Child Development, Associate of Applied Science

Freshman Year

First Semester

CDEC 1358	Creative Arts for Early Childhood	3
TECA 1311	Educating Young Children	3
CDEC 1313	Curriculum Resources for Early Childhood Programs	3
TECA 1354	Child Growth and Development	3
CDEC 1359	Children with Special Needs	3
	Total Credit Hours:	15

Second Semester

TECA 1318	Wellness of the Young Child	3
CDEC 1356	Emergent Literacy for Early Childhood	3
CDEC 1319	Child Guidance	3
CDEC 2187	Internship - Child Care Provider/Assistant	1
CDEC 1321	The Infant and Toddler	3
TECA 1303	Families, School & Community	3
	Total Credit Hours:	16

CDEC 1319, CDEC 2187: Co requisites: CDEC 1319 & CDEC 2187; and CDEC 2307 & CDEC 2188.

Sophomore Year

Summer Session

ENGL 1301	Composition I CORE	3
	Total Credit Hours:	3

First Semester

Elective	Creative Arts Elective
ENGL 1302	Composition II CORE	3
CDEC 2307	Math and Science for Early Childhood	3
CDEC 2188	Internship - Child Care Provider/Assistant	1
Elective	Social or Behavioral Science
	Total Credit Hours:	13

CDEC 2307, CDEC 2188: Co requisites: CDEC 1319 & CDEC 2187; and CDEC 2307 & CDEC 2188.

Creative Arts: Course may be selected from art, dance, drama, or music core courses.

Social & Behavioral Science: course must be selected from a SBS core course.

Second Semester

Elective	MATH or Natural Science
CDEC 2326	Administration of Programs for Children I	3
CDEC 2486	Internship-Child Care Provider/Assistant	4
Elective	Language, Philosophy & Culture
	Total Credit Hours:	13

CDEC 2486: Capstone Experience: CDEC 2486 is a course taught in the last semester. The learning experiences in this course result in a consolidation of a student’s educational experience.

Math or Natural Science: Course may be selected from a college-level math core course or Science: Course may be selected from a core course from life or physical sciences.

Language, Philosophy, & Culture: course may be selected from ENGL 2322, ENGL 2323, ENGL 2327, ENGL 2328, ENGL 2332, ENGL 2333, or ENGL 2351

Total Credit Hours: 60