Early Childhood A.A.S.

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Delivery

Campus

Study mode

Full Time

Starts

Fall, Spring

Introduction

Early Childhood A.A.S. is a program taught at Cayuga County Community College, USA. Intake: Fall, Spring. The program is offered in campus-based modes with full-time options.

The Early Childhood A.A.S. at Cayuga County Community College is designed for people interested in child care, preschool, and early childhood education. It focuses on curriculum design for children birth to age eight, learning methods and materials across social, emotional, physical, and cognitive domains, and assessment tools to understand children and support appropriate learning experiences. It also includes meeting the diverse needs of children and families by considering factors such as family, community, and learning environment.

The curriculum includes first-semester through fourth-semester courses, totaling 62 credit hours.

Students take required courses such as Freshman English I, Introductory Psychology, Methods and Materials in Early Childhood Education, Language and Literacy Development, Infants and Toddlers, Children’s Literature, Introduction Early Childhood Education, Teaching Math & Science, Classroom Observation, Nutrition, Health, Curriculum and Assessment, and Early Childhood Field Experience I.

Field experience work includes ECH 103, and students must meet technical, clearance, and performance requirements related to caring for children birth to age eight.

Modules

ENG 101
ART 103
PSY 101
ECH 110
MATH 115
MATH 116
MATH 121
BEH 101
ENGL 220
ENGL 221
ECH 111
PSY 215

Admission Requirements

The minimum requirements for admission in Early Childhood A.A.S. at Cayuga County Community College for all applicants (Domestic or International) are:

program specific academic requirment set by Cayuga County Community College.
English Language OR any other language requirments as set by Cayuga County Community College as pre-requiste for admission in Early Childhood A.A.S..

Note: Please check the university website in the link below.

To graduate with the AAS degree in Early Childhood, students must demonstrate competency (a grade of C — or higher) in each core early childhood course (ECH 101, 102, 103, 110, 111, and 222 and BEH 101). This requirement applies to students who have transferred credits to Cayuga from another college.
Students must be able to satisfactorily and safely perform duties associated with the care and education of children from birth to eight years of age.
Students must have a police and child abuse clearances and physical examinations prior to beginning their field experience classes (ECH 103).
A prior felony conviction may hinder a student’s ability to enroll in a course or complete specific academic program requirements and meet the licensure criteria required by certain professions.
Students are required to have police and child abuse clearances and physical examinations prior to beginning their field experience classes (ECH 103).
Students must submit to alcohol and drug testing upon request by the College or any cooperating field placement sites. Students who test positive are subject to removal from the field placement and will, therefore, be unable to satisfy the requirements for completing the degree. Refusal to submit to the test will result in the student being asked to leave the field placement site and may result in dismissal from the course and the program.
Students must have a cumulative GPA of 2.3 or higher to enroll in field experience coursework (ECH 103).
Transfer credit for Early Childhood or Education courses will only be granted after transcript review by the Education Coordinator.
Math Competency Requirements: Students must pass the Math Placement Test or pass Math 099 in order to fulfill prerequisite requirements for ECH 222.
For graduation completion, a minimum grade of C- (70) is required to complete graduation requirements.