Early Childhood Education-AAS
The Child Development Program is designed to prepare paraprofessionals for a career in child care. The curriculum includes the cognitive areas of theory, history of child development, psychology and sociology as they relate to the developing infant. Additionally, training will include practical areas of internships, functioning with a variety of appropriate media, constructing lesson plans and materials and planning activities appropriate to the age levels designated. The program is designed to satisfy state requirements for positions as child care aide, teacher assistant and child care director. This program has been articulated with some area high schools. Recent high school graduates may
Courses
- ART219 — Non-Western Art
- CHD100 — Child Family and Community
- CHD104 — Child Growth and Development
- CHD105 — Intro to Early Childhood Educa
- CHD106 — Creative Activit Yng Children
- CHD108 — Child Health, Safety and Nutri
- CHD202 — Language Arts for Young Child
- CHD203 — The Exceptional Child
- CHD205 — Multicultural Education
- CHD207 — Infant and Toddler Care
- CHD208 — Early Childhood Curriculum
- CHD209 — Guidance of the Young Child
- CHD210 — Observation and Assessment
- CHD211 — Infant Toddler Internship
- CHD212 — Early Childhood Internship
- DRM155 — Ethnic Trads. in American Thea
- EDU110 — Foundations of American Educat
- EDU111 — Language Arts in Elementary Sc
- EDU204 — Intr to Spec Education
- ENG101 — Composition & Rhetoric
- ENG123 — Intro to African American Lit
- ENG208 — Intro to Women's Literature
- HFA203 — Humanities of Eastern Asia
- MTH103 — Fundamentals of Mathematics
- MTH145 — Math Concepts and Structures I
- MUS223 — Intro. to African Amer. Music
- PHL103 — World Religions
- PSY101 — Introduction to Psychology
- SPE108 — Oral Communication