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Bachelor of Science in Education - Early Childhood - Columbus State University

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Bachelor of Science in Education - Early Childhood

Area A Essential Skills                                       Required Hours: 9
ENGL 1101 (with a grade of "C" or better)
ENGL 1102 (with a grade of "C" or better)
Select one of the following courses:
MATH 1101/1111/1112/1113/1125/1131

Area B Institutional Options                              Required Hours: 5
COMM 1110
Select two of the following courses:
ITDS 2726/ITDS 2727/ITDS 2735/ITDS 2745/ITDS 2746/ITDS 2748/ITDS 2749/ITDS 2755/ LEAD 1705/LIBR 1105
OR
Select one of the following courses:
EURO 2105/Foreign Language 1001, 1002, 2001, or 2002
Note: the extra hour may be used as an elective.

Area C Humanities/Fine Arts                            Required Hours: 6
Select one of the following humanities courses:
ENGL 2111/ENGL 2112/ITDS 1145*/ITDS 1155/ PHIL 1105
Select one of the following fine arts courses: ARTH 1100/ITDS 1145*/MUSC 1100/THEA 1100
*ITDS 1145, though listed under both humanities and fine arts, may be taken only once.

Area D Science/Math/Technology                             Required Hours: 10
Select one science course with a lab; the other course may be lab or non-lab:
ANTH 1145 (no lab); ASTR 1105/1305 (lab optional); ASTR 1106/1305; BIOL 1215 (lab included); BIOL 1125 (no lab); BIOL 1225 (lab included); CHEM 1151/1151L; CHEM 1152/1152L; CHEM 1211/1211L; CHEM 1212/1212L; ENVS 1105 (no lab); GEOL 1121 (lab included); GEOL 1122/1322; GEOL 2225 (lab included); GEOL 2225 (lab included); ITDS 1215 (lab included); PHYS 1111/1311; PHYS 1112/1312; PHYS 1125/1325 (lab optional); PHYS 2211/2311; PHYS 2212/2312
Select one of the following courses or a science course from above:
CPSC 1105/MATH 1112/MATH 1113/MATH 1125/MATH 1131/MATH 1132/MATH 1127/MATH 1165/PHIL 2105

Area E Social Sciences                                                Required Hours: 12
Select one course from the following two courses:
HIST 2111
HIST 2112
Take the following course:
POLS 1101
Select one behavioral science course from the following courses:
ECON 2105/ECON 2106/PHIL 2135/PSYC 1101/SOCI 1101
Select one world cultures course from the following courses:
ANTH 1105/ANTH 2105/ANTH 2136/ENGL 2136/GEOG 1101/HIST 1111/HIST 1112/ITDS 1146/ITDS 1156

Wellness Requirement                                                Required Hours: 3
PELM 1205
Select any one PEDS course.

Area F Courses Related to Major                               Required Hours: 18
("C" or better required in each course)
EDEC 2155 Introduction to Early Childhood 
EDEC 2156 Literature for Young Children 
EDUF 2116 Human Dev/Motivation/Learning 
EDUF 2215 The American Educ Experience 
MATH 2131 Nature and Use of Numbers 1
PELM 2217 Dev Movement Skills in ECE

Area G Program Requirements                                  Required Hours: 60
("C" or better required in each course) 
EDEC 3155 Assessment in Early Childhood 
EDEC 3255 Creative Act for Young Child
EDEC 3256 Curriculum in Early Childhood 
EDEC 4155 Cognitive/Lang Dev in Early Child
EDEC 4217 Teaching Language Arts in Early Childhood Education 
EDRG 4218 Reading in the Content Areas: Concentration in Social Studies
EDEC 4235 Science and Math in Early Child
EDRG 3115 Basic Preparation for Tching Read
EDRG 4219 Diag/Perspective Reading Instruct
MATH 3131 Nature and Use of Numbers 2
MATH 3135 Data Analysis/Statistics/ Prob
MATH 3136 Exploring Geometry & Measurement
SPED 2256 Introduction to the Exceptional Learner in General Education 
Student Teaching Experience:
EDCI 4485 Student Teaching 
EDUF 4115 Classroom Management 
EDUF 4205 Integrating Technology for Student Teachers
 
Total Hours Required: 123

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