University Catalog

Curriculum in Early Childhood Education Grades PK-3

Leading to the Degree of Bachelor of Science

(see footnotes at bottom)

 

FIRST YEAR

First Semester

ENGL 101G	Freshman Composition	3	hours
††MATH 105 or MATH 151 or MATH 161G	Finite Mathematics College Algebra with Fundamentals College Algebra	3	hours
ART 105 or ART 106 or MUS 151 or THEA 131G	Survey of World Art History I Survey of World Art History II Introduction to Music Introduction to the Theatre	3	hours
GBIO 106G	Introduction to Biological Principles I	3	hours
HIST 202G	American History since 1877	3	hours
SE 101	Freshman Academic Success at Southeastern	2	hours
	Total:	17	hours

 

Second Semester

††ENGL 102G	Critical Reading and Writing	3	hours
††MATH 241G	Elementary Statistics	3	hours
GBIO 107G	Introduction to Biological Principles II	3	hours
††ECE 108	Developmentally Appropriate Practices in Early Childhood Education	1	hour
POLI 201G	American Politics	3	hours
††COMM 210G	Communicating in the Classroom	3	hours
	Total:	16	hours

 

SECOND  YEAR

First Semester

ENGL 230 or ENGL 231 or ENGL 232G	World Literature English Literature American Literature	3	hours
††MATH 247	Number Structure for PK-8 Teachers	3	hours
GEOG 103G	Introduction to Geography	3	hours
††ECE 304	Psychology of Early Childhood: Conception through Age 8	3	hours
†††EDUC 202	Introduction to Education	3	hours
ESSC 101 or ESSC 102G	Earth and Space Science I Earth and Space Science II	3	hours
	Total:	18	hours

 

Second Semester

††SPED 200	Introduction to Diverse Learners	3	hours
††EDUC 304	The Teaching of Reading in the Elementary School	3	hours
††EDUC 307	Instructional Planning and Assessment	3	hours
††LSED 401	Books and Related Materials for Children	3	hours
††ECE 314	Classroom Management for Beginning Teachers in PK-3	3	hours
††EDUC 309	Integrating Music into the Early Childhood and Elementary Classroom	3	hours
	Total:	18	hours

 

 

THIRD YEAR

First Semester

††ECE 3001*	Curriculum and Instruction in Early Childhood Education (Pre-kindergarten and Kindergarten)	3	hours
††ECE 3111*	Introduction to Developmental Assessment of Young Children	3	hours
††ECE 3121*	Practice in Early Childhood Education (Pre-kindergarten and Kindergarten)	3	hours
††EDUC 3201*	Foundations of PK-8 Mathematics Education	3	hours
††EDUC 3221*	Diagnostic and Prescriptive Reading	3	hours
	Total:	15	hours

 

Second Semester

††ECE 3162	Language Arts and Literacy Methods for Early Childhood	6	hours
††ECE 3182	Teaching Science and Social Studies in Early Childhood (Grades 1-3)	6	hours
ART 371	Art for the Elementary Teacher	3	hours
	Total:	15	hours

 

 

FOURTH YEAR

First Semester

††EDUC 4533**	Student Teaching I in the PK-12 Schools	6	hours
††EDUC 4563	Curriculum and Instruction in Early Literacy	3	hours
††EDUC 4573	Curriculum and Instruction in Early Childhood Mathematics	3	hours
	Total:	12	hours

 

Second Semester

ECE 427	Student Teaching in Early Childhood Education (PK-3)	9	hours
	Total:	9	hours

 

Total semester hours required 120

Southeastern 101 is not required of transfer or readmitted Southeastern students with 30 hours or more. These students will replace Southeastern 101 with 2 hours of electives.

^GGeneral Education Courses

^††A grade of “C” or better is required.

^††† A grade of “B” or better is required

¹Take EDUC 320 and EDUC 322 concurrently with ECE 300, 311, and 312.

²Take ECE 316 and ECE 318 concurrently.

³Take EDUC 456 and EDUC 457 concurrently with EDUC 453.

^*Completion of an approved Introductory Portfolio is a prerequisite for EDUC 320 and EDUC 322.

^**Completion of an approved Developing Portfolio is a prerequisite for EDUC 453.