{"id":6556,"date":"2020-08-17T14:47:26","date_gmt":"2020-08-17T18:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/?page_id=6556"},"modified":"2025-09-19T07:34:33","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T11:34:33","slug":"curriculum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/academics\/early-childhood-education-b-s\/curriculum\/","title":{"rendered":"Curriculum"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Early Childhood Education (B.S.)<\/h1>\n<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-menu-wrapper\"><nav id=\"\" class=\"cl-menu  \" data-name=\"ece-b-s\" data-show-title=\"0\"><ul id=\"menu-ece-b-s\" class=\"cl-menu-list cl-menu-list-no-js\"><li id=\"menu-item-6580\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-6580\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/academics\/early-childhood-education-b-s\/\">Overview<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-6577\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-6577\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/academics\/early-childhood-education-b-s\/curriculum\/\">Curriculum<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-6988\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-6988\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/academics\/early-childhood-education-b-s\/ece-b-s-resources\/\">Resources<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-6574\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-6574\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/academics\/early-childhood-education-b-s\/advisors\/\">Advisors<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-8393\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-8393\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/student-resources\/teacher-certification-and-testing\/licensure-testing\/\">Licensure\/Certification<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/nav><\/section>\n<h2>Curriculum<\/h2>\n<div class=\"button-list\"><a class=\"cl-button   prominent\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/advising\/early-childhood-education-b-s\/\" title=\"\">Curriculum Sheets\/Advising<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"cl-button   prominent\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/academics\/course-descriptions\/\" title=\"\">Course Descriptions<\/a><\/div>\n<p>Required courses include the following:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Early Childhood Education Core Courses<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>EDC 326: Early Childhood Education I: Introduction to Curriculum<\/li>\n<li>EDC 336: Early Childhood Education II: Math and Science<\/li>\n<li>EDC 402: The Education of Special Needs Students<\/li>\n<li>EDC 421: Early Language and Literacy Development (Birth-5)<\/li>\n<li>EDC 424: Teaching Literacy in the Primary Grades<\/li>\n<li>EDC 426: Curriculum III: Integrated Language Arts\/Social Studies<\/li>\n<li>EDC 350: Pre-K-3 School Practicum<\/li>\n<li>EDC 461: Assessment in Early Childhood Education<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Professional Contents<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>EDC 102: Introduction to American Education<\/li>\n<li>EDC 250: Supervised Preprofessional Field Experience<\/li>\n<li>EDC 312: The Psychology of Learning<\/li>\n<li>HDF 200: Life Span Development I<\/li>\n<li>HDF 308: Introduction to Work with Children<\/li>\n<li>HDF 208: Health and Wellness of the Young Child<\/li>\n<li>EDC 328: Home, School, and Community Partnership<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Content Electives (Take 2)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>EDC 216: Creative Expression in Early Childhood<\/li>\n<li>EDC 323: Infant &amp; Toddler Education and Programs<\/li>\n<li>EDC 436: Embracing the Digital Era in ECE<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Practical teaching residency: EDC 484 and 485<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To be eligible for the practical teaching residency, students must maintain a grade point average of 2.50 overall; 2.50 in the major; and attain a grade of at least C in HDF 308 and EDC 102, 250, 328, 326, 336, 402, 421, 424, 426\/350, 461, 484, and 485.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Early Childhood Education (B.S.) Curriculum Required courses include the following: Early Childhood Education Core Courses EDC 326: Early Childhood Education I: Introduction to Curriculum EDC 336: Early Childhood Education II: Math and Science EDC 402: The Education of Special Needs Students EDC 421: Early Language and Literacy Development (Birth-5) EDC 424: Teaching Literacy in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"parent":6547,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-6556","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6556"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6556\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16617,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6556\/revisions\/16617"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}