Birth – Kindergarten Minor

Program Description

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 Credits: 3 hrs
BKE 2321 - Foundations of Early Childhood Credits: 3 hrs
BKE 2322 - Cultural and Individual Variations in Children and Families Credits: 3 hrs
BKE 3329 - Early Language And Literacy Credits: 3 hrs
BKE 3343 - Working with Families/Teaming with Systems Credits: 3 hrs
BKE 3339 - Child and Family Assessment Credits: 3 hrs
BKE 3344 - Curriculum Planning for Preschool Classrooms Credits: 3 hrs

Articulation Agreement between PIU and WSSU

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:

ED 201 Foundations of Education, Credit Hours 3

ED 203 Diverse Learner, Credit Hours 3

ED 302 Human Growth and Development, Credit Hours 3

ED 303 Educational Assessments, Credit Hours 3

ED 305 Educational Technology, Credit Hours 3

ED 304 Methods & Materials of Elementary PE & Health, Credit Hours 3

ED 307 Teaching Science in the Elementary School, Credit Hours 3

ED 309 Teaching Reading & Lang Arts, Credit Hours 3

EE 405 Teaching Elementary Fine Arts, Credit Hours 3

Sub-total: 27

Courses Taken at WSSU