Early Childhood Education
- 100 Credits
- Intakes: Fall, Spring, Summer
Overview
This specialization aims to prepare students qualified to practice the teaching profession in kindergarten and the first cycle, as well as in daycare centers. The focus of the specialization is to equip early childhood educators with the knowledge, skills, values, and attitudes needed to perform their profession. This includes a deep understanding of child development during the early years across all areas of growth, with an emphasis on language development and learning, based on modern approaches to teaching and caring for children aged one to eight years. Graduates of this specialization work to achieve developmental standards and global learning standards and their outcomes, and they also contribute to the positive upbringing and development specific to this age group.
University Requirements (13 credits)
Course Code | Course Name | Prerequisite | Credits |
ENGL201 | English Communication Skills I | Placement test | 3 cr. |
ENGL202 | English Communication Skills II | ENGL201 | 3 cr. |
ARAB201 | Arabic Communication Skills I | Placement test | 3 cr. |
ARAB202 | Arabic Communication Skills II | ARAB201 | 3 cr. |
GENR201 | Religion And Public Life |
| 1 cr. |
Core Courses (45 credits)
Course Code | Course Name | Prerequisite/ Corequisite | Credits |
EDUC201 | Psychology of Development |
| 3 cr. |
EDUC202 | Introduction to special education |
| 3 cr. |
EDUC221 | Public and community Health |
| 3 cr. |
EDUC222 | Theories of Learning | EDUC201 | 3 cr. |
EDUC223 | Academic documentation skills | Test | 3 cr. |
EDUC301 | Instructional Procedures | EDUC222 | 3 cr. |
EDUC302 | School and Social Order |
| 3 cr. |
EDUC321 | Measurement and Classroom evaluation | EDUC301 | 3 cr. |
EDUC322 | Educational Technology I | Test | 3 cr. |
EDUC323 | Curriculum | 3 cr. | |
EDUC401 | Introduction to educational research | EDUC321 | 3 cr. |
EDUC416 | Educational Technology II | EDUC322 | 3 cr. |
EDUC421 | Statistics in Education | EDUC401 | 3 cr. |
EDEC321 | Practicum I | Co: EDUC321 | 2 cr. |
EDEC401 | Practicum II | EDEC321, EDUC322 | 2 cr. |
EDEC421 | Practicum III | EDEC401 | 2 cr. |
EDEC423 | Project | 70 credits, | 3 cr. |
Major/Concentration Courses (30 credits)
Course Code | Course Name | Prerequisite | Credits |
EDEC221 | Psychomotor Education | Co: EDUC222 | 3 cr. |
EDEC301 | Art Education | EDUC201 | 3 cr. |
EDEC312 | Art Education | EDUC210 | 3 cr. |
EDEC302 | Psychology of Play | EDUC201 | 3 cr. |
EDEC322 | Special Education in childhood stage | EDUC202 | 3 cr. |
EDEC323 | Curriculum and Instruction for the Early Years | Co: EDUC323 | 3 cr. |
EDEC402 | Arabic Language and Children Literature in the Early Years | EDUC321, EDUC323 | 3 cr. |
EDEC403 | English Language, literacy and children literature | EDUC321, EDUC323 | 3 cr. |
EDEC404 | Math, Numeracy & Science in the early years | EDUC321, EDUC323 | 3 cr. |
EDEC422 | Performing Arts for Children | EDEC301 | 3 cr. |
Courses Distribution Plan
- First Year - Fall
- First Year - Spring
- Second Year - Fall
- Second Year - Spring
- Second Year - Summer
- Third Year - Fall
- Third Year - Spring
| Code | Course Name | Prerequisite |
| ENGL 201 | English Communication Skills I | |
| ARAB 201 | Arabic Communication Skills I | |
| EDUC 201 | Psychology of Development | |
| EDEC 201 | Foundations and Current Trends in Early Childhood | Co: EDUC 201 |
| GENR 201 | Religion and Public Life | |
| Department Elective |
| Code | Course Name | Prerequisite |
| ENGL 202 | English Communication Skills II | ENGL 201 |
| ARAB 202 | Arabic Communication Skills II | ARAB 201 |
| EDUC 221 | Public and community Health | |
| EDUC 222 | Theories of Learning | EDUC 201 |
| EDUC 223 | Academic documentation skills | |
| EDEC 221 | Psychomotor Education | Co: EDUC 222 |
| Code | Course Name | Prerequisite |
| EDUC 301 | Instructional Procedures | EDUC 222 |
| EDUC 202 | Introduction to special education | |
| EDUC 302 | School and Social Order | |
| EDEC 301 | Art Education | EDUC 201 |
| EDEC 302 | Psychology of Play | EDUC 201 |
| Code | Course Name | Prerequisite |
| EDUC 321 | Measurement and Classroom evaluation | EDUC 301 |
| EDUC 322 | Educational Technology | |
| EDUC 323 | Curriculum | |
| EDEC 321 | Special Education in childhood stage | EDUC 202 |
| EDEC 322 | Practicum I | Co: EDUC 321 + EDUC 323 |
| EDEC 323 | Curriculum and Instruction for the Early Years | Co: EDUC323 |
| Course |
| Elective II |
| Code | Course Name | Prerequisite |
| EDUC 401 | Introduction to educational research | EDUC 223 |
| EDEC 401 | Practicum II | EDEC 321 EDUC 322 |
| EDEC 402 | Arabic Language and Children Literature in the Early Years | EDUC 321 EDUC 323 |
| EDEC 403 | English Language, literacy and children literature | EDUC 321 EDUC 323 |
| EDEC 404 | Math, Numeracy & Science in the early years | EDUC 321 EDUC 323 |
| General Elective |
| Code | Course Name | Prerequisite |
| EDUC 426 | Statistics in Education | EDUC 401 |
| EDEC 421 | Practicum III | EDEC 401 |
| EDEC422 | Performing Arts for Children | EDEC 301 |
| EDEC 423 | Project | 70 credits (EDEC 401 + Co: EDUC 421) |
| Department Elective |
Scholarship Programs
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