May 21, 2025  
2025-2026 University Catalog 
    
2025-2026 University Catalog

EDU 3318 - Intro to Early Childhood Education


3 Credits

This introductory course in Early Childhood Education covers: historical foundations of early childhood education, current programs, best practices, emergent literature, legal and ethical issues, understanding the development of typical and atypical young children and how it influences objectives, activities, materials and teaching strategies and techniques in an early childhood classroom. EDU 3318 requires five (5) hours of observation in addition to class time.

Prerequisite(s): Completion or concurrent enrollment in EDU 2100 .
Offered: All Terms