Early Childhood Development

DEPARTMENTAL CORE REQUIREMENTS (14 hours)

FCS 100 Career Management in FCS (1)

FCS 203 Nutrition & Health (3)             

FCS 230 Consumer Education (3)          

FCS 470 Professional & Social Skills (3)      

FCS 480 Dynamics of Family Relationships (3)    

FCS 572 Senior Seminar in FCS (1)               

OPTION REQUIREMENTS (23-28 hours)

FCS 285 Lifespan Human Development (3)  

FCS 390 Interacting with Children (3)  

FCS 391 Practicum in Early Childhood (1)      

FCS 490 Developmental Planning/Preschool & Kind (3)  

FCS 491 Preschool Laboratory (2)   

FCS 591 Spvsd Teaching in Early Childhood Lab (5)

FCS 571/771 Directed Readings in FCS (1-3)    

FCS 590 Dev. of the Child:  Birth through Age 8 (3) 

HPER 266 First Aid and CPR (2) or current Certification*

CURIN 440 Early Childhood Prog. Organ. & Mgmt. (3) 

*No credit will be given for outside certification

** FCS 570 Professional Internship (2-4)

** Under advisement approval only the internship can be substituted for the Student teaching experience.

RESTRICTED ELECTIVES (12 hours)

CURIN 252 Children’s Literature (3)      

FCS 392 Infant/Toddler Development (3)         

FCS 430 Family Resource Management (3)    

FCS 580/780 Family Violence & Child Abuse (3)   

FCS 690 Parent/Professional Relationships (3)     

HPER 708 Motor Development (3)        

MUSIC 140 Children’s Music (3)        

Total hours in Major   (49-54)