Early Childhood Education - BS
This major is designed to prepare students to teach PreK-3 in public schools. In order to graduate with this major, students are required to complete Utah State Board of Education licensing requirements.
Early childhood education prepares teachers who, having gained their own liberal education, help preschool, kindergarten, and primary grade children learn by improving the teaching children receive in the home, school, church, and community. Early childhood education helps young students enhance their thinking abilities, build their confidence in exploring new ideas, and become self-motivated, independent learners.
In the program prospective teachers learn about the culture of young children, develop a solid foundation in basic principles of teaching and learning that originate in developmental theory and research, and become proficient in appropriately implementing those basic principles in practical settings.