Early Childhood Education M.Ed.

Admission Requirements

1. Completion of all Feinstein 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.

Note: The teaching certification requirement may be waived under special circumstances and with special considerations.

Course Requirements

Foundations Component

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
ELED 510	Research Methods, Analysis, and Applications	3	Fall, Spring, Summer.
FNED 502	Social Issues in Education	3	Fall, Spring, Summer.

Professional Education Component

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

Note: 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	Summer.
SPED 516	Programs for Young Children with Disabilities	3	Spring.
SPED 534	Involvement of Parents and Families Who Have Children with Disabilities	3	Fall, Spring.

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

TWO COURSES from

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
ECED 509	Emergent Literacy—Infants through Grade Two	3	As needed.
ELED 504	Mathematics in the Elementary School	3	Fall, Spring.
ELED 508	Language Arts in the Elementary School	3	Summer.
ELED 518	Science in the Elementary School	3	Fall, Spring.
ELED 528	Social Studies in the Elementary School	3	Fall, Spring, Summer.
TESL 539	Language Acquisition and Learning	3	Spring, Summer.
TESL 549	Sociocultural Foundations of Language Minority Education	3	Fall, Summer.

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

Comprehensive Assessment

Total Credit Hours: 36