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Early Childhood Education
Students successfully completing the Early Childhood Education program will have acquired the requisite skills for obtaining employment or advancement in the field of early childhood care and education. This program includes both an academic foundation and methods courses to provide a balanced, research-based program to prepare highly-qualified early childhood practitioners. Area Head Start classrooms and licensed registered child care facilities will serve as lab sites for students.
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Student Outcomes
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Apply knowledge of how children develop and integrate opportunities that support the physical, social, emotional, language, cognitive, and aesthetic development of children from birth through age eight.
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Plan and implement developmentally appropriate curriculum, instruction, and assessment, based on knowledge of individual children, special needs, culture, the importance of play, and Montana’s Early Learning Standards and content.
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Integrate individual and group positive child guidance techniques that foster healthy and supportive relationships with and among children, promoting positive strategies that will develop personal self-control and self-esteem in children, including children that are differently able.
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Establish and maintain positive family, community, and professional relationships by communicating effectively, demonstrating sensitivity to differences, and involving families in planning for their children.
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Identify effective administrative skills, professional development needs, legal issues, resource information, state and national regulations, and other opportunities that would provide quality programs and services for young children.
First Year Fall Semester
Class | Name | Credit |
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WRIT 101 | College Writing I | 3 |
BIOB 160/L 160 | Prin of Living Sys/Lab | 3/1 |
PSYX 100 | Intro to Psychology | 3 |
EDEC 100 | Intro to EC w/Lab | 4 |
GS 110 | Finding Place | 1 |
First Year Spring Semester
Class | Name | Credit |
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WRIT 201 | College Writing II | 3 |
M 121 | College Algebra | 4 |
GE Elective | Humanities/Fine Art Elective | 3 |
Communication Elective | COMX 115 or COMX 111 | 3 |
AIS 100 | Introduction to AIS | 3 |
Second Year Fall Semester
Class | Name | Credit |
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PSYX 230 | Development Psychology | 3 |
M 130 | Math and Elem Teachers | 3 |
ANL 155/150 | Aaniiih/Nakoda Lang I | 3 |
EDEC 220 | Curriculum & Environment | 3 |
EDEC 210 | Meeting the Needs of Fam | 3 |
Second Year Spring Semester
Class | Name | Credit |
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AIS 141/140 | Aaniiih/Nakoda Hist/Culture | 3 |
LIT 282 | Children's Literature | 3 |
EDEC 290 | Field Experience | 3 |
EDEC 230 | Guuiding the Young Child | 3 |
EPYC 250 | Exceptional Children | 3 |
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