JCC - Liberal Arts & Sciences: Early Childhood Education

Liberal Arts & Sciences: Early Childhood Education

Associate in Science

This program is designed to prepare students for transfer to classroom teacher preparation programs in the areas of early childhood education (birth through grade 2) at four-year institutions with New York state teacher certification authority. Students who plan carefully can normally be expected to transfer to a four-year institution as juniors. The transfer institutions may have differing requirements. Students should plan their programs with a transfer counselor and an academic advisor as soon as possible and preferably before beginning their first semester at JCC.

Minimum program hours: 60 credit hours

Program Codes

Degree option:

Associate in Science

Curriculum code:

1803

Hegis code:

5649

General requirements

General requirements hours:

33 credit hours

Humanities	6
ENG 1530: English Composition II	3
ENG 1540: Writing about Literature	3
Social Sciences	3
PSY 1510: General Psychology I	3
SUNY General Education Requirements**	24-28
Mathematics	3-4
Natural Sciences (lab science recommended)	3-4
Other World Civilizations	3
The Arts	3
American History	3
Western Civilizations	3
Foreign Language	6-8
Liberal Arts Concentration Area	12-18 credit hours
All New York state registered teacher education programs require the completion of a liberal arts concentration. Students should determine concentration areas prior to transferring to begin fulfilling concentration requirements. These courses should be selected with a transfer counselor or academic advisor and reflect the transfer institution's requirements and the student's area of academic concentration.

Core requirements

Core requirements hours:

6 credit hours

EDU 1510: Foundations of Education	3
PSY 2520: Child Development	3
Career Electives***	3-12 credit hours
Early Childhood Education
EDU 2150: Infant/Toddler Development and Education	3
EDU 2210: Field Placement I	3
EDU 2440: Children's Literature	3
EDU 2450: Introduction to Exceptional Children	3
EDU 2460: Exceptional Children Field Experience	1

Electives

Electives:

none

Important points

* Students planning to transfer should work closely with a transfer counselor and an academic advisor. The degree requirements may be modified depending on the requirements of the specific transfer institution. Many transfer institutions also have specific overall GPA requirements.
** Students planning to transfer to a four-year SUNY institution to complete their teacher education baccalaureate degree must complete the entire SUNY General Education Requirements (SUNY-GER) plus an additional three credits of foreign language. Students must work closely with an academic advisor when choosing the courses to fulfill SUNY General Education Requirements.
*** EDU 1510, EDU 2150, EDU 2210, and EDU 2460 all include a field component. The number of field hours varies by course. It is possible to achieve a total of 185 field hours through JCC coursework.

Program Student Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the program, students will be able to:

1. Compose a basic personal philosophy of education using established criteria based on their combined experiences integrating course instruction, reading, reflective writing, discussion, and field placements.

2. Demonstrate and practice basic applications of tenets of effective teaching through presentation projects, reading, reflective writing, discussion, and field placements. This includes, but is not limited to, principles of lesson planning, classroom management, and reflective teaching.

3. Understand how young children learn and develop, and will demonstrate this by designing and implementing appropriate and meaningful learning opportunities that promote comprehensive and developmental learning outcomes for all young children.