Child Development: Birth through Kindergarten (teacher licensure)
The Departments of Family and Consumer Sciences; Curriculum and Instruction; and Language, Reading and Exceptionalities
cooperate to offer the B.S. degree in Child Development: Birth Through Kindergarten leading to teacher licensure. The degree is
conferred by the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences.
This degree consists of 44 semester hours of core curriculum courses and 24 semester hours of professional education require-
ments: CI 2800/SPE 2800; FDN 3800; PSY 3000; CI 3850/FDN 3850/RE 3850; and CI 4900. The major consists of 41 semester
hours to be taken in family and consumer sciences (child development), curriculum and instruction (preschool education) and
language, reading and exceptionalities (early childhood special education). The required major courses include: FCS 2101, FCS
2102, FCS 2104, FCS 2201; CI 4200; SPE 3272, SPE 3273, SPE 3100; CI 4553/FCS 4553/SPE 4553, CI 4554/FCS 4554/SPE 4554,
CI 4600/FCS 4600/SPE 4600; RE 3902; and 2 (two) practica: FCS 3104/CI 3104/SPE 3104 and FCS 3105/CI 3105/SPE 3105.
PSY 1200 is required in the core curriculum.Child Development: Birth through Kindergarten (teacher licensure)
The Departments of Family and Consumer Sciences; Curriculum and Instruction; and Language, Reading and Exceptionalities
cooperate to offer the B.S. degree in Child Development: Birth Through Kindergarten leading to teacher licensure. The degree is
conferred by the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences.
This degree consists of 44 semester hours of core curriculum courses and 24 semester hours of professional education require-
ments: CI 2800/SPE 2800; FDN 3800; PSY 3000; CI 3850/FDN 3850/RE 3850; and CI 4900. The major consists of 41 semester
hours to be taken in family and consumer sciences (child development), curriculum and instruction (preschool education) and
language, reading and exceptionalities (early childhood special education). The required major courses include: FCS 2101, FCS
2102, FCS 2104, FCS 2201; CI 4200; SPE 3272, SPE 3273, SPE 3100; CI 4553/FCS 4553/SPE 4553, CI 4554/FCS 4554/SPE 4554,
CI 4600/FCS 4600/SPE 4600; RE 3902; and 2 (two) practica: FCS 3104/CI 3104/SPE 3104 and FCS 3105/CI 3105/SPE 3105.
PSY 1200 is required in the core curriculum.
In addition to the above requirements, a student must choose 3 semester hours of elective(s) to be approved by her/his advisor OR
the student may choose to complete a psychology minor by taking an additional 15 semester hours of psychology not listed above.
Two to ten semester hours of free electives outside the major discipline (to total a minimum of 122-123 semester hours) are also
required for the degree.
A minimum grade of “C” (2.0) is required in all courses listed as major requirements with the exception of CI 3104/FCS 3104/SPE
3104 and CI 3105/FCS 3105/SPE 3105 (Graded on S/U basis).
