2019-2020 Academic Catalog

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2019-2020 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED]

Child Development, AAS

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FIRST YEAR

First Semester

TECA 1311 - Educating Young Children 3 credit hours. ^{1 and 5}
TECA 1354 - Child Growth and Development 3 credit hours. ^{1 and 5}
CDEC 1358 - Creative Arts for Early Childhood 3 credit hours.
CDEC 1321 - The Infant and Toddler 3 credit hours. ¹
ENGL 1301 - Composition I 3 credit hours. ³

Total Hours: 15

Second Semester

CDEC 1313 - Curriculum Resources for Early Childhood Programs 3 credit hours. ¹
CDEC 1319 - Child Guidance 3 credit hours. ¹
CDEC 2307 - Math and Science for Early Childhood 3 credit hours.
MATH 1332 - Contemporary Mathematics/Quantitative Reasoning 3 credit hours.
Choose only one from the following cores: ^{2 & 3 & 6}

Language, Philosophy and Culture core 3 credit hours or
Creative Arts core 3 credit hours

Total Hours: 15

SECOND YEAR

Third Semester

TECA 1303 - Families, School, and Community 3 credit hours. ⁵
CDEC 1356 - Emergent Literacy for Early Childhood 3 credit hours.
CDEC 1359 - Children with Special Needs 3 credit hours.
CDEC 2326 - Administration of Programs for Children I 3 credit hours. ⁴
Choose from Communication core 3 credit hours. ^{2 & 3}

Total Hours: 15

Fourth Semester

TECA 1318 - Wellness of the Young Child 3 credit hours. ⁵
CDEC 2384 - Cooperative Education-Child Development 3 credit hours.
CDEC 2315 - Diverse Cultural/Multilingual Education 3 credit hours.
CDEC 2341 - The School Age Child 3 credit hours. ⁴
Choose from the Social/Behavioral Science core 3 credit hours. ^{2 & 3}

Total Hours: 15

Grand Total Hours: 60

Note(s):

¹ Must successfully complete course in order to progress in the AAS Child Development degree.

² Meet with an academic advisor or department chair for university specific transfer course.

³ If you cannot take 15 or more hours in the semester, we recommend you take this class in the summer.

⁴ Come speak with an advisor about your Temple College graduation and your university transfer plans.

⁵ Equivalent CDEC course may be substituted.

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