Page 134 of Delgado Community College 2003-2004 Catalog by Delgado Community College New Orleans Louisiana

EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION DEGREE: ASSOCIATE OF ARTS DIVISION: ARTS AND HUMANITIES/CITY PARK The Early Childhood Education program is designed to meet two goals for its graduates: to develop sufficient competence to enter directly into a specific occupation related to the care and education of young children andlor to prepare for collegiate work in a four-year program. Students planning to transfer to a four-year institution should select from the approved elective list those courses which are acceptable at that school. The College also offers a non-credit CDA ARTS AND SCIENCES/WEST BANK CAMPUS program leading to CDA certification. REQUIRED COURSES IN MAJOR* ECED 105 Intro. to ECED 3 ECED 111 Observation Partic. 3 Choose nine (9) hours from: ECED 121-280 REQUIRED RELATED COURSES PSYC 127 General Psychology 3 APPROVED ELECTIVES Choose twelve hours from the following courses: American Sign Language Studies Courses Humanities Courses Management Courses (3 hours max.) Natural Science Courses Social Science Courses BIOL 114 Nutrition ECED 298 Practicum*** PSYC 225 Child Psychology ECED or EDUC Choose nine (9) hours from: CMIN 201 Computer Literacy HESC 160 Personal and Com. Health PSYC 226 Human Growth Dev. PSYC 235 Educational Psychology SPCH 130 and above GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS** ENGL 101 English Comp. I 3 Humanities Requirement ENGL 102 English Comp. II or Natural Science Requirement ENGL 112 Writing for Bus./Tech. 3 Social Science Requirement MATH 118 Algebra for Coll. Sts. 3 MATH 120 Math Survey or MATH 123 Elem. Number Structure 3 6 3 FREE ELECTIVES Choose three hours from credit courses that are numbered 100 or above. TOTAL CREDIT HOURS: 72 Required grade of C or higher. To facilitate transfer to certain colleges, take ENGL 102 and substitute MATH 130 and a higher-level math course for MATH 118 and 120. Students taking MATH 123 are encouraged to enroll in MATH 124 to complete the sequence. See General Education Requirements, p. 111, for approved Humanities, Natural Science, and Social Science courses. Taken as the final course in the major, usually in the last semester before graduation. Students must apply to Lead Instructor of the Department to determine eligibility for the Practicum course. (Requires a commitment of five mornings each week.) Information on TCA associated with this program can be found on page 191 192. NOTE: See page 78 for Graduation Requirements. 140

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