Early Childhood Education, AA

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The Early Childhood Education (ECED) program is a stackable AA to BA program. The program includes sixty (60) credits of coursework earned as part of the Associates of Arts in Early Childhood Education and an additional 60 credits that lead to a Bachelor of Arts in Early Childhood Education and Licensure in Early Childhood Education-Pre K- Grade 3. The program’s coursework is focused on the social and developmental needs of young students ranging from age three to third grade.

The competency-based program is aligned to the New Mexico’s Early Childhood Education & Development Articulation Catalog of Courses and Programs (2020). The program provides a seamless transition to Northern New Mexico College’s Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education.

General Education (31 CR)

See Northern’s General Education Offerings .

Area I. Communications (6 CR)

ENGL 1110 - Composition I 3 CR

Choose one of the following courses:

ENGL 1120 - Composition II 3 CR
ENGL 1210 - Technical Communications 3 CR

Area II. Mathematics (3 CR)

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Area III. Laboratory Sciences (4 CR)

Select one science course with a lab.

Area IV. Social/Behavioral Sciences (3 CR)

Select one course from Area IV

Area V. Humanities (3 CR)

Select one course from Area V

Area VI. Fine Arts (3 CR)

Select one course from Area VI

Additional Nine Credit Hours (9 CR)

COMM 1130 - Public Speaking 3 CR

Early Childhood Education, AA

General Education (31 CR)

Area I. Communications (6 CR)

Choose one of the following courses:

Area II. Mathematics (3 CR)

Area III. Laboratory Sciences (4 CR)

Area IV. Social/Behavioral Sciences (3 CR)

Area V. Humanities (3 CR)

Area VI. Fine Arts (3 CR)

Additional Nine Credit Hours (9 CR)

Choose one of the following Civics Courses:

Choose one of the following Literature Courses

Early Childhood Education Foundational Courses (29 CR)

Total Credits: 60