Early Childhood Education, Non-Licensure Transfer, AAS

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Program Intro

The Early Childhood Education–A55220nl curriculum prepares individuals to work with children from birth through eight in diverse learning environments. Students will combine learned theories with practice in actual settings with young children under the supervision of qualified teachers.

Course work includes child growth and development; physical/nutritional needs of children; care and guidance of children; and communication skills with families and children. Students will foster the cognitive/language, physical/motor, social/emotional, and creative development of young children.

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SAMPLE COURSES

  • ACA 122 – College Transfer Success
    This course provides information and strategies necessary to develop clear academic and professional goals beyond the community college experience.
  • EDU 144– Child Development I
    This course includes the theories of child development, observation and assessment, milestones, and factors that influence development, from conception through approximately 36 months.

SAMPLE COURSES:

  • EDU 153 – Health, Safety, and Nutrition
    This course covers promotions and maintaining the health and well-being of every child. Topics include health and nutritional guidelines, common childhood illnesses, and more.
  • MAT 143 – Quantitative Literacy
    This course is designed to engage students in complex and realistic situations involving the mathematical phenomena of quantity, change and relationship, and uncertainty through the project and activity-based assessment.

SAMPLE COURSES:

  • COM 231 – Public Speaking
    This course provides instruction and experience in the preparation and delivery of speeches within a public setting and group discussion. Emphasis is placed on research, preparation, delivery, and evaluation of informative, persuasive, and special occasion public speaking.
  • SOC 210 – Introduction to Sociology
    This course introduces the scientific study of human society, culture, and social interactions. Topics include socialization, research methods, diversity and inequality, cooperation and conflict, social change, social institutions, and organizations.

SAMPLE COURSES:

  • BIO 111 – General Biology I
    This course introduces the principles and concepts of biology. Emphasis is placed on basic biological chemistry, molecular and cellular biology, metabolism and energy transformation, genetics, evolution, and other related topics.
  • EDU 234 – Infants, Toddlers, and Twos
    This course covers the development of high-quality, individualized, responsive/engaging relationships and experiences for infants, toddlers, and twos.

SAMPLE COURSES:

  • AST 111 – Descriptive Astronomy
    This course introduces an overall view of modern astronomy. Topics include an overview of the solar system, the sun, stars, galaxies, and the larger universe.
  • PSY 150 – General Psychology
    This course provides an overview of the scientific study of human behavior. Topics include history, methodology, biopsychology, sensation, perception, learning, motivation, cognition, abnormal behavior, personality theory, social psychology, and other relevant topics.
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Jane Gridley
Early Childhood Associate Program Chair/Instructor

Waller (Building 024)
Room 135
Phone: (252) 527-6223, ext. 405
Fax: (252) 233-6879
Email: jbgridley56@lenoircc.edu

Caroline Murphrey
Teacher Preparation/Occupational Education Program Chair/Instructor

Waller (Building 024)
Room 136
Phone: (252) 527-6223, ext. 412
Fax: (252) 233-6867
Email: cwmurphrey81@lenoircc.edu

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