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WESTERN NEVADA COMMUNITY COLLEGE 2006-2007 www.wncc.edu ECE 198B: SPECIAL TOPICS IN CHILD DEVELOPMENT 1-6 credits. Prerequisite: none. Studies issues related to child development and early childhood education. ECE 200: THE EXCEPTIONAL CHILD 3 credits. Prerequisite: none. Surveys the characteristics and speci c needs of special children. Emphasizes teaching and behavioral management as well as available support services. ECE 204: PRINCIPLES OF CHILD GUIDANCE 3 credits. Prerequisite: none. Studies effective communication with children in guiding behavior. Emphasis will be placed on techniques which help children build positive self-concepts and individual strengths within the context of appropriate limits and discipline. The study includes uses of direct and indirect guidance techniques as well as introduction to guidance systems. ECE 231: PRESCHOOL PRACTICUM: EARLY CHILDHOOD LAB 1-6 credits. Prerequisite: ECE 251 or consent of instructor. Allows students to work directly with young children under supervision of a master teacher for three hours per week per credit. Students will contract with the instructor and supervisor for completion of projects. Projects will be related to such areas as routines in the preschool, advanced curriculum planning and implementation, or communication techniques with parents. Les son plans will be completed and carried out with children. ECE 235: ADAPTING CURRICULA TO YOUNG CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS 3 credits. Prerequisite: recommend ECE 251 and HDFS 201 or ECE 131. Studies educational procedures used with young children with special needs and their families. Validated teaching procedures will be introduced including identi cation and referral, program planning, organizing the learning environment, promoting behav ior change and adapting curriculum domains. ECE 240: ADMINISTRATION OF PRESCHOOL 3 credits. Prerequisite: ECE 131. Studies principles and practices in supervision and management of preschool and child care centers, including program planning, orga nization, budgeting, personnel records, relationships with community resources, regulatory agencies and working with parents. ECE 250: INTRODUCTION TO EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION 3 credits. Prerequisite: none. Introduces students to early childhood education. This course cludes the history of child care, regulations, types of programs, legal issues, professional opportunities and current trends and issues. Emphasis is placed on the role of the preschool teacher in enhancing the social, emotional, physical and intellectual growth of preschoolaged children. ECE 251: CURRICULUM IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION 3 credits. Prerequisite: ECE 131. Considers methods of planning and teaching curriculum for children 3-5 years old. Included will be curriculum development, childrenfs play, lesson planning, and daily scheduling. Emphasis will be on riculum development for children 3-5 years old in areas such science, literature, music, language arts, block, dramatic play, etc ECE 295: SUPERVISED WORK EXPERIENCE I 1-6 credits. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Allows supervised work experience with preschool age children lizing principles in a practice situation. ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT CODE: ECON ECON 100: INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMICS 3 credits. Prerequisite: none. Introduces overview to supply and demand, the four types of pro duct markets (perfect competition, monopolistic competition, oligopoly and monopoly), operations of markets, consumer and enterprise havior, and price determination. Also covers the measurement of levels of national income, employment and general prices, and causes for uctuation for these levels. ECON 102: PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS 3 credits. Prerequisite: none. Covers supply and demand, the four types of markets (perfect competition, monopolistic competition, oligopoly and monopoly), operations of markets, consumer and enterprise behavior, and determination. ECON 103: PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS 3 credits. Prerequisite: none. Introduces the study of the determination of levels of national income, employment and prices, and basic causes for uctuation these levels. ECON 261: PRINCIPLES OF STATISTICS I 3 credits. Prerequisite: MATH 126 or equivalent. Offers probability and major probability distributions, sampling theory, descriptive statistics, measure of central tendency and dispersion, index gures, and time series. ECON 262: PRINCIPLES OF STATISTICS II 3 credits. Prerequisite: ECON 261. Offers statistical inference; estimation hypothesis testing, simple linear regression and correlation, and analysis of variance. 105 Early Childhood Education Economics

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