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This program leads to the Bachelor of Science in Education degree and the Ohio Provisional License in Early Childhood Education, valid for teaching children (PreK-3) who are typically developing, at-risk, gifted, or who have mild/moderate educational needs.
Students expecting to be certified for teaching in other states should become aware of requirements in those states.
The major consists of course requirements in professional education (31 hours) and the early childhood education core (32 hours) as follows:
EDUC 112, Foundations of Education (3 hrs); 232, Psychology of Human Learning (3 hrs); 252, Phonics (3 hrs); 362, Instructional Technology (3 hrs); 405, Applied Instructional Technology (1 hr); 415, Assessment in Education (3 hrs); 460, Student Teaching Seminar (1 hr.); 492, Early Childhood Student Teaching (12 hrs); SPED 243, Inclusion and the Schools (3 hrs).
Notes: 1) EDUC 415 fulfills the General Education Data Analysis requirement as well as the major requirement. 2) EDUC 232 fulfills the General Education SOSC 215 requirement as well as the major requirement.
EDUC 245, Teaching the Young Child (3 hrs); 270, Expressive Arts for Young Children (3 hrs); 318, Emergent and Early Reading Instruction (3 hrs); 334, Communication and Collaboration in Early Childhood Education (3 hrs); 336, Professional Practice in Early Childhood Education (3 hrs); 355, Content Reading Strategies in Early Childhood Education (3 hrs); 425, Diagnostic and Prescriptive Reading (3 hrs); 445, Integrated Social Studies and Language Arts for Children (4 hrs); 447, Integrated Mathematics and Science for Children (4 hrs); SPED 312, Exceptional Children in Early Childhood Education (3 hrs).
The following are also required in the program: MATH 112 , Fundamentals of Mathematics (3 hrs) or proficiency; PE 210, First Aid and Safety (3 hrs) or valid Red Cross Certification; Workshops on Communicable Diseases and Child Abuse, (6 clock hrs each); EDUC 300, Children's Literature (3 hrs).
EDUC 300 meets the General Education Literature Elective requirement as well as the major requirement.
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