Education Concentration

Associate in Arts Professional Studies - Early Childhood Education

This curriculum map contains the new General Education Requirements. Current students should log in to BHCC Self-Service to review their specific program requirements or contact Advising & LifeMap for more information. Prospective students should go to bhcc.edu/admissions and contact an admissions counselor.

Semester 1	Credits	Milestone	GenEd	Note	Pre-req	Expand
EDU-102 Becoming a Teacher	3
Milestone courses should be taken in the order shown. Satisfies Learning Community Requirement.
ENG-111 College Writing I	3
Milestone courses should be taken in the order shown. This course meets the General Education requirement for Academic Discourse. (Formerly Area 1) Prerequisites: ENG-095 and RDG-095, ELL-103 or placement
PSY-101 Principles of Psychology	3
This course meets the General Education requirement for Scientific Reasoning. (Formerly Area 2) Prerequisites: ESL-098 or ELL-103 or RDG-095 or placement
ECE-103 Child Growth and Development	3
Milestone courses should be taken in the order shown. Prerequisites: ESL-098 or RDG-095 and ENG-095, or ELL-103 or placement
GenEd-QPS Quantitative Problem Solving	3-4
This course meets the General Education requirement for Quantitative Problem Solving. (Formerly Area 4) Choose one MAT course from Quantitative Problem Solving Menu. Prerequisites: MAT-097 or MAT-098
Total Credits:
Semester 1 Advising Note: New degree-seeking students enrolled in 9 credits or more must take a Learning Community Seminar or a Learning Community Cluster within their first year. If student is not eligible to take EDU-102 due to prior college experience, the Fine Arts elective required in subsequent semester may be taken during this first semester and Career elective substituted in the subsequent semester instead of the fine arts noted in this curriculum map. The department recommends students take EDU-102, Becoming a Teacher, as their Learning Community Seminar. As a prerequisite for a clinical placement or internship this program requires that all students must undergo a Criminal Offender Record Information (CORI) check and a Sex Offender Registry Information (SORI) check. For more information regarding the College’s CORI/SORI check process, please contact the College CORI/SORI Officer at 617-228-2193 or visit https://www.bhcc.edu/studentcentral/academicrecords/coriandsorichecks/

Semester 2	Credits	Milestone	GenEd	Note	Pre-req	Expand
ENG-112 College Writing II	3
Milestone courses should be taken in the order shown. This course meets the General Education requirement for Research Writing. (Formerly Area 1) Prerequisite: ENG-111
EDU-201 Introduction and Foundations of Education	3
Milestone courses should be taken in the order shown. Prerequisites: RDG-095 or ELL-103 and ENG-095
LIT-217 Children’s Literature	3
This course meets the General Education requirement for Creative Work. (Formerly Area 6) Prerequisites: ENG-111
HIS-151 History: From Colonization through the Civil War HIS-152 U.S. History: Reconstruction to Present	3
Prerequisites: ESL-098 or RDG-095 or ELL-103 and ENG-095 or placement
MAT-172 Contemporary Math I	3
Prerequisites: MAT-097 or MAT-098
Total Credits:
Semester 2 Advising Note:

Semester 3	Credits	Milestone	GenEd	Note	Pre-req	Expand
EDU-220 Practicum in Instruction	3
Milestone courses should be taken in the order shown. Prerequisite: EDU-201
BIO-105 Introduction to Biology BIO-108 Human Biology/Lab	4
This course meets the General Education requirement for Scientific Reasoning. (Formerly Area 5) Prerequisites: ESL-098 or RDG-095 or ELL-103 and ENG-095 and MAT-093
ECE-212 Family and Community Involvement in ECE	3
Milestone courses should be taken in the order shown. Prerequisites: ECE-103 plus three (3) ECE or EDU courses or equivalent. - Must be completed prior to taking this course.
Elective-1 Career Elective	3
Milestone courses should be taken in the order shown. See semester advising note
LIT-218 Children’s Literature II	3
Pre/co-requisite: ENG-111
Total Credits:
Semester 3 Advising Note: Two science courses are required for this degree plan. One must be in biological/life science area; the other, in physical science area. No exceptions will be approved. Career elective options: ECE-104, ECE-106, ECE-108, ECE-151 through ECE-168, ECE-207, ECE-209, ECE-210, ECE-223, ECE-224 ECE-213, ECE-215, ECE-516, EDU-504, EDU-102

Semester 4	Credits	Milestone	GenEd	Note	Pre-req	Expand
ENV-105 Environmental Science/Lab	4
Prerequisites : ESL-098 or RDG-095 or ELL-103 and ENG-095 and MAT-093
ECE-208 Exceptional Learners	3
Milestone courses should be taken in the order shown. Prerequisites: ECE-103
GenEd-E General Education Elective	3
This course meets the General Education requirement for General Education Elective. Choose and course from the Creative Work Menu
ECE-207 Literacy Development and Learning	3
Milestone courses should be taken in the order shown. Prerequisites: ECE103 plus 3 ECE or EDU courses or equivalent
HIS-111 History of the Pre-Modern World	3
Prerequisites: ESL-098 or RDG-095 or ELL-103 and ENG-095 or placement
Total Credits:
Semester 4 Advising Note:

Last Modified Date: November 5, 2021

Approved for the 2021-2023 College Catalog

Upon Completion of this Concentration Graduates will be able to:

Describe the interaction of history, culture, literature, economics, and science as studied within a broad liberal arts curriculum.
Demonstrate a mastery in reading and writing/ literacy skills and the organization of critical thinking and problem solving behaviors.

Career Outlook

Graduates of this concentration may qualify to transfer to four-year colleges or universities as juniors. Potential teaching careers include teacher aid; early elementary, later elementary, middle school and high school teaching; preschool and kindergarten teaching; and special education teaching. Students must obtain a bachelor’s degree as the minimum requirement for entry into these fields. Graduate work may be necessary, as well.