Office: 186 High Street
Mailing: 111 South Street
Farmington, ME 04938

Phone: (207) 778-7502
TDD: (207) 778-7000
Fax: (207) 778-8134
E-mail: umfmasters@maine.edu

 

 

 

Course Schedule

Early Childhood Program

COURSE ROTATION CYCLE

(2011-2016)

C = Core Course; E = Elective; ‘081’ = Courses may count towards partial fulfillment of Maine Section 081 Teaching Certificate; O denotes a 100% online courses

 Completion of all coursework within 6 semesters may require transfer of electives from other accredited programs.           

 

COURSE

COURSE TITLE

Su*

11

Fa*

11

Sp*

12

Su

12

Fa

12

Sp

13

Su

13

Fa

13

Sp

14

Su

14

Fa

14

Sp

15

Su

15

Fa

15

Sp

16

Su

16

ECH 500

C

Early Childhood Education in Today’s World

X



X



X



X




X



ECH 502

E     081

Diverse programming in Early Learning Environments



X

O







X

O






X

O

ECH 503

E

Leadership & Supervision




X













ECH 504

E

Early Childhood Policy & Research







X










ECH 505

E   081

Mathematics in the Early Childhood Years


X







X




X




ECH 533

C

Advanced Foundations of Child Development


X






X





X




ECH 534

C

Advanced Program Administration




X




X






X



ECH 535

C

Play and the Social World of the Child

X






X





X




X

ECH 537

E   081

Science in the Early Childhood years






X






X





ECH 538

C

Collaboration with Families & Communities





X






X






ECH 539

C

Curriculum Development & Assessment



X

O






X

O






X

O


ECH 540

C

Research Methods in Early Childhood





X





X






X

ECH 541

C

Field-Based Research






X





X






ECH 577

E

Special Topics; other elective may be offered













X


X


 *Su=May/Summer Term. May term begins 2nd or 3rd week of May. Summer term begins 2nd , 3rd or 4th week of June); both normally ending by last week of July.

  Fa=Fall Semester begins week before Labor Day if holiday is September 4-7, and week after if holiday is September 1-3; ending second week of December.

  Sp=Spring Semester begins week of Martin Luther King holiday (or following week if Monday class); ending second week of May.