Early Childhood Education - AAS
Major: 3836
Effective Term: 2010 Fall Final Term: Current
Award: AAS
Total Credits: 61-64
Description:
The Early Childhood Education Associate in Applied Science (AAS) Degree is designed to prepare students for employment as early childhood teachers in a variety of educational programs. Students learn effective teaching skills as they apply developmentally appropriate early childhood educational theory in the classroom setting. Courses have been selected with a focus on developing an educational career ladder. The AAS program includes additional early childhood electives and general education classes to broaden the student's base of knowledge.
Program Notes:
Students must earn a grade of "C" or better in all courses within the program.
+ indicates course has prerequisites and/or corequisites.
++ indicates any module
+ indicates course has prerequisites and/or corequisites.
++ indicates any module
Admission Criteria:
None
Program Prerequisites: None
| Credits: 30 | |||
| CFS101AH | Art Activities for the Young Child | 1 | |
| CFS123 | Health in Early Childhood Settings | 1 | |
| CFS125 | Safety in Early Childhood Settings | 1 | |
| CFS176 | Child Development (3) OR | ||
| ECH176 | Child Development (3) | 3 | |
| + | CFS269 | Child Care Seminar (1) OR | |
| + | ECH269 | Child Care Seminar (1) | 1 |
| CFS177 | Parent-Child Interaction | 3 | |
| CFS282 | Mainstreaming the Young Child with a Disability | 1 | |
| + | CFS285AA | Family-School Interaction: Preschool | 1 |
| EED200 | Foundation of Early Childhood Education | 3 | |
| ECH270 | Observing Young Children | 1 | |
| ECH271 | Arranging the Environment | 1 | |
| ECH272 | Science for the Young Child | 1 | |
| ECH273 | Math for the Young Child | 1 | |
| ECH275 | Literacy Development and the Young Child | 1 | |
| ECH279 | Early Childhood Curriculum Development | 1 | |
| ECH281 | Movement/Music for the Young Child | 1 | |
| ECH282 | Discipline/Guidance of Child Groups | 1 | |
| + | CFS/ECH284AB | Early Childhood Teaching Internship | 3 |
| ECH287 | Professional Development in Early Childhood Education | 1 | |
| EDU230 | Cultural Diversity in Education (3) OR | ||
| EED220 | Child, Family and Community (3) | 3 | |
| Credits: 9 | |||
| CFS+++++ | Any Child/Family Studies course | ||
| ECH+++++ | Any Early Childhood Education course | ||
| EED+++++ | Any Early Education course | ||
| EDU+++++ | Any Education course | ||
| ITD+++++ | Any Infant Toddler Development course | ||
| General Education Requirement | Credits: 22-25 | ||
| General Education Core | Credits: 12-15 | ||
| First-Year Composition | Credits: 6 | ||
| + | ENG101 | First-Year Composition (3) AND | |
| + | ENG102 | First-Year Composition (3) OR | |
| + | ENG107 | First-Year Composition for ESL (3) AND | |
| + | ENG108 | First-Year Composition for ESL (3) | 6 |
| Oral Communication | Credits: 3 | ||
| COM110 | Interpersonal Communication (3) OR | ||
| COM230 | Small Group Communication (3) | 3 | |
| Critical Reading | Credits: 0-3 | ||
| + | CRE101 | College Critical Reading (3) OR | |
| Equivalent as indicated by assessment | 0-3 | ||
| Mathematics | Credits: 3 | ||
| + | Any approved general education course from the Mathematics area | 3 | |
| General Education Distribution | Credits: 10 | ||
| Humanities and Fine Arts | Credits: 3 | ||
| EDU/ENH291 | Children's Literature (3) OR | ||
| Any approved general education course from the Humanities and Fine Arts area | 3 | ||
| Social and Behavioral Sciences | Credits: 3 | ||
| CFS157 | Marriage and Family Life (3) OR | ||
| Any approved general education course from the Social and Behavioral Sciences area | 3 | ||
| Natural Sciences | Credits: 4 | ||
| Any approved general education course from the Natural Sciences area | 4 | ||
Program Competencies
- Identify and describe the developmental stages of art during the preschool years. (CFS101AH)
- Describe the indicators of high quality programs. (EED200)
- Describe basic criteria for exclusion from the early childhood setting based upon symptoms of specific disease. (CFS123)
- Identify factors which contribute to safe playground activities and equipment selection/maintenance. (CFS125)
- Explain how music and movement contribute to the social, motor-muscular, cognitive, and emotional development of young children. (ECH281)
- Using the perspectives of the major theorists, describe the physical, cognitive, social and emotional development of children from birth through adolescence. (CFS/ECH176)
- Identify and compare current parent/child theories which increase parent effectiveness. (CFS177)
- Use problem solving techniques to resolve on-the-job conflicts in early childhood settings. (CFS/ECH269)
- Identify the characteristics of common high-incidence disabilities, determining how to adapt and modify existing curricula and environments to include them. (CFS282)
- Design and use an instrument to ascertain the makeup, interests, needs, etc. of a preschool parents' group. (CFS285AA)
- Develop a plan for professional growth and development, to include possible sources of formal and informal continuing education. (ECH287)
- Identify and explain a variety of strategies used to objectively observe children. (ECH270)
- Design a safe effective indoor/outdoor environment to meet physical, cognitive, and psychosocial developmental needs of young children. (ECH271)
- Identify and describe a variety of areas for curriculum development to encourage scientific thinking in young children. (ECH272)
- Identify a variety of homemade and commercial manipulatives, describing the mathematical concepts which might be learned by working with them during the preschool years. (ECH273)
- Identify major approaches used in the field of literacy development and describe the controversies which surround each approach. (ECH275)
- Compare and contrast current approaches to curriculum design in early childhood settings. (ECH279)
- Describe guidance techniques which might be used to prevent or resolve behavior problems in ECH group settings, focusing on the needs of the child and the class. (ECH282)
- Apply early childhood educational theory to practical classroom experience during 240-hour internship. (ECH284AB)
- Describe the value of multicultural education regarding equity issues in a variety of school settings. (EDU230 or EED220)
Additional information is available at MCCCD's Center for Curriculum and Transfer Articulation.
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