Skip to main content

EDUCATION (EARLY CHILDHOOD): ASSOCIATE IN ARTS [TRANSFER]

Education and Training Career Cluster

Total Credit Hours: 60 to 64

Courses

GENERAL COURSES

TITLES

Credit Hours

ENGL 110

COMPOSITION I

3

ENGL 111

COMPOSITION II

3

COMM 110

INTRODUCTION TO COMMUNICATION: PRESENTATION AND THEORY

3

PSY 110

INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY

3

SOCIAL SCIENCE *

*see Associate in Arts Degree Options

6

MATHEMATICS *

*see Associate in Arts Degree Options

3

LIFE SCIENCE/PHYSICAL SCIENCE *

*see Associate in Arts Degree Options

7

HUMANITIES/FINE ARTS *

*see Associate in Arts Degree Options

9

RECOMMENDED COURSES

TITLES

cREDIT HOURS

CHILD 120

or

PSY 202

GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE YOUNG CHILD

or

CHILD AND ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT

3

CHILD 231

LITERATURE FOR CHILDREN

3

CHILD 232

LANGUAGE AND LITERACY DEVELOPMENT IN EARLY CHIILDHOOD

3

CHILD 235

TEACHING DIVERSE POPULATIONS

3

EDUC 111

INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN EDUCATION

3

EDUC 212

FIELD EXPERIENCE IN EDUCATION

3

EDUC 213

DIVERSE LEARNERS IN THE CLASSROOM

3

PSY 200

EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY

3

* See specific requirements for Associate in Arts degree.

Recommended Course Sequence

SEMESTER

COURSES

1st Semester

PSY 110; ENGL 110; Life Science/Physical Science; EDUC 111; Humanities/Fine Arts

2nd Semester

PSY 202 or CHILD 120; Humanities/Fine Arts; EDUC 212; Life Science/Physical Science; ENGL 111

3rd Semester

COMM 110; Humanities/Fine Arts; EDUC 213; CHILD 232; Social Science

4th Semester

PSY 200; Social Science; Mathematics; CHILD 231; CHILD 235

Department Contact Information

Arts and Behavioral Sciences
East Peoria Campus, Academic Building, Room 124A
(309) 694-5113