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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Jul 01, 2025

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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Degree Map (Sample) - +2 BS.ECE

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Students must transfer 60 credits and should have the majority of the VTSU general education requirements completed.
Students must successfully complete EDU 1030 - Introduction to Early Childhood Education (or equivalent).
Students must have a GPA above 3.0 and bring 4000 hours of experience working with young children.

First Year - Fall

ECE 3820 - Infant and Toddler Techniques 3 cr
ECE 3830 - Early Childhood Techniques 3 cr
ECE 3840 - Advanced Child Development 3 cr
PRG 3XXX - Upper-level program elective 3 cr

First Year - Spring

ECE 3850 - Managing an ECE Classroom 3 cr
ECE 3860 - Ethical Considerations for Early Childhood Educators 3 cr
ECE 3870 - Inclusive Teaching for Early Educators 3 cr
PRG 3XXX - Upper-level program elective 3 cr

Summer

ECE 3920 - Educational Theory for Teachers of Young Children 3 cr
ECE 3940 - Developmentally Appropriate Programming: Infants & Toddlers 3 cr
ECE 3950 - Developmentally Appropriate Programming: Preschool 3 cr
PRG 3XXX - Upper-level program elective 3 cr

Second Year - Fall

CNX 3010 - Culminating Connections Seminar 3 1 cr
ECE 4020 - Authentic Assessment of Young Children 3 cr
ECE 4040 - Using Inquiry for Math and Science with Young Children 3 cr
ECE 4080 - Language & Literacy in Early Childhood Classrooms 3 cr

Second Year - Spring

ECE 4811 - Teaching Early Childhood Education 12 cr
EDU 4250 - e-Portfolio Development 1 cr
EDU 4730 - Student Teaching Seminar 2 cr