Early Childhood Education
Associate of Arts
Learn how to effectively teach young children while preparing to transfer to a four-year degree program. Complete this program by taking classes exclusively on weekdays, exclusively on evenings/weekends, or in a combination of weekdays and evenings/weekends.
Program/Major Codes: AOAECE/ECE
What can I do with this degree?
Career options: Become a teacher’s aide, lead teacher or director of a pre-school center, paraprofessional, or instructional aide, or open your own home child care center.
Academic options: Transfer to a four-year degree program in early childhood education / elementary education.
Program Requirements
General Education Requirements
This section lists general education requirements that are not fulfilled by core or support courses.*
| Credits | ||
| English Composition | 6 | |
| Subtotal | 6 | |
Required Core Courses
| Course # | Course Title | Credits |
| ECE 112 | Music and Art for Children | 3 |
| ECE 117 | Child Growth and Development | 3 |
| ECE 190 | Early Childhood Education: Theory to Practice |
4 |
| ECE 228 | The Young Child: Family, Culture and Community |
3 |
| ECE 240 | Assessment of Young Children | 3 |
| Subtotal | 16 | |
Required Support Courses
| Course # | Course Title | Credits |
| ART 105 | Exploring Art and Visual Culture | 3 |
| History | ||
| HIS 101 | Introduction to Western Civilization I | 3 |
| HIS 141 | History of the United States I | 3 |
| Biology | ||
| BIO 105IN | Environmental Biology | 4 |
| Earth/Space, Physical Science** | 4-5 | |
| Mathematics: take all three courses | 9 | |
| MAT 142 | Topics in College Mathematics (or any Math course numbered 151 or higher) |
|
| MAT 146 | Mathematics for Elementary Teachers I | |
| MAT 147 | Mathematics for Elementary Teachers II | |
| Civics and Government | ||
| POS 210 | National and State Constitutions | 3 |
| Elementary Science | ||
| SCT 280 | Process of Science for Elementary Educators I | 3 |
| SCT 281 | Process of Science for Elementary Educators II | 3 |
| Social and Behavioral Science | ||
| GEO 103 | Cultural Geography | 3 |
| Speech Communication or Language*** | 3-5 | |
| Subtotal | 41-44 | |
| Total | 63-66 | |
* Other general education requirements are fulfilled by required core and support courses: Humanities and Fine Arts - ART 105, HIS 101; Biological and Physical Sciences - BIO 105 and the Earth/Space, Physical Science course; Social and Behavioral Sciences - POS 210 and GEO 103; Mathematics - MAT 142; Other Requirement Options - HIS 101 and either Speech Communication or Language; Special Requirements - HIS 101 and 141.
** Choose one of the following: AST 101/101LB; AST 101IN; AST 102/102LB; AST 102IN; GLG 101IN [SUN# GLG 1101]; GLG 102IN; CHM 121/121LB; CHM 121IN; CHM 130/130LB or CHM 130IN [SUN# CHM 1130]; CHM 151/151LB or CHM 151IN [SUN# CHM 1151]; GEO 101; GEO 102; PHY 115/115LB; PHY 121/121LB or PHY 121IN [SUN# PHY 1111].
*** Students planning to attend ASU or NAU may complete SPE 102 [SUN# COM 1100]or SPE 110 or a language course; students planning to attend the UA must complete one of the following: CHI 202, FRE 202, GER 202 [SUN# GER 2202], ITA 202 [SUN# ITA 2202], JPN 202, LAT 202 [SUN# LAT 2202], RUS 202 [SUN# RUS 2202], SLG 202, SPA 202 [SUN# SPA 2202], or SPA 203.