This Sample Program Pathway is designed to provide an example of course selections in a term by term sequence. Please see an Academic Advisor for a plan specific to your academic needs.
Notes: Department permission required.
Prerequisites: Approval of Department
Description: In English Composition I students learn reflective, analytical and argumentative writing strategies, incorporating sources and personal experience. Students will negotiate between public and private rhetorical situations and purposes to achieve academic literacy. They will write multiple drafts using a recursive writing process as they work toward fluency in style and mechanics. Note: Students who have not successfully completed the pre-requisites listed can register for ENG 1101 together with the co-requisite course ENG 0101 - English Composition I Booster.
Prerequisites: DEV 0035 or Other (Placement Test Score)
Term hours subtotal:
6
Description: This course focuses on applying knowledge of the characteristics and needs of young children from birth through adolescence, for the creation of healthy, supportive, and effective learning environments. Multiple, interrelated influences on the development and learning of young children will be examined.
Notes: Department permission required.
Prerequisites: Approval of Department and Other (Open to ELEE students)
Description: Mathematics of finance, mathematics of trade, payroll, taxes, insurance, elementary statistics. Traditional testing (proctored or in Testing Center) is used in all online sections.
Notes: MAT1120 or any Mathematics, Statistics & Logic elective from the approved Ohio Transfer 36 List. View electives at: http://www.sinclair.edu/transfer/gened/module/
Term hours subtotal:
6
Description: Surface processes of wind, water and ice in changing Earth's surface, plate tectonics; interior forces that cause earthquakes, volcanoes, mountain building. Introduction to natural resources; impact of natural hazards on human populations; and impact of human activities in the natural world. Laboratory component stresses introduction to and use of basic scientific method and problem solving. Three classroom, two lab hours per week.
Notes: Any Natural & Physical Science elective from the approved Ohio Transfer 36 List. View electives at: http://www.sinclair.edu/transfer/gened/module/
Corequisites: GLG 1111
Description: Identification of minerals, sediments and rocks; interpretation of topographic maps and geologic maps. This is a face-to-face laboratory and must be taken concurrently with Physical Geology.
Corequisites: GLG 1101
Description: University-parallel course covering topics such as history and systems of psychology, behavioral research methods, physiology of behavior, sensation, perception, learning, memory, consciousness, cognition, personality, lifespan development, gender, social psychology, motivation, emotion, stress, mental disorders and therapies.
Term hours subtotal:
7
Description: This course focuses on developmentally appropriate methods of observing, documenting, and assessing young children from birth to age five. On-site center observations are required.
Notes: Department permission required.
Prerequisites: Approval of Department
Description: This course focuses on current curriculum standards recognized in the field of Early Childhood Education. Students will practice planning high-quality developmentally appropriate learning experiences and environments for young children from birth to age five.
Notes: Department permission required.
Prerequisites: Approval of Department
Description: This course focuses on children's experiences emphasizing the health and safety needs of young children: including laws, rules, procedures, and routines in early childhood settings.
Notes: Department permission required.
Prerequisites: Approval of Department
Term hours subtotal:
11
Description: This course focuses on planning developmentally appropriate experiences for preschool children following guidelines of professional standards. Content areas include literacy, creative art, and music.
Notes: Department permission required.
Prerequisites: Approval of Department
Description: This course focuses on identifying different methods for family and community partnerships, ways to foster family engagement in the classroom, and resources to support the needs of diverse families.
Notes: Department permission required.
Prerequisites: Approval of Department and Other (Open to ELEE majors.)
Description: Designed to improve speaking and listening skills through the study and application of public speaking structure, content and style. This course requires 5 speeches in front of a live audience. The online course sections require the recordings to be created by the student with at least 8 adults present for each speech. Any questions, please contact the Communication Department at com.dept@sinclair.edu.
Term hours subtotal:
9
Description: This course focuses on a comprehensive application of the practices and ethical considerations fundamental for fostering professionalism in the field of early childhood education.
Notes: Department permission required.
Prerequisites: Approval of Department
Description: Introduction to the identification, developmental characteristics, foundations, theory, legal issues and intervention strategies for exceptional children and youth across educational and community settings.
Term hours subtotal:
5
Description: This course focuses on planning developmentally appropriate experiences for preschool children following guidelines of professional standards. Content areas include math, science, and social studies.
Notes: Department permission required.
Prerequisites: Approval of Department
Description: This course focuses on high-quality caregiving and developmentally appropriate practices when engaging with infants and toddlers. The importance of quality environments that support development is discussed as they relate to required standards and the care of infants and toddlers.
Notes: Program elective: Choose from: ECE 2302 Infant and Toddler or ECE 2300 Inclusion Department permission required.
Prerequisites: Approval of Department
Term hours subtotal:
6
Description: This course focuses on developmentally appropriate guidance and behavioral intervention strategies used by early childhood professionals to help foster positive social and emotional skills in young children from birth to age five.
Notes: Department permission required.
Prerequisites: Approval of Department
Description: This course focuses on demonstrating best practices in an early childhood education classroom. Students will complete the state requirement of 300 classroom hours and will attend a weekly seminar on Sinclair's main campus. Background checks/fingerprints and medical documentation will be required before registration. Two classroom, twenty-one practicum hours per week.
Notes: Program elective. Choose from: ECE 2301-5 hrs or ECE 2303 AND ECE 2304-total 5 hrs Department Permission Students currently working in the ECE field may NOT use their current job to fulfill the practicum requirements. There is not an evening option for this course. 300 clock hours (appx. 20 hours over 4-5 days per week) Department permission required.
Prerequisites: Approval of Department
Term hours subtotal:
8
Description: Introduction to the teaching profession. A variety of experiences to facilitate exploration of the role of school and its relationship to society. The knowledge, skills, dispositions and performances necessary for an individual to become an effective teacher.
Description: Principles of learning and development applied to educational settings emphasizing research-supported development of effective learning in varied educational environments.
Prerequisites: PSY 1100
Term hours subtotal:
6