Dec 05, 2025

2025-2026 Undergraduate Bulletin

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2025-2026 Undergraduate Bulletin

Early Childhood Education, B.S. Sequence

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Suggested Four-Year Program Plan

Total Program Credits: 120

First Year (32 credits)

Fall Semester (17 credits)

ECE-100 Introduction to Early Childhood Programs (2 cr.)
HDFS-124 Human Development: Early Childhood (3 cr.)
COMST-100 Fundamentals of Communication (3 cr.)
ENGL-101 Composition 1 (3 cr.) or
ENGL-101HON Honors Composition 1 (3 cr.)
PSYC-110 Introduction to Psychology (3 cr.)
Stout Core - Arts & Humanities (3 cr.)

Spring Semester (15 credits)

ECE-120 Language Arts and Emergent Reading: Birth-Kindergarten (3 cr.)
ECE-205 Preschool/Kindergarten Education (2 cr.)
ECE-205L Preschool/Kindergarten Education Lab (1 cr.)
ECE-264 Child Guidance in PreSchool - Kindergarten (2 cr.)
ENGL-102 Composition 2 (3 cr.) or
ENGL-102HON Honors Composition 2 (3 cr.)
MATH-118 Concepts of Mathematics (4 cr.)

Second Year (30 credits)

Fall Semester (14 credits)

ECE-105 Infant/Toddler Education (2 cr.)
ECE-105L Infant/Toddler Education Lab (1 cr.)
SPED-430 Inclusion of Students with Exceptional Needs (3 cr.)
EDUC-326 Foundations of Education (2 cr.)
ECE-200 Expressive Curriculum for the Young Child (3 cr.)
Stout Core - Social & Behavioral Sciences (3 cr.)

Spring Semester (16 credits)

BIO-111 Science, the Environment and Sustainability (4 cr.)
EDUC-330 Multiculturalism: Dialogue and Field Experience (3 cr.)
EDUC-210 Impacts of Technology on Learning (3 cr.)
SPED-310 Early Childhood Special Ed Services, Curriculum & Methods (3 cr.)
Stout Core Selective (3 cr.)

Third Year (28 credits)

Fall Semester (15 credits)

EDUC-303 Educational Psychology (3 cr.)
SPED-320 Early Childhood Special Education Assessment (3 cr.)
RDGED-416 Instruction and Assessment in Phonics and Word Study K-3 (3 cr.)
Stout Core - Arts & Humanities (3 cr.)
Stout Core - Analytical Reasoning & Natural Sciences (2 cr.)
Stout Core Selective (1 cr.)

Spring Semester (13 credits)

Fourth Year (30 credits)

Fall Semester (14 credits)

Spring Semester (16 credits)

ECE-493 Student Teaching: Kindergarten (4-8 cr.)
ECE-494 Student Teaching: Primary (4-8 cr.)
SPED-482 Student Teaching Early Childhood-Special Education (4-8 cr.) (MN Licensure Only)

Note:

All courses require a C or above.