Early Childhood Education/Early Childhood Special Education, BSE

CIP Code: 13.1210/13.1202

Students must meet all requirements for certification before this degree will be conferred, including passing the following: 1) all sections of the Missouri General Education Assessment (MoGEA); 2) the Professional Development Folio (semester prior to student teaching); 3) the Missouri Content Assessment(s) (MoCA) for each area of certification sought; and 4) a passing composite score on their summative evaluation in the Missouri Educator Evaluation System (MEES).

Professional Requirements

Content Planning and Delivery/Individual Student Needs/ Schools and the Teaching Profession:

EDUC 201 - Professional Growth and Folio Development I Semester Hours: One (Must be taken second semester of sophomore year or first semester of enrollment if transferring as a junior or senior)
EDUC 203 - Teaching in a Diverse Society Semester Hours: Three
(Must be taken with EDUC 201)
ECTA 323 - Curriculum, Assessment, and Data-Based Decision Making Semester Hours: Three
EDPS 383 - Psychology of Teaching and Learning Semester Hours: Three
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Total: 38 hours

‡Students who transfer in a course for which does not include an equivalent field experience must complete:

Content Knowledge for Teaching/Teaching and Learning Strategies/Teaching and Supporting Learning of the Young Child:

Home-School-Community Relations:

Program Management

Total: 83 Hours

Field and Clinical Experiences

Candidates must have experiences at all levels within their course work (infant/toddler, pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, and grades 1-3) .

MBU enrollment tops 5,600 students

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