Applicants to the Early Childhood Education program must have:
The Early Childhood Education program requires successful completion of all coursework with a grade of C or above plus successful completion of student teaching.
The following courses are three (3) credits each except Student-Teaching and unless stated otherwise:
| Fall | EDUC E321 Science for Early Childhood (and) EDUC E351 Foundations of Early Care and Education |
| Spring | EDUC E331 Literacy Methods in the Early Grades EDUC K307 Special Education EDUC T320 Sociocultural Learning in Urban Elementary Classrooms *CONCENTRATION ELECTIVE |
| Summer I | EDUC L441 Bilingual Education *CONCENTRATION ELECTIVE |
| Summer II | EDUC E329 Science Technology Engineering & Mathematics (STEM) in the Early Childhood Setting EDUC F401 Topical Explorations in Education: Diverse Perspectives on Families |
| Fall | EDUC E325 Social Studies Methods EDUC E332 Math Methods EDUC E340 Methods of Teaching Reading |
| Spring | EDUC M324 Teaching About the Arts *CONCENTRATION ELECTIVE EDUC M425 Student Teaching (15 credits) |
Passing scores on pedagogy and content area assessments are required by the licensing State at the end of the program are required in order to receive licensure
