Licensure Program: Early Childhood Education

The Department of Education Studies offers a major in Education Studies, with a concentration in early childhood, leading to initial licensure from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (Early Childhood: Teacher of Students with and without Disabilities, PreK-2).

Required Education Courses: Early Childhood

Professional Strand

• ED 104 Early Care & Education
• ED 202 Reading: Theory & Instruction
• ED 210 Children in the Preschool & Kindergarten
• ED 213 Inclusive Learning in Early Education
• ED 220 Children’s Literature
• ED 301 Assessment & Analysis in Education (fulfills Gen. Ed. Statistical Reasoning)
• ED 306 Speech & Language Development
• ED 312 Art, Music, & Movement for Young Children

Liberal Arts/Sciences Strand

• PC 201 Developmental Psychology I

Practicum Strand

• ED 314 Curriculum/Methods
• ED 415 Practicum: Early Childhood Education

Liberal Arts/Science Major

In addition to education coursework, early childhood majors must complete a liberal arts/science major from the following list: American Studies, Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Economics, English, Environmental Studies, Fine Arts, Foreign Language (combined, French, or Spanish), Gender Studies, History, International Studies, Mathematics, Multidisciplinary Studies, Neuroscience, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Religious Studies, and Sociology.