Early Childhood Education and Exceptional Needs, BS

Degree Requirements

120 Credits Required

Departmental/Program Major Course Requirements (73 credits)

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

• Content Courses Maintain a minimum Content GPA of 2.80/4.00

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

• Professional Education Courses Maintain a Professional Education GPA of 3.00/4.00 with no grade lower than a “C-” and no incompletes for any single professional education course.

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• EDCI 27000 - Introduction To Educational Technology And Computing (satisfies Information Literacy for core)
• EDCI 32500 - Literacy In The Primary Classroom
• EDPS 32700 - Classroom Assessment
• EDPS 45901 - Assistive Technology
• EDPS 57300 - Medical And Physical Management Of Individuals With Multiple Disabilities
• HDFS 31000 - Guidance In Early Childhood
• HDFS 40500 - Language, Literacy, And Social Studies In Preschool And Primary Grades
• HDFS 40600 - Mathematics In Preschool And Primary Grades
• HDFS 40800 - Curriculum Applications Of Atypical Development
• 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

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• HDFS 26000 - Young Children With Exceptional Needs or
• EDPS 26500 - The Inclusive Classroom

Other Departmental/Program Course Requirements (42-46 credits)

• AD 20100 - Art For Elementary School Teachers
• HIST 10400 - Introduction To The Modern World (satisfies Humanities for core)

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

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• CHM 20000 - Fundamentals Of Chemistry (satisfies one Science for core) or
• EAPS 10200 - Earth Science For Elementary Teachers (satisfies one Science for core) or
• PHYS 21500 - Physics For Elementary Education (satisfies one Science 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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• HIST 15100 - American History To 1877 or
• HIST 15200 - United States Since 1877

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• MUS 25000 - Music Appreciation or
• MUS 36100 - Music Theory I

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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

• (If STAT 11300 selected, satisfies Science, Technology & Society for core)

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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 - MA 15555 or any course from the University list EXCEPT MA 13800 or PHIL 15000 (satisfies Quantitative Reasoning for core) - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Oral Communication Core - select from University list - 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)
• Written Communication Core - select from University list - Credit Hours: 3.00 - 4.00

Electives (1-5 credits)

University Core Requirements

• Human Cultures Humanities
• Human Cultures Behavioral/Social Science
• Information Literacy
• Science #1
• Science #2
• Science, Technology, and Society
• Written Communication
• Oral Communication
• Quantitative Reasoning

For a complete listing of course selectives, visit the Provost’s Website.

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.

Professional Education Semesters are sequential and must be completed in order.

Teacher Education Requirements:
Overall GPA 2.8
Content Education Coursework: 2.8
Professional Education Coursework: 3.0 (no grade lower than a C)

At least 32 credits of Purdue coursework required at 300 level or higher to meet graduation requirements.

Minimum 2.80 grade point average required to qualify for admission to teacher education and student teaching.

Students must meet criteria for admission to the Teacher Education program.

Foreign Language Courses

Foreign Language proficiency requirements vary by program. 

For acceptable languages and proficiency levels, see your advisor: American Sign Language, Arabic, Chinese, French, German, (ancient) Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish

Critical Course

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