- Award:
- Specialist Diploma
- Program location:
- Fort Omaha Campus
Students who wish to study specific early childhood education content and demonstrate specific skills can earn the Early Childhood Family/Group Home Specialist Specialist Diploma by completing the following courses. Additionally, the Entrepreneurship courses will help to prepare students to operate their own family childcare home or a group 1/11 home.
Requirements for Early Childhood Family/Group Home Diploma - 28.5 Credit Hrs.
| Courses | Credit Hrs. |
|---|---|
| ECED 1060 Observation, Assessment, and Guidance | 4.5 |
ECED 1110 Infant and Toddler Development
|
4.5 |
| ECED 1120 Preschool Child Development
|
3.0 |
| ECED 1230 School-Age Child Development and Programming
|
3.0 |
| ENTR 1050 Introduction to Entrepreneurship
|
4.5 |
| ENTR 2040 Entrepreneurship Feasibility Study
|
4.5 |
| ENTR 2050 Marketing for the Entrepreneur
|
4.5 |
*Can be used to gain a CDA (Child Development Associate) credential. Other on-the-job experience would be required. For the CDA, either ECED 1110 Infant and Toddler Development
or ECED 1120 Preschool Child Development
is required in addition to ECED 1060 Observation, Assessment, and Guidance and ECED 1150 Introduction to Early Childhood Education
.