Early Childhood Education Associate of Science

Brown Mackie College — Michigan City

The Early Childhood Education degree program at Brown Mackie College – Michigan City in Indiana is an associate’s degree program which can provide you with the general and cultural knowledge of the physical, social, emotional, and intellectual needs of young children. You will develop an understanding of the social and psychological factors that influence a child and will acquire the essential knowledge, skills, ethics, and dispositions required in an early childhood education professional.

Early childhood educators and childcare workers play an important role in the lives of young children. They help children learn basic concepts and skills, and are key in helping them develop their views of themselves and the world. Teachers introduce children to language, math, science, and social studies. As a graduate with an Early Childhood Education degree, you may be prepared to seek entry-level job opportunities in pre-schools/nursery schools, center-based programs, school-age programs, family childcare homes, childcare resource and referral organizations, and early childhood development centers.

This Early Childhood Education degree program offers you courses on:
• The environments, materials, and resources that comprise an appropriate educational setting for young children.
• Developmentally appropriate practices for children with a focus on best practices for nurturing the development of the child. Issues such as readiness, whole language, multiage grouping, and cultural diversity are addressed with an emphasis on child-centered curriculum.
• Classroom management strategies and the linkage between positive guidance and knowledge and application of child development theory.