Bachelor of Science: Behavioral Science

General Education Requirements	60 credits
Behavioral Science and Early Childhood Education Undergraduate Courses	36 credits
Open Electives	9 credits
Early Childhood Education Graduate Courses Completed for B.S. Degree	15 credits
Total	120 credits

Master of Science: Early Childhood Education, Birth–Grade 2

Course work completed during B.S. degree	15 credits
Course work completed during M.S. degree	18 credits
Total	33 credits
Total combined B.S. and M.S	138 credits

For specific major requirements, please refer to the Behavioral Science section of this catalog listed within the School of Social and Behavioral Sciences.

The Early Childhood graduate courses that must be completed as part of the B.S. degree are the following:

course - Educational Foundations from Diverse Perspectives
course - Foundations in Education for Students with Disabilities from Birth through Adolescence
course - Teaching English as a Second Language
course - Approaches to Literacy in Early Childhood through Adolescence
course- Introduction to Early Childhood Education: Foundations, Methods and Materials

The above 15 credits are taken as an undergraduate student as part of the B.S. degree program. The remaining 18 credits are taken as a graduate student after receiving the B.S. degree and after meeting the admission requirements for acceptance into the M.S. degree program. Please see the Graduate Catalog for course descriptions of the above courses and for specific requirements for the M.S. degree.

Students in the 4+1 program must take course - Contemporary Issues in Childhood & Education Credits: 3, under the Social Perspectives General Education Disciplinary Grouping, as a general education elective.

Behavioral Science, B.S.

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