Early Childhood Development Assistant (632) Certificate

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Purpose: The program is designed to prepare persons as early childhood teacher assistants and to upgrade the skills of those presently serving in that capacity. Specifically, the objectives of the program are to prepare persons as teacher assistants in childcare and preschool centers, or as family child care providers.

Program or Graduation Requirements: A coordinated internship is required of all majors in order to provide supervised field experience.

♦ Course requires pre/co-requisites.

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Fall I

ENG 111 - College Composition I ♦ (3 credits)
SDV 100 - College Success Skills (1 credit)
CHD 120 - Introduction to Early Childhood Education ♦ (3 credits)
CHD 215 - Models of Early Childhood Education Programs ♦ (3 credits)
CHD 145 - Teaching Art, Music and Movement to Children ♦ (3 credits)
MTH 120 - Introduction to Mathematics ♦ (3 credits)
or
MTH 158 - College Algebra ♦ (3 credits)

Semester Total Credits 16

Spring I

CHD 205 - Guiding the Behavior of Children ♦ (3 credits)
CHD 118 - Language Arts for Young Children ♦ (3 credits)
CHD 165 - Observation and Participation in Early Childhood/Primary Settings ♦ (3 credits)
HLT 106 - First Aid and Safety (2 credits)
EDU 235 - Health, Safety, and Nutrition Education ♦ (3 credits)
SOC 215 - Sociology of the Family ♦ (3 credits)

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Early Childhood Development Assistant (632) Certificate

Possible Career Opportunities

Fall I

Semester Total Credits 16

Spring I

Semester Total Credits 17

Total Minimum Credits 33