Early Childhood Education Certificate (for the B.S. Ed in Elementary Education)

If you are majoring in elementary education, you can count this certificate as your content emphasis toward your degree requirements.  Click here for more information on the B.S. Ed. in Elementary Education.

To complete this emphasis, take the following 19 units:

• ECI 305 (3 units)

• ECI 312 (3 units)

• ECI 308 (1 unit)

• ECI 313 (3 units)

• ECI 314 (3 units)

• ECI 315 (3 units)

• ESE 436 (3 units)

Plus 3 units chosen from one of the following:

• ECI 316 (3 units)

• ECI 311 (3 units)

You must also student teach in a preschool and K-3 settings.  Your student teaching for the Early Childhood Education Certificate meets the student teaching requirements for the B.S. Ed. Elementary degree.

Be aware that some courses required for your certificate may have pre-requisites that you must also take.  Check the courses in the appropriate subject.

The Early Childhood Education Certificate course work can be taken by in-service teachers with degrees in elementary education who wish to become certified in Early Childhood Preschool through grade 3 through endorsement by the Arizona Department of Education.

Click here for more information about our ECI undergraduate courses, graduate courses, and faculty.