Danville Area Community College
2008-2009
A criminal background check is required for all courses for which students must complete observation hours. Students must complete the criminal background check only once, as long as students are continuously enrolled. Students completing their practicums must meet DCFS requirements.
Upon completion of all the requirements of the program a student
must show proof of current CPR/First Aid certification. Those
students earning college hours through CDA credentialing must show
proof that this is current in order to be awarded a degree.
| Required Courses | Hours | F,S,I,SU | Grade |
| First Semester | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| EDUC 103 Introduction Early Childhood Education |
3
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| *PSYC 100 Introduction to Psychology | 3 |
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| EDUC 206 Cultural Effects on Child Development |
3
|
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| HLTH 103 First Aid and CPR/Young Children |
2
|
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| ENGL 121 Communication Skills or *ENGL 101 Rhetoric I |
3
|
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| BOFF 228 Intro to Word (pre: BOFF 114 or successful score on Liberal Arts typing test and BOFF 130) |
2
|
||
| INST 101 Success in College |
1 |
||
| Total |
17
|
||
| Second Semester | |||
| *PSYC 101 Child Development |
3
|
||
| EDUC 104 Creative Learning Experiences |
4
|
||
| *Humanities Elective |
3
|
||
| *Science or Math Elective |
3
|
||
| *SPCH 101 Oral Communication |
3
|
||
| Total |
16
|
||
| Third Semester | |||
| EDUC 270 Education/Exceptional Child |
3
|
||
| EDUC 101 Nature of the Teaching Profession | 3 |
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| EDUC 260 Health/Nutrition Young Children |
2
|
||
| SOCY 100 Introduction to
Sociology |
3 |
||
| EDUC 160 Guiding Children |
2
|
||
| **Education Elective |
3 |
||
| Total |
16
|
||
| Fourth Semester | |||
| PEMW 150 Elementary Games |
2
|
||
| EDUC 208 Language Development (pre: PSYC 101) |
3
|
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| **Education Elective |
3
|
||
| EDUC 225 Internship in Education (pre: consent of instructor) |
4
|
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| EDUC 226 Internship in Seminar (pre: concurrent enrollment in EDUC 225) |
1
|
||
| Total |
13
|
||
|
|
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| EDUC 162 Curriculum Planning - Creative |
1 |
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| EDUC 163 Curriculum Planning -
Congnitive |
1 |
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| EDUC 211 Educational Psychology |
3 |
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| EDUC 250 Math and Science for
Young Children |
3 |
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| SOCY 200 Marriage and the Family |
3
|
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| EDUC 102 Intro to Bilingual Education |
3
|
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| EDUC 159 Issues in Exceptionalities |
3
|
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| EDUC 207 Children's Literature |
3
|
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*General Education
Human Relations requirements.