Family & Consumer Sciences Department Curriculum:


 B.S. In Child Development and Early Literacy / Teacher Certification Concentration

 
Freshman Year
Course Number Course Title Hours
Ed - 111 Freshman Seminar (FYE) for Ed. Majors 1
Ed - 112 Freshman Seminar (FYE) for Ed. Majors 1
CDFR – 100
or FCS - 140
Child Dev. & Fam. Relations
Applied Social Skills
3
Biol – 103 Principles of Biology Lecture I 3
Biol – 104 Principles of Biology Lab I 1
Eng – 101 Freshman Composition I 3
Eng – 102 Freshman Composition II 3
Hist - 103 World History I 3
Art 105, 210, THEA 100, 212
or MUS 219
Art Appreciation, Fine and Performing Arts, Intro. to the Theatre, Public Speaking
Music Appreciation for non-Majors
3
Math131 & 132
or Math 147 & 148
College Algebra, Trigonometry
Pre-Calculus I, Pre-Calculus II
6
Sci - 105 Phy. Sc. Survey I 3
Chemistry 101
or Chemistry 111
Env. Chemistry
General Chemistry I
3
  Total Hours  33
Sophomore Year
Course Number Course Title Hours
FN 205 Nutrition for Children 3
ED – 215 Intro. To Early Childhood Ed. 3
ED – 216 Methods in Early Childhood Ed.  3
ED – 217 Reading Lang. Arts in Early Childhood Ed. 3
Hist - 201, 202 or 322 American National Multicultural History, Recent American History or Louisiana History 3
SOC 101 Intro to Social Sciences 3
Eng - 200, 202, 203 or 205 World Literature, Introduction to Literature, Intro. to American Lit I, or Intro. to British Lit I 3
Eng - 207 or 213 Introduction to Technical Writing or Advanced Composition 3
CDFR - 259 Issues in Assess/Child & Family 3
Math 273 Probability and Statistics I 3
GET 300 Rising Junior Exam 0
  Total Hours  30
Junior Year
Course Number Course Title Hours
Art 402 Art for Teachers 3
CDFR – 330 Early Literacy Dev. in Math & Science for the Young Child 3
CDFR - 360* Developing Scientific Inquiry Skills I 3
CDFR - 304 Curr act & Met in CD Program 3
ED - 300 Ed. Psychology 3
ED - 302 Methods & Strategies for Teaching Elementary Mathematics 3
CDFR – 400 Nurs. Sch /Kinderg. Ed. 3
ED – 317 Multicultural Education 3
ED – 325 Reading in the Elemen. School 3
  Total Hours  30
Senior Year
Course Number Course Title Hours
FCS - 400 Nurs. Sch /Kinderg. Ed. 4
CDFR – 450  Practicum in Child Dev & Early Literacy 3
ED - 402* Instructional Technology 3
ED - 427 Classroom Management 3
FCS - 420 Methods of Teaching in Family & Consumer Sciences 3
ED – 452 Seminar II:  Advan. Teaching Methods 6
ED – 455 Student Teaching 9
  Total Hours  31
  TOTAL  124
*NOTE: The Teacher Certification Concentration meets requirements and total credit hours as approved by the Louisiana Department of Education.

 

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Department Head:

Terry Matthews, M. Ed.
Interim Coordinator
Department of Family and Consumer Sciences
Washington – Johnson Complex
Grambling State University
P.O. Box 4248
Grambling, LA 71245
(318) 274-3719 / 2311
FAX: (318) 274-6049