Catalog 2011 - 2012 Public Service / Social Science Karyn Boutin, Division Dean
COURSE TITLE
COURSE
CREDITS
First Year Semester 1
Child Care Education and Administration / Transfer
English Composition I* Development in Early Childhood Introduction to Early Childhood Education Speech Communication or Oral Interpretation General Psychology Behavior Management in Child Care
Option The Child Care Education and Administration Transfer Option is designed to meet the requirements of the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education Transfer Compact. The intent of the compact is to facilitate transfer from community colleges in Massachusetts to early childhood preparation programs at public four-year institutions in Massachusetts. Graduates of the transfer option will meet EEC requirements for teachers.
ENGL101 CCED102
3 3
CCED105 SPCH105 SPCH107 PSYC101 CCED101
3 3 3 3
First Year Semester 2
English Composition II* Early Childhood Curriculum: Multicultural Perspectives Principles of Sociology Practicum I: Child Care Seminar I: Child Care
ENGL102
3
CCED111 SOCI104 CCED401 CCED407
3 3 3 2
Second Year Semester 1
Introductory Biology & Lab BIOL140, 142 or Biological Principles BIOL121 4 U.S. History I HIST103 3 Social Science Requirement** 3 Humanities Requirement*** 3 Liberal Arts Elective 3 Math for Elementary Teachers I MATH127 3 Second Year Semester 2
Physics Elective**** 4 U.S. History II HIST104 3 Children’s Literature ENGL121 3 Liberal Arts Elective Liberal Arts Elective Math for Elementary Teachers II MATH128 3 Humanities or Social Science Requirement***** 3 * ENGL101 - A student, based on testing scores, may place out of English Composition I (ENGL101) and substitute any college-level writing course in its place. This is also the case if a student placed into an equivalent to ENGL102 at another school and was not required to take the ENGL101 equivalent. Currently there are only three options for replacement: ENGL107 Technical Writing; ENGL119 Creative Writing; JOUR120 Newspaper Journalism. ** History of Western Civilization I (HIST101), History of Western Civilization II (HIST102), Principles of Economics I (ECON211), Child Psychology (PSYC202), Family and Community (SOCI108), or Abnormal Psychology (PSYC201). ***
Any Literature course or Modern Language course.
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Survey (CHEM131), Geology I (ESCI121), Meteorology (ESCI123), Physical Ocean Environment (ESCI124), or Survey of Physics (PHYS131 ).
***** Any Humanities course or one of the following courses: History of Western Civilization I (HIST101), History of Western Civilization II (HIST102), Principles of Economics I (ECON201), Child Psychology (PSYC202), Family and Community (SOCI108), or Abnormal Psychology (PSYC201).
This program awards the A.S. Degree upon completion of 21 courses and 61 credits. Keyboarding competency is a requirement for graduation (see p. 40).
PROGRAM CURRICULUM 169