Early Childhood Education (BSE)

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Total required hours: 126 are required for an Otterbein degree, but this program may require as many as 135 hrs to fulfill all of the course requirements.

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I. General Education Requirements

First Year or Transition Year Seminar (4 hrs)
Integrative Studies (28 hrs)
Mathematics (4 hrs)
Note: This major requires
MATH 1210 - Nature of Mathematics
or MATH 1500 - Introduction to Mathematical Thought if placement allows
Health and Physical Education Lifestyles (1 hr)
Senior Year Experience (fulfilled within the major)
Writing Intensive Requirement (click the General Education Requirements link below for details)

See
General Education Requirements
for specifics.

II. Major Requirements (74 to 82 hrs)

Note: A minimum grade of C must be achieved in all EDUC courses. If a grade lower than C is earned in any EDUC course, the course must be repeated in order to count toward the major. Should that course be a prerequisite for subsequent coursework, you must earn a grade of C or better in the prerequisite course before continuing with the subsequent coursework.

A. Core Courses (all courses required)

EDUC 1200 - Teaching Elementary Children in and Through the Arts 4 hrs
EDUC 1600 - Study of the School - Writing Intensive 4 hrs
EDUC 1700 - Phonics and Language Study: Early Childhood 4 hrs
EDUC 2200 - Educational Psychology: Early Childhood 4 hrs
EDUC 2300 - Educational Technology: Early Childhood 2 hrs
EDUC 2400 - Social Studies in the Primary and Intermediate Classroom 4 hrs
EDUC 2500 - Science in the Primary and Intermediate Classroom 4 hrs
EDUC 2510 - Exceptional Children: Early Childhood 4 hrs
EDUC 2600 - Emergent Literacy in Inclusive Environments - Writing Intensive 4 hrs
EDUC 3200 - Integrated Methods: Early Childhood 4 hrs
EDUC 3550 - Classroom Management 2 hrs
EDUC 3600 - Multicultural Education 2 hrs
EDUC 3640 - Elementary Literacy Assessment and Instruction 4 hrs
EDUC 4000 - Individual Field Experience 0-4 hrs
EDUC 4710 - Student Teaching: Early Childhood 14 hrs
EDUC 4720 - SYE Seminar: Early Childhood 2 hrs

B. Support Courses (all courses required)

C. Concentration (select one)

Intervention Specialist License Concentration (all courses required)

EDUC 2510 - Exceptional Children: Early Childhood 4 hrs
EDUC 2600 - Emergent Literacy in Inclusive Environments - Writing Intensive (see Core Courses)
EDUC 3550 - Classroom Management (see Core Courses)
EDUC 3640 - Elementary Literacy Assessment and Instruction (see Core Courses)
EDUC 4550 - Practicum: Early Childhood Special Education 4 hrs
PSYC 2310 - Child and Adolescent Development (see Support Courses)
PSYC 4210 - Developmental Psychopathology 4 hrs
SOCL 3020 - Sociology of Family Diversity 4 hrs

Generalist License Concentration (all courses required)

EDUC 2400 - Social Studies in the Primary and Intermediate Classroom (see Core Courses)
EDUC 2500 - Science in the Primary and Intermediate Classroom (see Core Courses)
EDUC 3210 - Advanced Pedagogical Content Knowledge: Intermediate Science 2 hrs
EDUC 3220 - Advanced Pedagogical Content Knowledge: Intermediate Mathematics 2 hrs
EDUC 3230 - Advanced Pedagogical Content Knowledge: Intermediate Social Studies 2 hrs
EDUC 3240 - Advanced Pedagogical Content Knowledge: Intermediate Language Arts 2 hrs
EDUC 3250 - Development, Learning and Instruction for Intermediate Students 4 hrs
EDUC 3640 - Elementary Literacy Assessment and Instruction (see Core Courses)
MATH 2100 - Math for Early Childhood Education (see Core Courses)

Specialized Content Strand Concentration

Include a minimum of 16 semester hours of a content area beyond the basic/elementray level and could be (but not required) based on a defined University major.
Be defined in collaboration between the candidates and the academic advisor.
Be submitted with the application for admission to Teacher Education.
Be approved by the Education Department Chair.
Approved requests must be submitted by the candidate to the Office of the Registrar within two semesters of graduation.

III. Residency Requirements

In order to graduate from any university a student should take a significant proportion of the hours for his or her program of study from that university, take a significant proportion of hours in the major from that university, and take a significant proportion of the “signature elements” of that university’s general education requirements.

At Otterbein, at least 48 semester hours of coursework must be taken in Otterbein classes. MATH 0900 cannot be used to help fulfill this requirement. Of these hours:

at least 12 semester hours must be taken in each of a student’s majors at the 3000 level or above,
at least 4 semester hours (any level) must be taken in each minor, and
the INST dyad must be taken at Otterbein.

In addition:

Any undergraduate student applying for Ohio licensure through an Otterbein program must take either EDUC 1600 or EDUC 2000 or 2200. Transfer credit will only be accepted for one of these courses.
Any undergraduate student applying for Ohio licensure through an Otterbein program must take one of the following at Otterbein: EDUC 3200, EDUC 3420, EDUC 3700, HLED 4000, PHED 4000, MUSC 3033, MUSC 3034.
Any undergraduate student applying for Ohio licensure through an Otterbein program must take one of the following combinations at Otterbein (Student Teaching and Student Teaching Seminar): (EDUC 4100 and 4130), (EDUC 4710 and 4720), or (EDUC 4810 and 4820), or (EDUC 4900 and one of 4130, 4720, or 4820).

IV. Required Total Hours for the Degree (126 hrs)

If the coursework taken to fulfill the General Education Requirements and the requirements in your major do not equal 126 hours, select a sufficient number of electives to achieve that total. In most cases, taking elective work to reach 126 hours will not be necessary since all courses required for this degree program may total 135 hours. If any coursework is waived or is transferred for less credit than its Otterbein equivalent, electives may be necessary in order to reach 126 hours.

V. Minimum GPA Overall and in the Major

A GPA of 2.0 overall as well as in the major must be achieved. To be licensed to teach, a GPA of 2.5 overall in the Education Major and in licensure Content Areas must be achieved.

VI. Application for Degree

A prospective graduate must complete an Application for Degree at the Registrar’s Office two terms prior to the term in which the degree is to be completed.

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