Early Childhood Education (Birth-Grade 2), MAT (E102)

36 credits

Prerequisites:

• Bachelors Degree

Program and Certification Requirements:

Entry Level

EDU.5017	Foundations of Early Childhood Education	3
EDU.5307	Observing, Assessing, and Understanding Child Development: Birth to Grade 2	3
.	Fingerprinting

Intermediate Level

To be completed (at the college level) during the first 18 credits of the program:

Complete

EDU.5344

Child Development and Learning

3

or other child development course

To be completed by the start of semester prior to student teaching semester:

18 credit concentration in one Liberal Arts discipline or in closely related disciplines

EDU.5298	Early Childhood Inclusive Strategies	2-3
EDU.5217	Working with Parents in Inclusive Early Childhood Settings	3
EDU.5480	Literacy Methods for Early Childhood Education	3
EDU.5323	Integrated Curriculum in ECE I: Math, Science, and Technology	3
EDU.5460	Integrated Curriculum in ECE II: Social Studies, Expressive Arts, Health, and Safety	3
EDU.5367	Methods of Teaching Literacy I	3
EDU.5001	Applying Multisensory Phonics	1
EDU.5452	Strategies for Teaching Young Children and Guiding Their Behavior	3
EDU.5590	Masters Comprehensive Exam	0
EDU.5477	Research Seminar in Early Childhood Education	3
.
.	Take NYS CONTENT SPECIALTY Test Multisubject Birth to Grade 2	0
.	Take NYS EDUCATING ALL STUDENTS test

EDU 5001 is to be taken with EDU 5367.

Capstone Level

EDU.5425

Student Teaching and Seminar: Early Childhood Education

3-6

To be completed by the end of student teaching semester for those who have not previously completed them

3 Required NYS Workshops:

	Child Abuse Workshop	0
	Violence Prevention Workshop	0
	Dignity for All Students Workshop	0