B.A. Preschool Education
Requirements for Graduation

I. General Education Requirements
(Semesters I – IV)

Area of Communications:
(Requirement of all 4 courses for 12 CR)
• ENC 101 Oral & Written Communications (English I)
• ENC 102 Composition I (English II)
• ENC 230 Composition II (English III)
• SPC 260 Oral Expression (English IV)

Area of Mathematics:
(Requirement of first 2 courses for 6 CR in general education and Educational Statistics taken in Semester 7 for 3 CR)
• MAC 105 College Mathematics I -Algebra and Geometry
• MAC 114 College Mathematics II - Geometry and Trigonometry
• EDF 444 Educational Statistics


Area of Social Sciences:
(Requirement of any 2 courses for 6 CR)
• WOH 113 World History
• ECO 200 Economics
• SYD 302 U.S. Populations
• PCB 304 People and the Environment
• GEA 223 Geography of America and Eurasia

Area of the Natural Sciences:
(Requirement of any 2 courses for 6 CR)
• BSC 105 Biology
• CHM 102 General Chemistry
• BSC 185 Human Physiology
• PHY 248 General Physics
• HSC 210 Etiology of Diseases

Area of Humanities and Art:
(Requirement of 2 courses for 6 CR)
• ARH 200 Art Appreciation (required)
• ARH 250 Art History

Area of Behavioral Sciences:
(Requirement of 2 courses for 6 CR)
• PSY 201 General Psychology
• SYG 200 General Sociology

Area of Education:
(Requirement of all 3 courses for 9 CR)
• EDF 100 Introduction to Education
• DEP 310 Developmental Psychology
• EXP 340 Psychology of Learning

Area of Philosophy:
(Requirement of all 3 courses for 9 CR)
• PHI 201 Contemporary Philosophical Issues
• PHI 210 Critical Thinking
• PHI 263 Ethics

II. Professional Education Requirements
(Semesters V – VIII)

Semester V:
(Requirement of 16 CR)
Required:
• EDF 310 Fundamentals of Curriculum
• EDA 316 Educational Administration
• EEC 319 Preschool Internship I
• EEC 311 Introduction to Preschool Education
• PET 310 General Anatomy and Physiology
• CHD 317 Socioemotional Development

Elective (choice of 1):
• EEC 440 Developing Family Involvement in School
• EDF 331 History of Education
• HSC 240 First Aid & CPR
• CLP 313 Autism

Semester VI:
(Requirement of 17 CR)
Required:
• EDF 320 Instructional Methods and Materials
• EEC 322 Preschool Curriculum
• EEC 329 Preschool Internship II
• EEC 326 Identification and Remediation of Developmental Disabilities in Preschool Children
• CHD 323 Infant Development
• EEC 430 Children’s Art
• EDG 327 Teaching Diverse Populations

Elective (choice of 1):
• MUE 331 Elementary Music Education
• EEX 432 Mainstreaming
• EEC 335 Development of Creativity in Preschool Children

Semester VII:
(Requirement of 19 CR)
Required:
• EME 412 Introduction to Education Technology
• EDF 415 Methodology of Teaching
• EEC 419 Preschool Internship III
• EEC 412 Planning Techniques for Preschool Education
• EDF 444 Educational Statistics (Credits are part of General Education)
• LIN 417 Language Development in Preschool Children
• MAE 413 Logical Mathematical Thought in Preschoolers

Electives (choice of 2):
• THE 336 Children’s Theater
• SOW 424 Social Programs for Preschool Children
• LAE 414 Children’s Literature
• PET 417 Psychomotor Skills and Bodily Movement

Semester VIII:
(Requirement of 15 CR)
Required:
• PHI 441 Professional Ethics in Education
• EEC 494 Supervised Student Teaching - Internship IV
• PHI 415 Philosophy of Education

No electives

Total: 130 credit hours