Accelerated Bachelor's in
Early Childhood Education
Licensure #1777
Online
120 credits
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3 years
Program Highlights & Benefits
Flexible, online format
Easy, efficient admissions steps
50% or more transfer credits considered
Professors who are committed to helping foster personal and professional success
For
Those looking to earn a bachelor’s degree and Wisconsin early childhood teacher licensure through our accelerated program.
What You Learn
- Develop the skills and understanding to teach and help children at various stages of learning from birth to 3rd grade.
- Take courses on the latest educational theories and practices to build your knowledge in the field of early childhood.
- Progress to specific early childhood education courses that focus on how infants, toddlers, and younger children develop intellectually, physically, socially, and emotionally.
- Complete the required student teaching at the early childhood education level in an approved educational setting.
- Receive regular reviews and feedback from faculty and your supervising teacher as you go through student teaching.
How You Learn
- 100% Online
- Students take three successive 8-week sessions within each semester.
- Students that want to complete the program in three years will need to take two courses at the same time during an 8-week session. This would be a total of six credits as each course is three credits.
Career Outcomes
Upon completion, you will be qualified to teach from birth through the third-grade level in Wisconsin.
Degree Requirements
Core Curriculum – Click Here (44-47 Credit Hours)
Early Childhood Education (Courses Listed Below)
| Course | Title | Hours |
| ED 1230 | Nature of the Exceptional Child | 3 |
| ED 1231 | Best Practices in Engaging Children in Literacy | 3 |
| ED 1275 | Human Learning | 3 |
| ED 4411 | The Profession and Ethics of Teaching | 3 |
| ED 2327 | Collaborating with Families and Professionals in a Diverse Society | 3 |
| ED 2466 | Health, Safety, and Fitness for the Young Child | 3 |
| ED 3356 | STEM: Math in Early Childhood | 2 |
| ED 3357 | STEM: Science and Environment in Early Childhood | 2 |
| ED 3359 | Curriculum and Techniques in Early Childhood | 4 |
| ED 3400 | Creativity in Early Childhood | 2 |
| ED 4479 | Assessment Strategies for Diverse Learners | 3 |
| ED 2204 | The Art & Science of Teaching Reading | 3 |
| ED 2221 | Infant and Toddler Development | 3 |
| ED 2358 | Emergent Writing: Birth to Grade 3 | 2 |
| ED 3401 | Instruction & Assessment of Reading | 3 |
| MATH 1200 | Data & Space: Teaching Pre K-9 | 3 |
| ED 4501 | Clinical Field Experience 1 | 3 |
| ED 4502 | Clinical Field Experience 2 | 3 |
| ED 4503 | Clinical Field Experience 3 | 3 |
| ED 4504 | Clinical Field Experience 4 | 1 |
| ED 4505 | Clinical Field Experience 5 | 1 |
| ED 4506 | Clinical Field Experience 6 | 1 |
| ED 4507 | Clinical Field Experience 7 | 3 |
ED 4412 | Portfolio Completion – Elementary/Content Tests | 1 |
| ED 4425 | Early Childhood Student Teaching (6 credit course taken twice) | 12 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 120 |
