University of Wisconsin Stout | Wisconsin's Polytechnic University

Fall
Freshman English - Composition or Freshman English - Honors I
Introduction to Early Childhood Programs
Math Course
Introductory Biology
General Psychology

Spring
Freshman English – Reading or Freshman English – Honors II
Modern United States History or Early United States History
Fundamentals of Speech
American Government
Introduction to Geology
World Geography

See our Undergraduate Bulletin for more information on these courses.

Introduction to Early Childhood Programs
History of early childhood programs for children through age 8, developmentally appropriate practice, current issues, professionalism, employability skills and attitudes, career exploration. Early Childhood majors only.

Developmentally Appropriate Practice: Infants and Toddlers
Developmentally appropriate practices for teaching with infants and toddlers in group settings. Contrast of appropriate and inappropriate practices. Emphasis on play, creativity, health and safety, integrated curriculum, appropriate teaching strategies, assessment, program models, and writing lesson plans for infants and toddlers. Observations required.

Developmentally Appropriate Practice: Preschool
Developmentally appropriate teaching practices with preschool children in group settings. Play, creativity, health and safety, integrated curriculum, teaching strategies, assessment, program models and lesson plans. Observations and practicum required.

Developmentally Appropriate Practice: Kindergarten — Primary
Developmentally appropriate teaching practices in kindergarten through grade 3 in group settings. Play, creativity, health and safety, integrated curriculum, teaching strategies, assessment, program models and lesson plans. Observations required.

Language Arts and Emergent Reading I: Birth – Kindergarten
Developmentally appropriate strategies and materials for planning, implementing, and evaluating language arts. Emphasis on developing emergent literacy skills and language arts with children Birth through Kindergarten.

Early Childhood Clinical Experience: Integrated Curriculum
Development of competencies in planning, teaching, and evaluating the integrated curriculum for the early childhood period. Participation in an early childhood setting required.

Administration of Early Childhood Programs
A study of program organization, program design, staffing, licensing, certification, equipment and facilities for operating early childhood education programs. Field trips required.

Advanced Classroom Management and Guidance
Advanced study of managing early childhood classrooms. Management of the physical environment, instructional context, including large and small groups, and social context. Building a classroom community and encouraging collaborative learning. Assessing management of early childhood classrooms. Analysis of classroom management programs. Observation/participation in early childhood classrooms required.

Child Abuse and Neglect
Systemic nature, forms and indicators, and prevention of abuse/neglect. Factors contributing to, and intervention skills in, coping with the effects of abuse/neglect on children and families at risk.

Children, Families, Schools and Communities
Building family, school, and community partnerships to support children's well being and educational success. Theories and processes used to establish positive home-school-community relations.

 

See our Undergraduate Bulletin for more information on these courses.