ECE 271 CURRICULUM AND EXPERIENCES IN EARLY CHILDHOOD

Three hours credit. Designed to help students understand the importance of early childhood curriculum become energetic, creative and adaptive early childhood teachers in a dynamic educational environment. Emphasis will be placed on developmental and age appropriate curriculum planning and instruction theory and hands-on interactive applications. Three lecture. Prerequisite: ENG 101 and EDU 205.

ECE 272 CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT

Three hours credit. Designed to help students create a classroom management system using positive, appropriate modeling allowing for cultural, developmental and individual differences. Three lecture. Prerequisite: ENG 101 and EDU 205.

ECE 273 PLAY EDUCATION

Three hours credit. Emphasizes play as a constructive process with applications to cognitive development, special attention to facilitating play in early childhood. Developing creative activities children through puppetry and drama, music and dance, movement exploration and play, and arts. Three lecture. Prerequisite: ENG 101 and EDU 205.

ECE 274 PRACTICUM

Two hours credit. Designed to provide the students with supervised practical experience. Provides opportunities to observe, implement and evaluate educational practices in a quality early childhood facility. Prerequisite: ENG 101 and EDU 205. Corequisities: choose from EXE 271, ECE 272 or ECE 273.