Early Childhood Development

Catalog description

Addresses the developmental period of early childhood from prenatal through age eight across the physical, linguistic, cognitive, social and emotional domains. Focuses on developmentally appropriate practices within the multi-dimensional context in relationship to the way children develop and learn as individuals. Includes ten (10) hours of required field experience, which may be waived by the IECE program coordinator for students concurrently enrolled in IEC 291. Lecture: 3 credits (45 contact hours).