Advanced Studies in Teaching and Learning

MEd in Curriculum and Instruction - Concentration: Early Childhood Education (30 credits)

Core Courses (12 credits)

EDUC 606: Education and Culture (3 credit hours)
EDUC 612: Inquiry into Practice (2 credit hours)
EDUC 613: How Students Learn (3 credit hours)
EDUC 614: Designing and Assessing Teaching and Learning (2 credit hours)
EDUC 615: Educational Change (2 credit hours)

Concentration Courses (9 credits)

EDCI 603: Trends, Issues, and Research in Early Childhood Education (3 credit hours)
EDCI 615: Advanced Human Development (3 credit hours) (OR)
EDCD 525: Advanced Human Growth and Development (3 credit hours)
EDCI 784: Capstone Seminar in Early Childhood Education (3 credit hours)

Elective Courses: Choose 3 (9 credits)

EDCI 516: Bilingualism and Language Acquisition Research (3 credit hours)
EDCI 601: Applied Study of Communicative Competence and Classroom Discourse (3 credit hours)
EDCI 613: Curriculum and Assessment in Early Childhood Education I (3 credit hours)
EDCI 614: Curriculum and Assessment in Early Childhood Education II (3 credit hours)
EDCI 616: The Creative Arts and Play in Early Childhood Education (3 credit hours)
EDRS 630: Educational Assessment (3 credit hours)
EDSE 556: Language Acquisition and Communication for Diverse Infants and Toddlers (3 credit hours)
EDSE 557: Language Development and Emergent Literacy for Diverse Learners, Ages 3-5 (3 credit hours)
EDSE 656: Assessment of Diverse Young Learners, Ages 3-5 (3 credit hours)
EDSE 667: Cognitive Development of Diverse Young Children (3 credit hours)

Early Childhood Concentration form (.pdf)