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SANDHILLS COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Early Childhood Education (A55220)
Associate in Applied Science Degree Program
Course Hours
Per Week
Semester
Hours
Class Lab Credit
FIRST SEMESTER (Fall)
ACA-115 Success & Study Skills 0 2 1
EDU-119 Intro to Early Childhood Education 4 0 4
EDU-131 Children Family and Community 3 0 3
EDU-153 Health, Safety, & Nutrition 3 0 3
ENG-111 Expository Writing 3 0 3
13 2 14
SECOND SEMESTER (Spring)
EDU-144 Child Development I 3 0 3
EDU-146 Child Guidance 3 0 3
EDU-151 Creative Activities 3 0 3
EDU-234 Infants, Toddlers, & Two’s 3 0 3
EDU-261 Early Childhood Administration I 3 0 3
15 0 15
THIRD SEMESTER (Summer)
EDU-145 Child Development II 3 0 3
EDU-235 School-Age Dev. and Prog. or
EDU-262 Early Childhood Admin II or
EDU-275 Effective Teacher Training *** 0 2-3
EDU-271 Educational Technology 2 2 3
7-8 2 8-9
FOURTH SEMESTER (Fall)
EDU-251 Exploration Activities 3 0 3
EDU-259 Curriculum Planning 3 0 3
EDU-280 Language & Literacy Exp 3 0 3
EDU-284 Early Childhood Practicum 1 9 4
*** Natural Science/Math Elective *** *** 3
*** *** 16
FIFTH SEMESTER (Spring)
EDU-221 Children with Exceptionalities 3 0 3
EDU-288 Adv Issues/Early Childhood Ed 2 0 2
*** Communication Elective – Choose 3 0 3
one of the following: ENG-112, ENG-
114, COM-110, or COM-120
*** Humanities/Fine Arts Elective 3 0 3
*** Social/Behavioral Science Elective 3 0 3
14 0 14
Total Required Minimum Semester Hours Credit 67
Note: Students planning to transfer into a 4-year B-K (Birth-Kindergarten)
degree program should plan to take MAT-140 as well as the following:
A science course (BIO-111 or BIO-165)
A science with a lab component (PHY-111 and PHY-110A), and
One additional humanities course