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The Bachelor of Applied Science in Early Childhood primary focus is to create early childhood practitioners who have a deep understanding of how to best meet the developmental and learning needs of children birth through age 8. Through a variety of multimodal instruction, students will gain a deeper knowledge of professional skills required within the profession of early childhood.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Communication: The student will be able to efficiently analyze, evaluate and contrast ideas related to early childhood (development, teaching, and/or administration) verbally and in writing. The student will also possess skills to successfully listen to others (parents, community stakeholders, and children). Lastly, students will be able to effectively communicate complex ideas and information across a variety of media.

Strategic Thinking: The student will apply advanced knowledge of early childhood development, teaching, and administration theories, pedagogies, and paradigms to make effective early childhood education related decisions. The student will develop this deep understanding and knowledge throughout the program required coursework as well as by utilizing this knowledge during a supervised 15-week internship which includes a three week action-research capstone project.

Ethics: The student will demonstrate professional, ethical behaviors related to and in alignment with the early childhood profession. These include creating pertinent professional ethical action plans aligned with NAEYC standards to address assessing without bias; creating environments to meet the needs of children birth through age 8; and facilitating early childhood education to ensure the child, parents, and community are included.

Critical Thinking: Through the program required coursework, internship, and action research project, the student will demonstrate critical thinking strategies which include reasoning, problem solving, analysis, creating and evaluation.