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Undergraduate Minor: Early Childhood

Introduction

The Minor in Early Childhood Education of Diverse Learners is designed to provide undergraduate students with background knowledge and completion of the minor will partially fulfill requirements for licensure in early childhood special education in Virginia. The minor will give students a “head start” in completing the corresponding graduate-level licensure program and optional M.Ed. The minor program requires five three-credit courses for a total of 15 credits. The required form, Change/ Declaration of Academic Program, is available at http://registrar.gmu.edu/forms/ChgMajor.pdf and must be signed by your adviser. For more information call (703) 993-2010 or email GSE at gseadmit@gmu.edu.

Course Work

Undergraduate Minor in Early Childhood Education of Diverse Learners (15 credits)

Required:

• EDUT 411: Child and Family Development, Ages 3-5 (3 credit hours) (OR EDSE 401: Introduction to Special Education (3 credit hours))
• EDSE 401: Introduction to Special Education (3 credit hours)
• EDSE 457: Language Development and Emergent Literacy for Diverse Learners, Ages 3-5 (3 credit hours) (OR EDUT 413)
• EDUT 413: Language and Literacy, Ages 3-5 (3 credit hours)
• EDSE 458: Physical and Sensory Disabilities: Developmental, Education, and Medical Aspects (3 credit hours)
• EDUT 414: Adapting Curriculum, Ages 3-5 (3 credit hours) (OR EDSE 459: Curriculum and Methods: Early Childhood Special Education (3 credit hours))
• EDSE 459: Curriculum and Methods: Early Childhood Special Education (3 credit hours)
• EDSE 415: Early Intervention for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities (3 credit hours) (OR EDUT 424: Curriculum for Infants and Toddlers (3 credit hours))
• EDUT 424: Curriculum for Infants and Toddlers (3 credit hours)

Suggested Additional Course

• EDUT 423: Language Acquisition and Communication for Infants and Toddlers (3 credit hours)

• EDSE 456: Language Acquisition and Communication for Diverse Infants and Toddlers (3 credit hours)

Application Deadlines

• Rotating.

Admissions Requirements

• See requirements for undergraduate studies.
• For program codes and deadlines at a glance as well as links to individual program admission requirements and related information, refer to CEHD Programs Chart.