Early Childhood Education and Exceptional Needs, BS

Degree Requirements

120 Credits Required

Departmental/Program Major Course Requirements (72 credits)

Content Courses (15 credits)

Maintain a minimum Content GPA of 2.80/4.00

• HDFS 20100 - Introduction To Family Processes
• HDFS 21000 - Introduction To Human Development (satisfies Human Cultures: Behavioral & Social Sciences for core)
• HDFS 28000 - Diversity In Individual And Family Life
• HDFS 31100 - Child Development
• HDFS 34600 - Research Design And Program Evaluation

Professional Education Requirements (57 credits)

All Professional Education courses are calculated into the Professional Education GPA (“B” average with no grade lower than a “C”).

• AD 20100 - Art For Elementary School Teachers ♦
• EDCI 27000 - Introduction To Educational Technology And Computing ♦ (Credit Hours: 1.00) (satisfies Information Literacy for core)
• EDCI 32500 - Literacy In The Early Childhood Classroom
• EDPS 32700 - Classroom Assessment ♦ (Credit Hours: 1.00)
• EDPS 36201 - Positive Behavioral Supports (Credit Hours: 2.00)

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• HDFS 26000 - Young Children With Exceptional Needs or

• EDPS/EDCI 20001 Special Populations Seminar: Focus on Student With Disabilities and Differentiation Approaches AND Credit Hours: 1.00

• EDPS 26501 - The Inclusive Classroom

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• HDFS 31000 - Guidance In Early Childhood
• HDFS 31801 - Developmental Assessment
• HDFS 40500 - Language, Literacy, And Social Studies In Preschool And Primary Grades
• HDFS 40600 - Mathematics In Preschool And Primary Grades
• HDFS 40800 - Early Intervention / Early Childhood Special Education: Issues And Professional Practices
• HDFS 40900 - Science In Preschool And Primary Grades
• HDFS 41200 - Music And Movement In Preschool And Primary Grades
• HDFS 41500 - Approaches To Early Childhood Education
• HDFS 42000 - Developmental Foundations Of Infant And Toddler Curriculum
• HDFS 45000 - Supervised Teaching In Inclusive Programs For Young Children (satisfies Oral Communication for core)

Other Departmental/Program Course Requirements (37-41 credits)

• BIOL 20500 - Biology For Elementary School Teachers (satisfies Science for core) or
• BIOL 20600 - Biology For Elementary School Teachers (satisfies Science for core)

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• EAPS 31201 - Earth Systems Science For Elementary Teachers (satisfies Science for core) or
• PHYS 23000 - Physical Science For Elementary Education (satisfies Science for core)

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• ENGL 10600 - First-Year Composition (satisfies Written Communication and Information Literacy for core) ♦ or
• ENGL 10800 - Accelerated First-Year Composition ♦ (satisfies Written Communication and Information Literacy for core)

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• ENGL 23000 - Great Narrative Works or
• ENGL 23800 - Introduction To Fiction or
• LC 23900 - Women Writers In Translation or
• SPAN 23500 - Spanish American Literature In Translation

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• HDFS 10000 - Orientation To Current Issues In Human Development And Family Studies

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• HIST 10400 - Introduction To The Modern World (satisfies Human Cultures: Humanities for core)

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• HIST 15100 - American History To 1877 or
• HIST 15200 - United States Since 1877

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• MUS 25000 - Music Appreciation

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• STAT 11300 - Statistics And Society ♦ or
• STAT 30100 - Elementary Statistical Methods ♦ or
• SOC 38200 - Introduction To Statistics In Sociology ♦ or
• PSY 20100 - Introduction To Statistics In Psychology ♦

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• Foreign Language 10100 - Credit Hours: 3.00 (total of 9 credit hours in one language are required.)
• Foreign Language 10200 - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Foreign Language 20100 - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Quantitative Reasoning - any course from the University list EXCEPT MA 13800 (satisfies Quantitative Reasoning for core) - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Science, Technology & Society Core - select from University list - Credit Hours: 1.00 - 3.00 (If STAT 11300 is selected for other requirement, this requirement is satisfied)

Electives (7-11 credits)

University Requirements

Program Requirements

Notes

• A student may elect the Pass / Not-Pass grading option for elective courses only, unless an academic unit requires that a specific departmental course/s be taken Pass / Not-Pass.  Students may elect to take University Core Curriculum courses Pass / Not-Pass; however, some major Plans of Study require courses that also fulfill UCC foundational outcomes.  In such cases, students may not elect the Pass / Not-Pass option.  A maximum of 24 credits of elective courses under the Pass / Not-pass grading option can be used toward graduation requirements. For further information, students should refer to the College of Health and Human Sciences Pass / Not-Pass Policy.
• 2.0 Graduation GPA is required for the Bachelor of Science degree.
• Professional Education Semesters are sequential and must be completed in order.
• At least 32 credits of Purdue coursework required at 300 level or higher to meet graduation requirements.
• 2.8 Overall GPA is required for the Teacher Education Program and Indiana Licensure.
• 2.80 Content GPA, as calculated by the Office of Teacher Education and Licensure, is required for the Teacher Education Program and Indiana Licensure.
• 3.0 Professional Education GPA is required for the Teacher Education Program and Indiana Licensure.
• Indiana Licensure Information.
• Consultation with an advisor may result in an altered plan customized for an individual student.

World Language Courses

World Language proficiency requirements vary by program. The following list is inclusive of all world languages PWL offers for credit; for acceptable languages and proficiency levels, see your advisor.

ASL-American Sign Language	ARAB-Arabic	CHNS-Chinese	FR-French
GER-German	GREK-Greek (Ancient)	HEBR-Hebrew (Biblical)	HEBR-Hebrew (modern)
ITAL-Italian	JPNS-Japanese	KOR-Korean	LATN-Latin
PTGS-Portuguese	RUSS-Russian	SPAN-Spanish

 

Critical Course

The ♦ course is considered critical.

In alignment with the Degree Map Guidance for Indiana’s Public Colleges and Universities, published by the Commission for Higher Education (pursuant to HEA 1348-2013), a Critical Course is identified as “one that a student must be able to pass to persist and succeed in a particular major.  Students who want to be nurses, for example, should know that they are expected to be proficient in courses like biology in order to be successful.  These would be identified by the institutions for each degree program”. 

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