Typical Program EARLY CHILDHOOD Bachelor

Typical Program EARLY CHILDHOOD Bachelor’s Degree Candidate

This typical program of study is a prototype intended to provide students with one example, among several possibilities, of how to configure courses for the BA degree in Early Childhood Education.

Freshman Fall (16 sem. hours)

Freshman Spring (17 sem. hours)

(33 sh)

ENGL 101 (3)

MATH 122 (3)

MUSC 140 (3)

UNIV 101 (3)

BIOL 110 or 120 (4)

ENGL 102 (3)

STAT 110 or 201 (3)

Physical Science (4)

EDEC 201 (3)

EDPY 401, 401P (4)

Sophomore Fall (16 sem. hours)

Sophomore Spring (15 sem. hours)

(64sh)

EDEC 340 (3)

EDEC 340P (1)

Elective (3)

MATH 221 (3)

ARTE 520 or 530 (3)

PEDU 575 (3)

Elective (3)

History 111, 112, 409, or 410 (3)

EDEC 250 (3)

MATH 222 (3)

SLIS 325 or ENGL 431(3)

Junior Fall (15 sem. hours)

Junior Spring (17 sem. hours) (96 sh)

EDRD 345 (3)*

EDEC 342 (3)*

EDEC 342P (3)*

ARTE 360 (3)

GEOG 121 or 210 (3)

Apply for Professional Program this semester

*These courses are taught as a block & therefore must be taken in this semester.

EDEC 442 (4)**

EDEC 443 (4)**

EDRD 445 (4)**

EDEC 447 (2)**

EDRM 423 (2)**

**These courses are taught as a block

& therefore must be taken in this

semester.

Senior Fall (17 sem. hours)

Senior Spring (15 sem. hours) (128 sh)

EDTE 570 (3)**

EDTE 590 A/B/C (9)**

EDEC 591 (3)**

EDFN 300 (3)

Non-western course (3)

THEA 522 or 526 (3)

EDEC 610 (3)

EDEX 523 (3)

**JUNIOR & SENIOR SEMESTERS: These courses include internship experiences with significant blocks of time spent in classrooms working under the direction of master coaching teachers with university supervision. Courses may operate outside the regular USC calendar.

FOREIGN LANGUAGE: USC and the College of Education require a score of two or higher on the foreign language proficiency exam. Students scoring lower than a two must successfully complete 6 semester hours of foreign language at the beginning level (109 and 110 in Spanish, German, or French; 121 and 122 in Japanese, Chinese or Russian)

MATH: MATH 122 (prereq MATH 111 or exempt by exam) & STAT 110 or 201 -OR- STAT 110 & 201

YOU MUST PASS PRAXIS I OR HAVE EARNED A COMBINED SCORE OF 1650 OR BETTER ON THE SAT OR A 24 OR BETTER ON THE ACT BEFORE YOU CAN BE ADMITTED INTO THE PROFESSIONAL PROGRAM.