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Community-Based Early Childhood, BA

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.   

Program Requirements

  1. Students must complete 120 credit hours for the BA EDHD - Community-Based Early Childhood Education program.
  2. Unless otherwise specified, a minimum GPA of 2.0, a grade of C or better, is required for all courses applying to BA EDHD - Community-Based Early Childhood Education requirements.
  3. Transfer courses must be approved by faculty and/or advisor to apply to the major.
Major Courses
EDHD 1930Community Based Field Experience & Seminar3
ECED 2000Early Childhood Education as a Profession3
ECED 4030Nutrition, Health, and Safety3
ECED 4040Administrative Seminar3
ECED 4060Working with Families, Professionals, and Communities3
ECED 4102Developmentally Appropriate Curriculum Methods and Techniques3
ECED 4202Child Guidance and Classroom Community3
ECED 4300Exceptional Learners in the Early Childhood Classroom 13
or SPED 4030 Understanding (dis)Ability in Contemporary Classrooms
ECED 4650Dual Language Learners Learning and Development3
ECED 4010Inquiry and the Disciplines3
or ECED 4340 Messing About with STEM
or ECED 4800 Workshop: Topics in Early Childhood Education
ECED 4070Development and Education of Infant and Toddlers3
ECED 4200Assessment for Early Childhood Classrooms3
HDFR 2110Child Ecology3
or HDFR 1010 Life Span Development in Ecological Settings
or HDFR 3050 Children's Thinking and Assessment
CLDE 2000CLDE Foundations 13
EDHD 2930Learning & Development Field Experience & Seminar 13
LCRT 3815Once Upon a Time: Family Literacies in Culturally Diverse Communities3
or LCRT 2000 Rebels, Villains, & Superheroes: How Children's Literature Shapes Our Identities
ECED 2930Infant & Toddler Field Experience & Seminar 13
ECED 4933Internship III & Collaborative Learning Community 18
General Electives
Additional courses may be needed to reach the required 120 hours for the BA
Total Hours59
1

Courses require a grade of B- or better; all other courses require a grade of C or better.

Notes

An ECE Licensure program is also available for students interested in fulfilling the State of Colorado's ECE licensure requirements.
 
Students who select the 126 credit hour licensure program fulfill all requirements for a license to teach children Birth-Age 8 in Colorado's school districts and community-based early childhood centers. This track prepares students to become teachers of children up through third grade. Field-based experiences take place in the School of Education's Professional Development network of partner schools. Please see Early Childhood Education BA - Licensure Track for more information.

To review the Degree Map for this program, please visit our website