Early Childhood Education (Licensure Pathway), BS

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Program Requirements for Early Childhood Education (Licensure Pathway) Major:

Completion of the Bonaventure Program and requirements for undergraduate degrees.
Meet requirements for admission to the Teacher Education Program (TEP).
Demonstration of professional disposition in course work and field experiences.
Testing
- Illinois Content Test (#206) to be taken before Student Teaching (http://www.il.nesinc.com)
- edTPA to be completed during Student Teaching
Successful completion of Student Teaching (EDU 492 ) and Student Teaching Seminar (EDU 499 ). See Acceptance for Student Teaching requirements.
Licensure - Information available on the Illinois State Board of Education website (http://isbe.net/elis) or visit the Quincy University Licensure Officer in FRH 320D.

Required Content Area Courses:

(All courses that contribute to the content knowledge of the area of licensure must be completed with a grade of “C-” or better.)

Content Area Courses:

MAT 110 - Basic Mathematical Concepts I 3 Credit(s)
HIS 111 - United States History I: to 1877 3 Credit(s)
or
HIS 112 - United States History II: Since 1877 3 Credit(s)
COM 101 - Fundamentals of Public Speaking 3 Credit(s)
ENG 111 - W: Composition 3 Credit(s)
ENG 112 - W: Composition and Texts 3 Credit(s)
PSY 236 - Child Psychology 3 Credit(s)
POL 200 - United States Government 3 Credit(s)
EDU 347 - DG: Geography for Classroom Teachers 3 Credit(s)
or
HIS 350 - G: World Geography 3 Credit(s)
ELE 361 - Teaching with the Arts 3 Credit(s)
BIO 111 - Life Sciences 4 Credit(s)
SCI 115 - Physical Sciences 4 Credit(s)
SCI 100 - Earth Science 4 Credit(s)

Pre-Professional Courses:

(All courses that lead to licensure must be completed with a grade of “C-” or better.)

EDU 213 - G: Foundations of Education 3 Credit(s)
EDU 214 - Educational Psychology 3 Credit(s)
EDU 240 - Media and Technology in Education 3 Credit(s)
SPE 229 - Survey of Exceptional Students 3 Credit(s)

Required Elementary Education and Education Courses:

All courses that lead to licensure must be completed with a grade “C-” or better.

ECE 280 - Health, Nutrition, and Safety in Early Childhood 3 Credit(s)
ECE 310 - Infant and Toddler Development and Learning 3 Credit(s)
ECE 311 - Family and Community Engagement 3 Credit(s)
ECE 314 - Emergent Literacy and Language Acquisition 3 Credit(s)
ECE 321 - Math Methods in Early Childhood and Elementary 3 Credit(s)
ECE 351 - Science and Social Studies Methods in Early Childhood 3 Credit(s)
ELE 315 - Children’s Literature 3 Credit(s)
ELE 316 - Teaching Reading/ Language Arts I 3 Credit(s)
ELE 317 - Reading Laboratory 1 Credit(s)
EDU 290 - Field Experience I 1 Credit(s)
EDU 291 - Field Experience II 1 Credit(s)
EDU 355 - Assessments in Education 3 Credit(s)
EDU 365 - DW: Education in Modern Society 3 Credit(s)
EDU 381 - Classroom Management 3 Credit(s)
EDU 390 - Field Experience III 1 Credit(s)
EDU 391 - Field Experience Seminar 1 Credit(s)
EDU 421 - EW: Ethical Principles in Education 3 Credit(s)
ELL 300 - Cross-Cultural Studies for Teaching LEP Students 3 Credit(s)

Endorsements

For information and requirements, refer to Endorsements .

Advanced Placement Opportunities:

Certain Bonaventure Program requirements of the University may be fulfilled with credit by examination. However, no courses in Professional or Early Childhood Education may be replaced with credit by examination.