All students completing this major will be required to earn a “C” or better in all courses in the major including any General Education courses required by the major.
Course List | Code | Title | Credit Hours |
| |
| |
| Marriage and Family Relationships | |
| |
| |
| |
| Teaching in a Democratic Society | |
| 0 |
| 0 |
| 62 |
| 28 |
| Total Credit Hours | 120 |
Major Option
Course List | Code | Title | Credit Hours |
| FAMS 150 | Lifespan Development and the Family | 3 |
| FAMS 251 | The Developing Child 0-8 | 3 |
| FAMS 302 | Parent Education | 3 |
| FAMS 340 | Family Life Education | 3 |
| FAMS 362 | Families and Social Policy | 3 |
| FAMS 406 | Family Resource Management | 3 |
| FAMS 475 | Internship | 3 |
| FAMS 476 | Child & Family Home Visitation | 3 |
| FAMS 481 | Cross-Cultural Family Patterns | 3 |
| FAMS 486 | Families in Crisis | 3 |
| CSP 417 | Counseling Skills | 3 |
| TE 204 | Growth & Development/Introduction to Exceptionalities | 4 |
| TE 206 | Instructional Technology and the Preservice Teacher | 3 |
| TE 318 | Management and Assessment in Preschool/Elementary Classrooms | 3 |
| TE 336 | Methods for Preschool Classrooms | 3 |
| TE 336L | Field Experience: Methods for Preschool Classrooms | 0.5 |
| TE 339 | Infant and Toddler Curriculum | 3 |
| TE 339L | Field Experience: Infant Toddler Curriculum | 0.5 |
| TE 341 | Foundations of Early Childhood Education | 3 |
| TE 346 | Early Childhood Program Administration | 3 |
| TE 347 | Literacy Methods Birth to Age Three | 3 |
| TESE 333 | Serving Young Children with Special Needs | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours | 62 |
This document represents a sample 4-year plan for degree completion with this major. Actual course selection and sequence may vary and should be discussed individually with your academic advisor. Advisors can also help you plan other experiences to enrich your undergraduate education such as internships, education abroad, undergraduate research, learning communities, and service learning and community-based learning.
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credit Hours |
| FAMS 150 | Lifespan Development and the Family | 3 |
| FAMS 351 | Marriage and Family Relationships | 3 |
| TE 100 | Teaching in a Democratic Society (LOPER 10) | 3 |
| LOPR 126 | First Year Seminar | 3 |
| 3 |
| Total Credit Hours | 15 |
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credit Hours |
| FAMS 251 | The Developing Child 0-8 | 3 |
| TE 204 | Growth & Development/Introduction to Exceptionalities | 4 |
| TE 206 | Instructional Technology and the Preservice Teacher | 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| Total Credit Hours | 16 |
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credit Hours |
| FAMS 302 | Parent Education | 3 |
| FAMS 340 | Family Life Education | 3 |
| TE 318 | Management and Assessment in Preschool/Elementary Classrooms | 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| Total Credit Hours | 15 |
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credit Hours |
| FAMS 362 | Families and Social Policy | 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| Total Credit Hours | 15 |
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credit Hours |
| FAMS 481 | Cross-Cultural Family Patterns | 3 |
TE 336
& 336L | Methods for Preschool Classrooms
and Field Experience: Methods for Preschool Classrooms | 3.5 |
TE 339
& 339L | Infant and Toddler Curriculum
and Field Experience: Infant Toddler Curriculum | 3.5 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| Total Credit Hours | 16 |
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credit Hours |
| FAMS 486 | Families in Crisis | 3 |
| TE 341 | Foundations of Early Childhood Education | 3 |
| TE 346 | Early Childhood Program Administration | 3 |
| TE 347 | Literacy Methods Birth to Age Three | 3 |
| 3 |
| Total Credit Hours | 15 |
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credit Hours |
| FAMS 406 | Family Resource Management | 3 |
| FAMS 476 | Child & Family Home Visitation | 3 |
| TESE 333 | Serving Young Children with Special Needs | 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| Total Credit Hours | 15 |
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credit Hours |
| CSP 417 | Counseling Skills | 3 |
| FAMS 475 | Internship | 6 |
| 3 |
| Total Credit Hours | 12 |
