AS Early Childhood Education

Associate of Science in Early Childhood
(Altoona location)

The Associate Degree in Early Childhood Education from Mount Aloysius College is designed to help the working professional gain the expertise necessary to progress in his or her career. The program is designed to help both those students seeking the associate degree and for those students desiring only additional coursework in early childhood education in order to meet professional certification requirements.

Classes are held in the evenings in a central location in Altoona, PA. Online options for some courses are also available. 

Outstanding highlights of the program include:

• Convenient evening classes that meet one night a week.
• Solid grounding in the liberal arts as well as in the fundamentals of early childhood education.
• Online options available for some courses.
• Sound foundation for immediate entry into the workforce or further college work.

Admission Requirements

1. An application with a $30 fee.
2. Official high school transcript or GED diploma.
3. Official college transcripts from all colleges/universities attended, if applicable.
4. Official SAT scores.
5. Accuplacer Exam, if applicable

Students who have taken the SAT are required to have a minimum score of 1000 using the combined scores of critical reading and math only. If a student falls below the 1000 combined score he or she will be required to take the Accuplacer exam.  Students who have not taken the SAT will be required to take the Accuplacer exam.

The Accuplacer Exam is administered at the Greater Altoona Career and Technology Center as well as Mount Aloysius College.

Core Course Requirements
CLS 101/102	College Foundation	1-3
EN 110	Communication/Writing	3
EN 111	Communication/Writing	3
HS 201 or HS 202	History	3
CM 112 or CM 213 or BL 101	Math/Science	3-4
CS 103	Technology	3
RS 206	Religious Studies	3
EN 345	Literature	3
SO 301	Cultural Diversity	3
Total credits in core		25-28
Major Course Requirements
ED 110	Safety, Nutrition and Health of Young Children	2
ED 119	Aesthetic Experiences for Young Children	3
ED 213	Basics of Early Childhood Education	3
ED 251	Emergent Literacy	3
ED/PY 203	Psychology of Infant Development	3
ED/PY 206	Psychology of the Exceptional Child	3
ED 270	Supervised Field Experience: Child Care Administration	1
ED 271	Supervised Field Experience: Play as Curriculum	1
ED 204	Child Development and Adolescence	3
PY 221	Educational Psychology	3
Total credits in major		25
Other Required Coursework
GE 101	World Geography	3
Total credit of other required course work		3
*Total credits of free electives		4-7
Total credits for degree		60

*Free electives should be selected from core courses for the Bachelor of Science in Early Childhood/Elementary Education.

Course Descriptions