Early Childhood Education

Certificate Program

Catalog Year 2009-2010

MHCC Faculty Advisors:
Ellen White: 503-491-6985 - Room EC 22 Ellen.White@mhcc.edu

Successful completion of the curriculum for a one-year certificate allows a student to move into the second year of the Associate of Applied Science Degree (AAS). (Students must complete with a C grade average.) A one-year certificate prepares a student to enter the field of early childhood education as a teacher, or assistant teacher in child care centers and private preschools or as a nanny.

Please check the MHCC website for any curricular changes that have occurred since the catalog was published.

First Quarter		Cr
ECE123	Early Childhood Literature and Language	2
ECE140	Introduction to Early Childhood Education	2
ECE146	Curriculum: Foundations	3
ECE156	Cooperative Planning Seminar I¹	1
ECE170	Health, Safety, and Nutrition	2
WE280CDC	Cooperative Education Internship¹	3
WR101	Workplace Communications or WR121 English Composition	3
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Second Quarter
ECE131	Child Development	3
ECE145	Techniques of Positive Guidance	3
ECE150	Curriculum: Play	3
ECE156	Cooperative Planning Seminar II¹	1
WE280CDC	Cooperative Education Internship¹	3
	Human Relations requirement‡	3
16
Third Quarter
ECE147	Infant/Toddler Caregiving	3
ECE152	Creative Explorations	3
ECE157	Sensory Motor	3
ECE160	Interpersonal Skills	2
MTH65	Beginning Algebra II (or higher)²‡	4
15

1 ECE156 and WE280CDC must be taken concurrently. Level I seminar and co-op may be taken Fall or Winter term. Level II seminar and co-op may be taken Winter or Spring term.
2 Students may not use demonstrated proficiency on the College Placement Test (CPT) to satisfy this requirement.

‡See pages 7-10in the printed catalog.