Child Development, Associate of Applied Science
Requirements
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
Sophomore Year
Summer Session
| ENGL 1301 | Composition I CORE | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 3 |
First Semester
| Elective | Creative Arts Elective | 3 |
| 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 | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 13 |
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 | 3 |
| 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