Early Childhood Education
Bachelor of Science
The bachelor of science program is a major in early childhood education (pre-K–grade 4) and is designed for students who wish to pursue a career in early childhood education and obtain teaching certification.
As an early childhood education major, you'll develop competency in speaking, writing and information literacy through small group and individual presentations, research projects, debates and the creation and presentation of unit and lesson plans within required courses.
These experiences will build toward your culminating experience, a 12–week student teaching semester (EDUC 349 Student Teaching: Elementary and EDUC 449 Professional Seminar in Elementary Education) that includes extensive unit research and lesson planning, implementation and presentation. In addition, you will build and present electronic program portfolios to document your learning and experiences.
Bachelor of science in education students are able to add an English as a second language (ESL) endorsement by taking the appropriate courses.