When you graduate, you’ll have a specialized body of knowledge and skills that makes you highly valuable for a number of careers. You will be able to articulate and defend a point of view about teaching and curriculum planning, implementation, and assessment, as well as support young children and families for success in a multicultural, diverse society. Our early childhood graduates have successful careers in a variety of professional settings.
Specialized Course Preparation in Early Childhood Education Prepares Students for Careers as Professionals in:
- Care and education programs for children birth to age three across the United States and abroad including private, public, corporate programs, Head Start and Early Head Start;
- Early intervention programs serving infants/toddlers and preschoolers;
- Early childhood program administrators;
- Kindergarten – Grade 3 classrooms;
- A variety of clinical and community settings which serve young children and their families such as hospitals and county health organizations, YMCAs, libraries and museums;
- Local, county, state and federal governmental agencies; and
- National corporations (public television, publishing, etc.)