The Early Childhood Education major leads to an initial license in Massachusetts as an Early Childhood Teacher of Students with and without Disabilities (PreK-2).
Prerequisites:
| ES 1300 |
Competencies for the Prospective Educator |
3 |
| PSY 1400 |
Child Development |
3 |
| PSY/ED 2161 |
Educational Psychology |
3 |
Core courses:
| ED 2410 |
Strategies for the Effective Educator |
3 |
| ED 2600 |
Children with Special Needs |
3 |
| ED 2700 |
Early Childhood Language and Literacy |
3 |
| ED 3190 |
Classroom Assessment |
3 |
| ED 3195 |
Fundamentals of Curriculum |
3 |
| ED 3195R |
Recitation of Fundamentals of Curriculum |
0 |
| ED 3196 |
Pre-Practicum I: Early Childhood |
1 |
| ED 3330 |
Early Childhood Curriculum (PreK-2) |
3 |
| ED 3331 |
Pre-Practicum II: Early Childhood |
1 |
| ED 3700 |
Teaching of Reading (field component) |
3 |
| ED 3800 |
Seminar: Selected Topics in Education |
3 |
| ED 3985 |
Integrating Senior Seminar |
3 |
| ED 4570 |
Senior Practicum: Early Childhood |
9 |
| ED 4570SM |
Senior Practicum Seminar |
0 |
Related Requirement:
Each student must be formally accepted into the Licensure Major and pass both Part I and Part II of the Communication and Literacy Skills Test (MTEL: CLST) before registering for ED 3000 Licensure courses.
Each student must pass the Foundations of Reading MTEL (FOR) before registering for their Senior Practicum and Licensure Capstone.
Students must pass the Early Childhood Curriculum Test (subject/content MTEL) as part of a senior capstone required assignment.