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Requirements

Graduate with an Early Childhood Education degree.

Bachelor of Science in Education with Major in Early Childhood Education

Required 125 credits (36 of which must be numbered 300 or above, and 30 which must be from UND). Please see an Early Childhood academic adviser for the most accurate program planning.

I. Essential Studies Graduation Requirements (see University ES listing).

II. EHD General Graduation Requirements (see EHD listing).

A. Students admitted Fall 2019 and after are required to take the following:

Communications — 9 credits

Course List
Code Title Credits
ENGL 110College Composition I3
ENGL 130Composition II: Writing for Public Audiences3
COMM 110Fundamentals of Public Speaking3
Total Credits9

Social Sciences — 9 credits

From 2 departments, including T&L 252 Child Development (required)

Arts and Humanities — 9 credits

From 2 departments

Math, Science, Technology — 9 credits

Must be taken in at least 3 departments, must include1 science courses with corresponding lab.

III. The following Early Childhood Education curriculum:

Course List
Code Title Credits
T&L 250Introduction to Education3
T&L 252Child Development3
T&L 251Understanding Individuals with Different Abilities3
T&L 310Introduction to Early Childhood Education3
T&L 311Observing and Assessing Children3
T&L 313Language Development and Emerging Literacy3
T&L 320Infant and Toddler3
T&L 322Administration and Leadership in Early Childhood Education3
T&L 333Methods and Materials: Pre-Kindergarten3
T&L 486Field Experience (co-requisite to T&L 333)2
T&L 335Understanding Readers and Writers3
T&L 336Social and Emotional Development and Guidance of Children3
T&L 338Home, School and Community Relations3
T&L 339Educational Technology2
T&L 405Data Literacy for Teachers1
T&L 411Primary Reading and Language Arts2
T&L 433Multicultural Education3
T&L 443Mathematics for Primary Grades2
T&L 453Methods and Materials: Kindergarten2
T&L 456Early Childhood Ed Seminar1
T&L 487Student Teaching8
T&L 413Assessing and Correcting Reading Difficulties2
T&L 444Assessing and Correcting Mathematics Difficulties2
T&L 518Methods in Elementary STEM Education3
T&L 519Social Studies in the Elementary School3
T&L 486Field Experience one credit taken with 413/444 and one credit taken with 518/5192
T&L 487Student Teaching8
T&L 488Senior Seminar1
T&L 489Senior Capstone: Responsive Teaching3

The content on this page is pulled from UND’s current academic catalog and may not reflect future terms. Updates are published annually in April.

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