Academic Catalog

Early Education (EED)

EED115 / Digital Literacy for Teaching and Learning in Education
3 Credits / 3.0 Periods for Lecture

Overview of digital literacy for identifying the skills needed to become informed users of technology to communicate, instruct, create and think critically with digital tools. Explores how emerging technologies are used to teach and learn across varied educational environments (face-to-face, hybrid, online, etc). Includes skills focused on basic computer operations, productivity software, digital citizenship, instructional practices, information literacy and family and professional partnerships. Discusses current trends and related issues about the use of technology and its impacts in P20 education. Prerequisites: None.

Crosslisted: EDU115
Fulfills: Computer/Statistics/Quantitative Applications [CS]; Computer/Stats/Quantitative Apps [CS]-in combo
Division: Social & Behavioral Sciences
EED205 / The Developing Child: Prenatal to Age Eight
3 Credits / 3.0 Periods for Lecture

Examination of process of physical, social, emotional, cognitive, language, and literacy development of typical and atypical young children; prenatal through age eight. Includes practical application and fieldwork experience. Prerequisites: None.

Fulfills: Social-Behavioral Sciences [SB]; Social-Behavioral Sciences [SB]-in combo
Division: Social & Behavioral Sciences
EED212 / Guidance, Management and the Environment
3 Credits / 3.0 Periods for Lecture

Principles for guiding young children in early care and education environments. Exploration of guidance, management, and how the environment impacts the lives of young children. Includes observation of classrooms of children ages birth to age eight. Prerequisites: None.

Division: Social & Behavioral Sciences
EED215 / Early Learning: Health, Safety, Nutrition and Fitness
3 Credits / 3.0 Periods for Lecture

Consideration of public health issues and safety procedures within early childhood settings, serving young children birth to age eight. Overview of nutritional needs and issues of physical fitness and well-being in young children. Includes field experiences. Prerequisites: None.

Division: Social & Behavioral Sciences
EED261 / Early Childhood Preschool Internship
1 Credit / 1.0 Periods for Laboratory

Work experience with preschoolers in early care and education settings. Eighty (80) hours of designated work per credit. Prerequisites: Permission of Department or Division. Course Notes: May be repeated for a total of six (6) credit hours.

Division: Social & Behavioral Sciences