Early Childhood Studies: Concentration in Pre-K to 3rd Grade
Bachelor of Arts
About this program
The Bachelor of Arts in Early Childhood Studies: Concentration in Pre-K to 3rd Grade provides you with the theoretical and applied knowledge necessary to understand children’s development and learning. This knowledge will enable you to develop and implement supportive practices in Pre-K-3rd grade classrooms that are evidence-based and meaningful. This major prepares students who are interested in applying to California PK-3 Early Childhood Education (ECE) Specialist Instruction credential programs.
Program Curriculum and Requirements
Program Learning Outcomes
- Promote and advocate for social justice and be culturally responsive across young children's ecological contexts.
- Understand the professional roles and responsibilities in inclusive early care and education settings.
- Apply developmental, learning, and cultural theories in the field of early childhood education to
- engage and support young children in learning by including young children’s prior experiences and interests, funds of knowledge, language and sociocultural backgrounds.
- create and maintain effective environments for young children’s learning.
- understand and organize subject matter for children’s learning.
- plan instruction and intervention and design learning experiences for all children.
- Develop effective literacy instruction for young children preschool through third grade that supports foundation skills, meaning making, language development, effective expression, and content knowledge.
- Understand assessment, evaluation, data collection, analysis and reporting in the context of preschool through third grade.