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Birth – Kindergarten Minor


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The program of study for the Birth-Kindergarten Education minor consists of a minimum of 21 semester hours. This program does not qualify the student for initial teacher licensure in North Carolina. Hours completed, however, may be used to satisfy requirements in an approved program. Consult your advisor.

Required courses for the minor to be taken in the following order:  

BKE 2320 - Child Development    

BKE 2321 - Foundations of Early Childhood    

BKE 2322 - Cultural and Individual Variations in Children and Families     

BKE 3329 - Early Language And Literacy     

BKE 3343 - Working with Families/Teaming with Systems   

BKE 3339 - Child and Family Assessment                                   

BKE 3344 - Curriculum Planning for Preschool Classrooms  /BKE 4344 - Curriculum Planning for Preschool Classrooms                            

This new track represents an articulation agreement between Piedmont International University (PIU) and Winston-Salem State University (WSSU).  This articulation agreement will allow students from PIU to seamlessly transfer into the Elementary Education program.

While at PIU, students are required to take the following courses:

Credit

Hours

ED 201  Foundations of Education 3
ED 203  Diverse Learner 3
ED 302  Human Growth and Development 3
ED 303  Educational Assessments 3
ED 305  Educational Technology 3
ED 304  Methods & Materials of Elementary PE & Health 3
ED 307  Teaching Science in the Elementary School 3
ED 309  Teaching Reading & Lang Arts 3
EE 405  Teaching Elementary Fine Arts 3
Sub-total 27

 

Courses Taken at WSSU

Credit

Hours

EDU 2322 - Promoting Social Justice through Education     3
EDU 3338 - Psychological Foundations of Education     3
ELE 4334 - Methods and Assessment in Teaching Language Arts      3
ELE 4335 - Methods and Assessment in Teaching Mathematics     3
ELE 4336 - Classroom Management and Preclinical      3
ELE 4338 - Methods and Assessment in Teaching Social Studies      3
RED 4312 - Reading, Assessment, and Remediation     3
EDU 4333 - Student Teaching Seminar     3
EDU 4981 - Observation, Student Teaching, and Practicum     9
Sub-total 33
Total 120

 

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