or biological science (4), history or humanities course (3), early childhood education and social science courses (15 or 16 – see recommendations below).
2nd year – Speech Communication (3), biological or physical science (4), Religions of the World (3), history or humanities course (3), College Algebra or Elementary Statistics (3), early childhood education and social science courses (12 to 16 – see recommendations below).
Recommendations for early childhood education emphasis: 1st year - Intro to ECE, Child Health Care or Infants and Toddlers, ECE Teaching/Learning Strategies, General or Developmental Psychology, Marriage and Family. 2nd year - ECE Environments, Field Experience in ECE, Infants and Toddlers or Child Health Care, Introduction to Sociology, Introduction to Social Welfare.
Recommendations for social science emphasis: 1st year - Intro to ECE, Child Health Care or Infants and Toddlers, General Psychology, Introduction to Sociology, and Marriage and Family. 2nd year - Cultural Anthropology, Developmental Psychology, Introduction to Social Welfare, and Infants and Toddlers or Child Health Care.