Early Childhood Education M.Ed.

Admission Requirements

1. Completion of all Feinsten School of Education and Human Development admission requirements.
2. Teacher certification in elementary education, early childhood education, or an appropriate field.
3. An interview may be required.

Course Requirements

Foundations Component

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
ELED 510	Research Methods, Analysis, and Applications	3	Offered fall, spring, summer.
FNED 502	Social Issues in Education	3	Offered fall, spring, summer.
	Or
FNED 520	Cultural Foundations of Education	3	Offered as needed.

Professional Education Component

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
ECED 502	Curriculum, Developmental Play, and Programs	3	Offered fall.
ECED 503	Infants and Toddlers in Early Care and Education Programs	3	Offered fall.
ECED 505	Early Childhood Education and Development Issues	3	Offered spring.
ECED 512	Working with Families: Building Home-School Partnerships	3	Offered spring.
ECED 580	Workshop:	0
	Or
ECED 661	Directing Early Care and Education Programs	3	Offered spring.
ECED 662	Seminar in Early Childhood Education Research	3	Offered fall.

ECED 580: Only with consent of advisor.

Electives

TWO COURSES from

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
SPED 513	Orientation to the Education of Young Children with Special Needs	3	Offered spring.
SPED 516	Programs for Young Children with Disabilities	3	Offered fall.
SPED 534	Involvement of Parents and Families Who Have Children with Disabilities	3	Offered fall and spring.

SPED 513: Students who have never completed a special education course must take this course.

TWO COURSES from

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
CEP 533	Psychology of Students with Exceptionalities	3	Offered spring.
ECED 509	Emergent Literacy-Infants through Grade Two	3	Offered spring.
ELED 504	Mathematics in the Elementary School	3	Offered fall and spring.
ELED 508	Language Arts in the Elementary School	3	Offered summer.
ELED 515	Literature in the Elementary School	3	Offered as needed.
ELED 518	Science in the Elementary School	3	Offered fall and spring.
ELED 528	Social Studies in the Elementary School	3	Offered fall and spring.
TESL 539	Language Acquisition and Learning	3	Offered spring and summer.
TESL 549	Sociocultural Foundations of Language Minority Education	3	Offered fall and summer.

ECED 509: Students who have never completed a course in beginning reading must take this course.

Comprehensive Assessment

Total Credit Hours: 36