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Bachelor of Arts in Psychology - Early Childhood Education Concentration

Leading to Massachusetts Department of Education Teacher Licensure - Admission into the Education Licensure Programs: Early Childhood (PK-2) and Elementary (1-6)

Enrollment in pre-practicum courses (EDUC3306, EDUC3301, EDUC3100, EDUC3101) requires students to have achieved a passing grade in the Communication and Literacy Skills MTEL.

This sample curriculum sequence illustrates how a student might progress through the program Course sequence may vary as long as prerequisites are met.

Freshman Year

Fall Semester		Credit Hours		Spring Semester			Credit Hours
PSYC1002	Developmental Child Psychology		3		PSYC1001	Intro to Psychology		3
ACAD1001	First Year Experience		2		EDUC1004	Experiences in ECE Curriculum		4
EDUC1003	Principles of Education		4		MATH1200	College Algebra		3
ENGL1001	English Composition I		3		ENGL1003	Writing About Literature		3
EDUC1201	Arts in Education		3		PHSC1001	Integrated Physical Science		4
HIST1308	US History I		3
			18					17

Sophomore Year

Fall Semester		Credit Hours		Spring Semester			Credit Hours
EDUC2203	Special Needs in the Classroom		3		ENGL2101	Advanced Composition		3
EDUC1001	Behavior and the Young Child		3		PSYC2806	Educational Psychology		3
MATH1300	Contemporary Topics in Math		3		ENGL1006	Children’s Literature		3
INFO1001	Technology and Society		3		EDUC2500	Practicum in Early Childhood Education		6
BIOL1101	Issues in Biology		4		GOVT1108	American Government		3

			16					18

Junior Year

Fall Semester		Credit Hours	Spring Semester		Credit Hours
EDUC3306	Math: Curriculum and Instruction in ECE with Prepracticum	4	EDUC3100	Reading, Writing & Language in ECE	4
MATH2200	Statistics	3	PSYC3100	Cognitive Psychology	3
EDUC3000	Foundations of American Education	3	PSYC3305 PSYC2300	Group Counseling or Adolescent Psychology	3
EDUC3101	Foundations of Literacy	3	PSYC4001	Research Methods	3
PSYC3004	Writing for Psychology	3		Humanities Elective	3

		16			16

Senior Year

Fall Semester		Credit Hours	Spring Semester		Credit Hours
EDUC3301	Science/Social Studies: Curriculum and Instruction in ECE with PrePracticum	4	EDUC4001	Advanced Practicum in ECE	9
PSYC3200	Psychology of Family	3	EDUC4002	ECE Seminar	3
PSYC3402	Child Psychopathology	3
	Elective (Non-Western Culture)	3
		13			12
				Total Credits:	126

Note: Depending on the student’s career objectives, additional courses may be suggested. These include EDUC2004, ECE Management & Administration and/or EDUC2901, Infant/Toddler Internship.