Early Childhood Education License, BA - Rural Partnership with Otero College
Program Overview
Introduction to the Early Childhood Education License Program
The Education and Human Development (EDHD) major focuses on engaging Colorado's rapidly diversifying student and family population. It combines cutting-edge research with real classroom experiences. Students learn from innovative faculty members who are locally, nationally, and internationally recognized for their research in early childhood education.
Program Overview
The Early Childhood Education License program prepares students to become highly effective, innovative, and compassionate early childhood teachers skilled in improving student performance and meeting the needs of today's diverse learners in a variety of settings. Upon graduation, students will have the skills to be a teacher leader.
Program Delivery
This is an on-campus program in La Junta with a variety of delivery options for many courses, including hybrid, evening, weekend, and online courses.
Declaring the Major
To declare this major, students must satisfy the general requirements for the University of Colorado Denver.
General Requirements
To earn a degree, students must satisfy all requirements in each of the three areas below, in addition to their individual major requirements:
- CU Denver Graduation Requirements
- CU Denver Undergraduate Core Curriculum
- School of Education & Human Development Graduation Requirements
Program Requirements
- Students must complete a minimum total of 126 semester hours for the EDHD Early Childhood Education Track.
- Students must pass the appropriate Praxis Exam prior to beginning their final semester of their Professional Year.
- Application to the last year of the program, the Professional Year Residency, is required.
- A minimum GPA of 2.0, grade of C or better, is required for all courses applying to EDHD - Early Childhood Education requirements unless otherwise specified.
- Students must complete and maintain a 3.0 minimum grade point average in Professional Year coursework to complete licensure requirements.
- Transfer courses must be approved by faculty and/or advisor to apply to the major.
Course Requirements
The following courses are required for the program:
- ECED 2000: Early Childhood Education as a Profession
- ECED 2930: Infant & Toddler Field Experience & Seminar
- ECED 4030: Nutrition, Health, and Safety
- ECED 4040: Administrative Seminar
- ECED 4070: Development and Education of Infant and Toddlers
- ECED 4102: Developmentally Appropriate Curriculum Methods and Techniques
- ECED 4202: Child Guidance and Classroom Community
- ECED 4300: Exceptional Learners in the Early Childhood Classroom
- EDFN 1000: Equality, Rights & Education
- EDHD 1930: Community Based Field Experience & Seminar
- HDFR 2110: Child Ecology
- INTE 2000: Digital Teaching and Learning
- LCRT 4710: Inclusive Early Literacy Development and Instruction
- CLDE 2000: CLDE Foundations 1
- ECED 4060: Working with Families, Professionals, and Communities
- EDFN 4010: Social Foundations and Cultural Diversity in Urban Education 1
- EDHD 2930: Learning & Development Field Experience & Seminar 1
- LCRT 3720: Introduction to Writing Development and Teaching
- MTED 3040: Mathematics for Elementary Teachers 1
- Professional Year Courses:
- ECED 4200: Assessment for Early Childhood Classrooms
- ECED 4650: Dual Language Learners Learning and Development
- or CLDE 3830: Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Teaching through STEM
- LCRT 4000: Elementary Literacy Instruction and Assessment Part 1
- MTED 4002: Elementary Mathematics Teaching I
- SCED 4004: Elementary and Middle School Science Methods
- UEDU 4040: Planning for Learning
- UEDU 4050: Capstone: Planning, Instruction & Assessment
- UEDU 4931: Internship & Lrng Comm I
- UEDU 4932: Internship & Lrng Comm II
- UEDU 4933: Internship & Lrng Comm III
Total Hours
The total hours required for the program are 126 semester hours.
Accreditation
The University of Colorado Denver is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission.