Kirkwood Community College Articulation Plan (2014-2015 Catalog)
Associate of Arts: Liberal Arts Degree: Early Childhood Education area of Interest
Upper Iowa University Prekindergarten- Grade 3
Meets Iowa Teacher Licensure Requirements for Prekindergarten through Third Grade
Kirkwood Year One
Fall
Spring
ENG 105 Comp I
►ECE 103 Intro to ECE (EDU 451)
3
3
►ECE 158 EC Curriculum I (EDU 455: with
ECE 159 also)
►ECE 170 Child Growth and Dev (EDU 142)
3
PSY 111 Intro to Psych
3
3
Total
ENG 106 Comp II
►ECE 159 EC Curriculum II (EDU 455:
with ECE 158 also)
►ECE133 Child Health Safety and Nutrition
(EDU 223)
SPC 101 Fundamental of Oral
Communication
History/cultures core - diversity
3
3
Humanities - Introductory Arts core
3
15.0
Total
3
3
3
18.0
Kirkwood Year Two
Fall
Spring
►ECE 290 Administering EC Programs
(EDU456)
►EDU 248 Exceptional Persons (EDU 304)
3
►ECE 221 Infant/Toddler Care and Ed and
3
3
ECE 262 EC Field Experience (EDU 235)
3
History/Cultures core
Biological Science
3
3
Humanities: Literature core
Humanities: any third humanities core
Total
3
3
18.0
►ECE 243 EC Guidance (EDU 462)
►MAT 117 Math for Elementary Teachers
(MATH 223)
Physical Science
► LIT 105 Children’s Lit (EDU 333)
Total
3
3
3
3
18.0
Take CBASE or Praxis Core the semester prior to
entering
► Indicates courses that will transfer to UIU Prekindergarten – Grade Three program to meet requirements
►If possible, have taken and passed C-BASE or Praxis Core.
UIU Year Three
Fall Terms One & Two
EDU 110 Foundations of Education
EDU 162 Diversity for Teachers
EDU 206 Field Experience I: Elem.
EDU 315 Teaching Elem. Social Studies
EDU 152 Assessment and Psychology
EDU 445 Second Language Acquisition
Spring Terms Three & Four
3
3
2
3
3
3
17
EDU 313 Teaching Creative Arts
EDU 335 Teaching Elem. Language Arts
EDU 459 Home, School, Comm. Relations
EDU 425 Content Area Literacy
EDU 325 Teaching Elem. Math
EDU 229 Field Experience Alternate
EDU 326 Developmental Reading
Total
2
3
3
3
3
1
3
18
UIU Year Four
Fall Terms One & Two
Spring Terms Three & Four
EDU 305 Teaching Elem. Science
HPER 327 Tch. Elem. Health/PE
3
3
EDU 407 Diagnostic & Corrective Reading
EDU 485 Advanced Problems in Reading
EDU 409 Practicum Elem. Reading
EDU 252 Computers & Instructional Tech.
Total
3
3
3
3
18
EDU 498 Student Teach: Kinder-Grade 3
EDU 488 Student Teach: BirthPrekindergarten
7
7
Total
14
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Program chair, Kirkwood Comm. Coll. Date Dean, Andres School of Education, UIU Date
______________________________________
Provost/Academic Vice President,
Date
Kirkwood Community College
*additional courses required for K-8 Reading endorsement
Upper Iowa University Prekindergarten – Grade 3 Majors
2014-2015 Catalog
The following are also requirements for students majoring in Early Childhood Education:
•
The courses listed in the transfer agreement above are for the Prekindergarten – Grade 3
Teaching Majors and Endorsements only. If you are considering other majors or
endorsements in the Teacher Education Program at UIU, you will need to work with the
college to determine and individual transfer plan.
•
Transfer agreements are updated each year. Students should work with an advisor from
UIU to make sure they are using the most recent transfer agreement
•
Maintain at least a 2.70 cumulative GPA to be admitted into the Upper Iowa University
Teacher Education Program.
•
Successfully pass the College Basic Academic Skills Exam (C-Base) in Reading and
Literature, Writing and Mathematics with the following minimum scores:
§
Reading and Literature: 235
§
Writing: 235
§
Math: 235
Each section of the exam may be taken a maximum of three times. (Praxis Core
minimum scores accepted are Reading 156, Writing 162, and Mathematics 150).
•
Submit to Criminal Background Checks and have no serious charges in this check.
•
UIU Contact for Transfer Information:
Jan O’Brien
Administrative Assistant
UIU Andres School of Education
563-425-5395
obrienj@uiu.edu