Undergraduate Minor: Early Childhood Education (ECSE)
The Minor in Early Childhood Education is designed to provide undergraduate students with background knowledge and completion of the minor. It will also partially fulfill requirements for licensure in early childhood special education in Virginia. The minor will give students a head start in completing the Early Childhood Special Education graduate-level program.
The minor program requires five three-credit courses for a total of 15 credits. The required form, Change/ Declaration of Academic Program and must be signed by your adviser. For more information call (703) 993-2010 or email at cehdgrad@gmu.edu.
Course Work
Undergraduate Minor in Early Childhood Education of Diverse Learners (15 credits)
Required:
- EDUT 411: Developmental Pathways of Diverse Learners, Birth-Adolescence (3 credit hours) (OR EDSE 401: Introduction to Special Education (3 credit hours))
- EDSE 401: Introduction to Special Education (3 credit hours)
- EDSE 457: Foundations of Language and Literacy for Diverse Learners (3 credit hours) (OR EDUT 413)
- EDUT 413: Foundations of Language and Literacy for Diverse Learners (3 credit hours)
- EDSE 458: Medical Aspects of Physical and Sensory Disabilities in Young Children (3 credit hours)
- EDUT 414: Curriculum and Instruction for Diverse Learners, Ages 3-5 (3 credit hours) (OR EDSE 459: Curriculum and Methods: Early Childhood Special Education (3 credit hours))
- EDSE 459: Curriculum and Methods: Early Childhood Special Education (3 credit hours)
- EDSE 415: Early Intervention for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities: Collaborative and Consultative Approaches (3 credit hours) (OR EDUT 424: Curriculum for Infants and Toddlers (3 credit hours))
- EDUT 424: Culturally, Linguistically, and Developmentally Appropriate Practices with Infants, Toddlers, and their Families (3 credit hours)
Suggested Additional Courses
Application Deadlines
- Rotating.
Admissions Requirements
- See requirements for undergraduate studies.