Apr 23, 2024  
2013-14 NSU Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2013-14 NSU Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

Early Childhood Education Major B.S.Ed. - Major Code 3195


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ECED, ELEM, SPED General Education Requirements


A minimum of 49 hours of academic work in general education is required during the freshman and sophomore years.  For students transferring with the Associate of Arts degree or Associate of Science degree from a public institution in Oklahoma, all general education requirements will be satisfied with respect to degree requirements.  Some majors may require other specific general education courses as program prerequisites or program requirements.  Students are required to complete general education requirements by the time they have completed 90 semester hours of college work.  See General Education Requirements for Bachelor’s Degrees  for more information.

Student seeking majors in Early Childhood, Elementary, and Special Education should take these courses from the General Education requirements to meet 4x12 requirements and prerequisites for upper division work.

Written & Oral Communication (9 hrs)


Students should take these courses to meet 4x12 certification requirements

Social and Behavioral Sciences (9 hrs)


Students should take these courses to meet 4x12 certification requirements:

Global Perspectives (6 hrs)


Studens should take these coursses to meet 4x12 and state certification requirements.

  • SECOND LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT - 3 hrs

    Select from Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Chinese, Russian, New Testament Greek, Latin, American Sign Language, or Cherokee

Life Skills (6 hrs)


Students should take these courses to meet degree requirements.

Natural Sciences (8 hrs)


Students should take these courses to meet 4x12 requirements.

Quantitative Analysis (3 hrs)


Students should take one of the following courses OR a higher level math to meet 4x12 requirements.

University Studies (3 hrs)


Students should take these courses to meet degree requirements.

Teacher Education Admission and Certification Policies


 In addition to courses in the discipline, all students completing a BA or BS degree in Education degree must meet the following requirements for certification.

  • Be accepted for admission to teacher education, pre-II internship, and full internship according to published course sequence and guidelines.
  • Demonstrate proficiency at the high novice level in a language other than English.
  • Develop a portfolio which documents their accomplishments, learning, and strengths related to the competencies, standards, and outcomes established by the Oklahoma Commission for Teacher Preparation, Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, and the Oklahoma State Department of Education.  
  • Complete all courses in the major and Professional Education Core with a grade of “C” or higher.
  • Students entering NSU beginning Fall 2013 must have an overall GPA of 2.75 for admission to teacher education.
  • Once admitted to the teacher education program, all majors must continue to maintain a GPA of 2.5 (overall, in their major field of study, and professional education core) through completion with the exception that Early Childhood, Elementary, and Special Educaton majors must maintain a GPA of 2.75 (overall, in their major field of study, and professional education) through completion.
  • 4 X 12 requirement - Early Childhood, Elementary Education, and Special Education programs require completion of 12 semester hours with a grade of “C” or better in the following disciplines: Communication Arts (ENGL, COMM, Literature), Math, Science, and Social Science (ECON, GEOG, HIST, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology) prior to graduation.

Policies of the College of Education


ENGLISH PROFICIENCY: English proficiency is a graduation requirement. Components I and II of English proficiency should be met with grades of “C” or better prior to the completion of 60 credit hours.
UPPER DIVISION CREDIT: Total hours must include at least 40 hours of credit in courses number 3000 and above.
LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES: A minimum of 55 semester credit hours of course work for the BS/BSED degree shall be in the liberal arts and sciences and 80 credit hours of liberal arts and sciences is required for the BA/BAED degree.  Liberal Arts and Science courses are designated by a “#” after the course title.

 

Early Childhood Suggested Course Sequence


 

Semester 1

Semester 2

ENG 1113

- English Composition I

ENG 1213

- English Composition II

PSYC 1113

- Introduction to Psychology

HIST 1483

- American History 1492 - 1876 (or)

HED 1113

- Personal Health (or)

 

HIST 1493

- American History 1876 - present

 

HFS 1653

- Nutrition

GEOG 2253

- World Regional Geography

HUM 2333

- Art Appreciation (or)

BIO 1114

- General Biological Science

 

MUS 2543

- Music Appreciation (or)

ENG 2113

- Introduction to Literature

 

MUS 2863

- World Music (or)

 

 

 

THTR 2763

- Theater Appreciation (or)

 

 

 

THTR 2843

- Film Appreciation

 

 

UNIV 1002

- University Strategies

 

 

Free Elective

- 3 credit hours

 

 

TOTAL: 17 hours

TOTAL: 16 hours

               

 

Semester 3

Semester 4

SCI 1114

- General Physical Science

LIBM 4023

- Materials for Children

SPAN 1113

- Spanish I (or)

ECED 4113

- Creative Expression for Early Childhood

 

SPED 3313

- American Sign Language I (or)

MATH 3413

- Modeling: Geometry and Measurement

 

 

- Other foreign language (3 hrs)

READ 4013

- Content Literacy K-8

COMM 1113

- Fundamentals of Communication

P ED 4232

- Motor Skill Development of the Young Child

MATH 1473

- Applied Mathematics

ECED 4813

- Birth to Two Development

POLS 1113

-American Federal Government

 

 

 UNIV 2091

 -General Education Capstone- 1 credit hour

 

 

TOTAL: 17 hours

TOTAL: 17 hours

           

 NOTE:  All students must have completed 45 hours of General Education before enrolling on Semester 5 block, and a minimum grade point average of at least 2.75

Semester 5

GPA must be at least 2.75 to enroll in these courses

Semester 6

GPA must be at least 2.75 to enroll in these courses

*EDUC 3113

- Educational Psychology

*READ 4023

- Reading and Language Development of the Young Child

*EDUC 3313

- Clinical Teaching / Pre-Internship I (Internship required)

*ECED 4213

- Cognitive Dev. of Young Children & Integrated Curric.

*SPED 4433

- Introduction to Education of Children with Exceptionalities

*ELED 4323

- Language Arts in the Elementary School

HFS 4213

- Child Guidance

*SCI 4214

- Science in the Elementary School

*ECED 4313

- Development of Early Childhood Program

MATH 3433

 - Modeling: Numeration and Operations

TOTAL: 15 hours

TOTAL: 16 hours

 

Semester 7

GPA must be at least 2.75 to enroll in these courses

Semester 8

GPA must be at least 2.75 to enroll in these courses

*EDUC 4823

- Technology in Education

**EDUC 4044

- Elementary Intern Teaching

*ECED 4513

- Organization & Implementation of Early Childhood Programs

**EDUC 4054

- Elementary Intern Teaching

*EDUC4032

- Pre-Internship II (requires 4 seminars on campus)

**EDUC 4172

- Assessment and Evaluation

*READ 4063

- Introduction to Reading and Writing Assessment

**EDUC 4252

- Seminar (requires 6 seminars on campus)

MATH 3443

- Modeling: Real Numbers and Statistics

 

 

TOTAL: 14 hours

TOTAL: 12 hours

 *See NSU class schedule or course description for prerequisites.

 ** All other courses should be completed prior to participation in this semester of Intern Teaching

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