Bachelor of Arts in Specialization in Early Childhood and Elementary Education

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Concordia University

Comments about Bachelor of Arts in Specialization in Early Childhood and Elementary Education - At the institution - Montreal - Québec

• Objectives
  This program has been specifically designed to prepare teachers for preschool and elementary school.
• Academic title
  Bachelor of Arts in Specialization in Early Childhood and Elementary Education
• Course description
  The program is four years in length (120 credits) and is open only to full-time students. Full-time students normally take 30 credits in each semester, that is, a maximum of 15 credits in each of the Fall and Winter terms.
  
  The program requires 96 credits for the Specialization program plus 24 elective credits. Program content is as follows:
  
      * Group A
        84 required credits in psychological, sociological and philosophical aspects in education; growth and development of the child; family, parenting, and education in Québec; developmental issues of children such as behaviour and learning problems, and the gifted; teaching of reading, language arts, mathematics, and science concepts to preschool and primary children; historical and current issues in preschool and primary education; practice teaching and internship in preschool, kindergarten and primary school; ethics and religious culture
  
      * Group B
        12 elective credits in the teaching of values, human sciences or a second language
  
      * Group C
        24 elective credits outside the Department of Education.
  
  

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