• Related Degrees
• Degree Requirements

The Early Childhood Education program meets the needs of today's students building on the common core of knowledge, performance, and dispositions needed for early childhood professional educators.

All education majors take a common core of general studies prior to formal admission into the College of Education. Each major also contains specific general competencies beyond the basic 44 hours.

Related Degrees

Degree Plan and Description	Printable Degree Plan
AAS - Early Childhood Education	Degree Plan
BME - Music Education - Instrumental Music P - 8 and 7 - 12	Degree Plan
BME - Music Education - Vocal Music P - 8 and 7 - 12	Degree Plan
BS - Early Childhood Education - P - 4	Degree Plan
BS - English With Teacher Licensure 7 - 12	Degree Plan
BS - History With Social Studies Teacher Licensure 7 - 12	Degree Plan
BS - Mathematics With Teacher Licensure - 7 - 12	Degree Plan
BS - Middle Childhood Education With Emphasis in Language Arts and Social Studies - 4 - 8	Degree Plan
BS - Middle Childhood Education With Emphasis in Math and Science - 4 - 8	Degree Plan
BS - Spanish With Teacher Licensure	Degree Plan

Degree Requirements

(Printable Version with full details)

The prerequisites and corequisites of the degree requirements are subject to change.

FRESHMAN YEAR- FALL SEMESTER: 16 hours
Credit Hours	Courses	Notes	Grade
3	English Composition Requirement	1 & 2
3	MATH 1403 College Algebra or MATH with Col Alg as a prereq	1 & 2
4	Science Requirement	1
3	History/Government Requirement	1
3	Fine Arts/Humanities/Social Science Requirement	1
FRESHMAN YEAR- SPRING SEMESTER: 17 hours
Credit Hours	Courses	Notes	Grade
3	English Composition Requirement	1 & 2
3	Fine Arts/Humanities/Social Sciences Requirement	1
3	Program Requirement MATH	3
1	Program Requirement PHYE	3
4	Science Requirement	1
3	SPCH 1203 Intro to Speech Communication	1 & 2
SOPHOMORE YEAR- FALL SEMESTER: 16 hours
Credit Hours	Courses	Notes	Grade
3	EDUC 2753 Introduction to Education	2
2	FORL 1322 Beg Conversational Spanish I
2	FORL 1332 Beg Conversational Spanish II
3	Program Requirements MATH	3
3	EDUC 3003 Intro to Educational Technology	2
3	Fine Arts/Humanities/Social Sciences Requirement	1
SOPHOMORE YEAR- SPRING SEMESTER: 16 hours
Credit Hours	Courses	Notes	Grade
3	ECED 3023 Foundations of ECE
3	ECED 3033 Child Development
4	Science Requirement	1
3	PHYE 2953 First Aid
3	History/Government Requirement	1
Admission to College of Education, Teacher Education Program Requirements: Students must be admitted to the College of Education prior to enrollment in particular courses see Note#4. Students must satisfy all graduation requirements of this program. Please see the 2007-2008 catalog for The College of Education admission and graduation requirements.
JUNIOR YEAR- FALL SEMESTER: 18 hours
Credit Hours	Courses	Notes	Grade
3	ECED 3043 Developmentally Appropriate Practice	4
3	ECED 3053 Children and Families in a Diverse Society	4
3	ECED 3063 Methods of Teaching Mathematics in the ECE
3	ECED 3003 Science in the ECE Classroom
3	HIST 4153 History of Arkansas
3	Fine Arts/Humanities/Social Sciences Requirement	1
JUNIOR YEAR- SPRING SEMESTER: 15 hours
ECED Courses must be taken concurrently (Must complete ECED 3043/3053 prior to taking these courses.)
Credit Hours	Courses	Notes	Grade
3	ECED 3113 Integrated Curriculum I (3-5 yrs)	4
2	ECED 3122 Practicum I (3-5 yrs)	4
2	ECED 3162 Diagnosis and Assessment of Young Children I (3-5 yrs)	4
2	ECED 3172 Guiding Young Children I (3-5 yrs)	4
3	ECED 3183 Language and Literacy I (3-5 yrs)	4
2	ECED 3192 Children's Literature I (3-5 yrs)	4
1	Program Requirements PHYE	3
SENIOR YEAR- FALL SEMESTER: 14 hours
Courses must be taken concurrently (Must complete ECED 3043/3053 prior to taking these courses.)
Credit Hours	Courses	Notes	Grade
3	ECED 3213 Integrated Curriculum II (6-9 yrs)	4
2	ECED 3222 Practicum II (6-9 yrs)	4
2	ECED 3262 Diagnosis and Assessment of Young Children II (6-9 yrs)	4
2	ECED 3272 Guiding Young Children II (6-9 yrs)	4
3	ECED 3283 Language and Literacy II (6-9 yrs)	4
2	ECED 3292 Children's Literature II (6-9 yrs)	4
SENIOR YEAR- SPRING SEMESTER: 14 hours
Courses must be taken concurrently and student must be formally admitted to internship.
Credit Hours	Courses	Notes	Grade
2	EDUC 4802 Seminar in Education	4
12	ECED 490C ECED Internship	4
Total Hours: 126 At least 45 hours must be upper-level

The prerequisites and corequisites of the degree requirements are subject to change.

NOTES
1: General Education Core Requirements, 2007-2008 catalog- Follow requirements with the following stipulations: composition -select sequence one or three, may not use ENGL 1223; mathematics-may not take MATH 1303; science- PHSC 2754,BIOL 1154 or 1524, and select one from CHEM 1304, GEOL 1254, PHSC 2654, or PHYS 2784; history/government-POLS 2753 is required and select one from HIST 2753 or 2763; social sciences-GEOG 2753 is required and select one from ANTH 2803, PSYC 1163, or SOCI 2753.
2: Requirements for Admission in Teacher Education Program (TEP): Must be completed with required grades for admission requirements. See the 2007-2008 Catalog for admission requirements and application processes for the College of Education. Consult with faculty advisor for courses taken after admission to the program.
3: Program Requirements, eight hours- Required MATH courses: 2333 and 2343; Required PHYE activity courses: Select 2 from PHYE 1011, 1101, 1261, 1321, 1561, 1571, or 1621 (repeatable).
4:Must be admitted to the College of Education, Teacher Education Program.

Transfer Course Information

The Arkansas Course Transfer System (ACTS) contains information about the transferability of courses within Arkansas public colleges and universities. Students are guaranteed the transfer of applicable credits and the equitable treatment of the application of credits for the admissions and degree requirements. Courses transferability is not guaranteed for courses listed in ACTS as "No Comparable Courses." Courses with a D grade will not transfer unless an appeal for exception is submitted in writing to the provost prior to the first day of class. ACTS-Arkansas Course Transfer System http://acts.adhe.edu -select Course Transfer. Students may also view the UA Fort Smith Transfer Credit Guide at www.uafortsmith.edu/Transfer/TransferCreditGuide.