Off-Campus Options
Appalachian’s off-campus degree-completion program is designed to offer students the upper-level courses of the Bachelor of Science degree in Child Development: Birth through Kindergarten. The program currently serves cohorts at Cleveland Community College in Shelby. Additional cohorts are anticipated in Hickory at Catawba Community College beginning in Fall, 2005 and Wilkes Community College in Fall, 2006. For information about joining a cohort, contact the Office of Extension Education [link to www.ext-dl.appstate.edu]. Students planning to enter the off-campus program must have completed (or be in the process of completing) those general education courses typically taken in the freshman and sophomore years of a four-year college experience. To earn this degree with teacher licensure, students must complete required courses with the grades stipulated, as well as successfully pass PRAXIS exams and earn a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.5.
In addition to coursework required to meet general education requirements, students are expected to complete the following Education courses within the community college for transfer credit in the BK program:
EDU 144 (FCS 2101) Child Development: Birth – 2 years
EDU 146 (FCS 2102) Child Study and Guidance
EDU 145 (FCS 2104) Child Development: 3 – K years
EDU 153 (FCS 2201) Foods and Nutrition for Children
Appalachian provides all remaining Professional Education and Major Requirements at the off-campus location or via distance education technology:
CI/SPE 2800 Teachers, Schools and Learners
SPE 3100 Introduction to Special Education
PSY 3000 Educational Psychology
SPE 3272 Developmental Assessment and Program Evaluation for Programs Serving Preschool and Kindergarten Children
SPE 3273 Educational Assessment and Intervention for Infants with Disabilities and Their Families
CI 4200 Families in Educational Process for Children Birth—Kindergarten
FDN 3800 Foundations of American Education
CI/FCS/SPE 4554 Infant/Toddler Curriculum
CI/FCS/SPE 4600 Curriculum and Instruction for Children 3—K
CI/FCS/SPE 4553 Issues in Transdisciplinary Service Delivery
RE 3902 Emergent Literacy
CI/FDN/RE 3850 Literacy, Technology and Instruction
CI/FCS/SPE 3104 and 3105 Practica in Early Child Development
CI 4900 Student Teaching (11 weeks in public school; 5 weeks individualized placement)
