Early Childhood Education BSEd, Special Education Emphasis

Undergraduate educator preparation is both engaging and innovative.  Our high quality undergraduate educator preparation programs are designed around research-based scholarship and practical community-based contexts.  To prepare our undergraduate students as the highest quality educators for our region, we contribute to and harness the resources of our deep community partnerships.  The community-based experiences broaden candidates’ understanding of their own identity as educators as well as enhancing their ability to build relationships, extend their skills, and understand family/community dynamics and interactions.

The Bachelor of Science in Education (B.S.Ed.) in Early Childhood Education prepares those who desire to teach birth through grade 3. Students electing this program will work directly with young children as a part of the professional courses offered. The curriculum provides learning background, applied knowledge, and best practice interventions for children of diverse populations who demonstrate varied abilities and levels of developmental growth.

Early Childhood Education with an add-on Early Childhood Special Education can be achieved with courses satisfactorily completed in this program of study. The core courses are combined with the emphasis area in Early Childhood Special Education. Please see the degree requirements listed below.