Early Childhood Education    Certificate

 

Overview

A program of studies leading to an interdisciplinary certificate in early childhood education studies is designed to serve students who, in addition to their majors, may develop a concentration in early childhood development by selecting studies in psychology, sociology, cultural anthropology, and education culminating with a supervised internship experience with child care centers, preschools, and family day care homes. A required core course provides a comprehensive view of early childhood education, its history, programs, and current issues in the field. The program requires enrollment in courses that provide an academic base in child development and the conditions of childhood. Courses in the program focus on the development of the child from birth through age five, the conditions of childhood, child care and early childhood education. A total of six courses is needed to complete the certificate.This program does not lead to eligibility for a teaching certificate.

Applications to the Early Childhood Studies Program may be made through the Program in Education office, or in 02 Allen Building.

                                         Required Courses

                1.  EDUC 121:   Infancy, Early Childhood, and Educational Programs

                2.  EDUC 160:   Early Childhood Internship

                      

           

          Four Elective Courses, Two in each area

              

                    A. Development of the Child (2)

                     

                     EDUC   118:         Educational Psychology

                     PSY       97:         Developmental Psychology

                     PSY    119B:        Child Clinical Psychology

                     PSY     124:          Human Development

                     PSY     131:          Social Development    

                     PSY     138:          Language Development

                     PSY     142S:       Thought without Language

                     PSY     151S:       Clinical Interventions with Children and Families

                     PSY      153:         Issues in Language Development

                     PSY      159S:      Biological Psychology of Human Development

                     PSY      174S:      Infancy

                     PSY      183A,S:  Research Methods in Developmental Psychology

                     PSY      183B,S:  Child Observation

                     PSY      205S:      Children's Peer Relations

                     PSY      206S:      Pediatric Psychology  

          

                   B. Conditions of Chilhood (2)

           

                      CULANTH     115S:        The Anthropology of Gender

                            EDUC      112S:       Children, Schools, and Society

                            EDUC        123:       Motivation and At-Risk Students

                               PSY        133:      Psychology of Ethnicity and Context

                        PUBPOL      264S:      Child Development and Public Policy

                          SOCIOL       111:       Social Inequality: an International Perspective

                          SOCIOL       112:       American Demographics

                          SOCIOL       116:       Comparative Race and Ethnic Studies

                          SOCIOL       118:       Sex, Gender, Society

                          SOCIOL       150:       The Changing American Family

                          SOCIOL       169:       Psychosocial aspects of Human Development

 

*EDUC 161 or PSY 97, and one other course need to be taken before you enroll in EDUC 160S  

  Of the four elective courses, only one may be an Education course.