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School of Special Education, School Psychology and Early Childhood Studies
College of Education
EDF 2085 Teaching Diverse Populations
Credits: 3.
A survey of educational demographics, foundations of prejudice, elements of culture, political and philosophical roots of diversity and commonality, exceptionalities, and barriers to cultural understanding and diversity in the classroom. A minimum of 30 hours of field experience is required with 15 hours in a diverse setting. (See also EDF 1005 and EME 2040.) (S, D)
EDF 3122 The Young Child
Credits: 3.
Study of growth and development during infancy and early childhood. Laboratory includes observation and participation in nursery school and kindergarten.
EDF 3433 Introduction to Educational Measurement and Evaluation
Credits: 2; Prereq: knowledge of descriptive statistics, including correlation and regression, and inferential statistics, including tests on means, an introductory statistics course, STA 2023 and permission of the department representative for freshman/sophomore-level students.
A survey of principles and methods of educational measurement with an emphasis on evaluation and diagnosis of students in school settings.
EEC 3005 Professionalism in Preschool and Childcare
Credits: 3; Prereq: admission to B.S. in Early Childhood Studies.
Ethical standards, professional guidelines, informed advocacy, and collaboration to support the development of children in child care and preschool settings.
EEC 3209 Art and Music in the Preschool Years
Credits: 3; Prereq: admission to B.S. in Early Childhood Studies.
Development and promotion of skills, concepts, creativity and enjoyment in music and visual arts in the preschool years.
EEC 3213 Language and Literacy Development in Preschool
Credits: 4; Prereq: admission to B.S. in Early Childhood Studies.
Provides students an understanding of the phases of language and literacy development in children ages 3-5.
EEC 3404 Families, Diversity and Multicultural Considerations in Early Childhood
Credits: 4.
The role of family and influence of community on development and learning of young children in diverse society.
EEC 3421 Teaching Math and Science in Early Childhood
Credits: 3; Prereq: must be a junior or senior EMR in the Unified Early Childhood Education Program.
Techniques and methods for teaching preschool to third grade mathematics and science. Topics include psychological understandings, problem solving processes, integration of mathematics and science curricula, organizing for instruction, teaching methodology, alternative assessments and applying the process approach to learning activities through use of centers, cooperative learning, hands-on manipulatives and discovery type experiments.
EEC 3941 Practicum in Early Childhood Education
Credits: 1 to 4; Prereq: enrollment in Unified Early Childhood PROTEACH.
Field experience in pre-service early childhood education. (S-U)
EEC 4204 Infant-Toddler Curriculum
Credits: 3; Prereq: admission to B.S. in Early Childhood Studies.
Design, implementation and evaluation of curriculum to support the development of infants and toddlers in child care programs.
EEC 4212 Mathematics and Science in the Preschool Years
Credits: 3; Prereq: admission to B.S. in Early Childhood Studies.
Development and promotion of mathematics and science skills, concepts and dispositions in the preschool years.
EEC 4215 Early Childhood Science and Social Studies
Credits: 3; Prereq: must be a junior or senior EMR in the Unified Early Childhood Education Program.
Integrated curriculum course on subject areas of science and social studies from the perspective of constructivist theory. Designed to promote understanding of similarities in ways in which children construct basic science and social studies concepts.
EEC 4268 Play and Integrated Curriculum in the Preschool Years
Credits: 3; Prereq: admission to B.S. in Early Childhood Studies.
Using theme-based units and play to integrate curriculum for preschool aged children.
EEC 4314 Behavior Management in the Preschool Years
Credits: 3.
Understanding, preventing, and responding to challenging behavior in preschool age children.
EEC 4315 Promoting Social Competence in the Preschool Years
Credits: 3.
Methods to facilitate peer interaction and promote the development of social competence for preschool age children.
EEC 4712 Social Competence in Early Childhood
Credits: 3; Prereq: must be a junior or senior EMR in the Unified Early Childhood Education Program.
Techniques of implementing developmentally appropriate strategies to promote children's self-responsibility and self-discipline. Examination of practices to help young children learn conflict resolution, effective interaction skills and prosocial behavior.
EEX 2000 Impact of Disabilities: Home, Community and Workplace
Credits: 3.
The course provides opportunities to learn how disabilities impact the lives of individuals who have disabling conditions and how the presence of individuals with disabilities enhances diversity in a variety of settings. Attention will be given to the impact of disabilities in home, community and work environments. Physical, cognitive and emotional/behavioral disabilities will be considered.
EEX 3012 Introduction to Special Education
Credits: 3.
This course provides an overview of special education focusing on the characteristics and definitions of disabilities, the referral process, and service delivery models. Information on the history of, legal basis for, contemporary issues in special education is included.
EEX 3062 Early Childhood Special Education Curriculum
Credits: 3.
Content knowledge in developing and implementing individualized educational programs for the pre-kindergarten child with disabilities, including developmentally appropriate curriculum; methods, interventions strategies, teaming approaches, inclusion and mainstreaming issues; and approaches and techniques for serving the child and the family.
EEX 3070 Teachers and Learners in the Inclusive School
Credits: 3; Prereq: junior or senior standing.
Characteristics of, identification of and teaching practices for exceptional children who are in the mainstream of education. Designed for general education majors, both elementary and secondary.
EEX 3226 Assessment in Early Childhood Special Education
Credits: 3.
Use of informal and formal evaluation techniques to develop individualized educational programs for young children with disabilities and individualized family support plans for infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families. An emphasis is the implementation of a multidisciplinary team approach in the assessment of young children.
EEX 3257 Core Teaching Strategies
Credits: 3.
This course is designed to assist pre-service teachers in developing instruction that provides diverse learners meaningful access to the school curriculum, and assist them in becoming self-regulated learners.
EEX 3312 Exceptional People in School and Society
Credits: 3.
Persons with disabilities and people from other diverse groups and the services they need from school and society for success. Consideration of the abilities, causes and educational implications. May not be taken in lieu of EDF 2085. (S, D)
EEX 3616 Core Classroom Management Strategies
Credits: 3.
This course is designed to assist pre-service teachers in learning classroom management strategies to enable them to develop a positive classroom community for students with disabilities and other diverse learners. They will learn organizational and management strategies to assist students in managing their behavior.
EEX 4018 Adaptations for Children with Special Needs (age 3-5)
Credits: 3; Prereq: admission to B.S. in Early Childhood Studies
Methods for adapting early childhood activities and environments to meet the needs of children at risk for having a disability.
EEX 4064 Educational Programming for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities
Credits: 3.
This course provides an overview of issues, trends and best practices in the education of infants and toddlers who are at-risk or disabled (birth to three).
EEX 4294 Differentiated Instruction
Credits: 3.
This course is designed to provide preservice teachers with information and expertise related to differentiating instruction to effectively meet the academic needs of all students in inclusive settings.
EEX 4703 Application Experience: Theory to Practice
Credits: 1 to 2; Prereq: admission to B.S. in Early Childhood Studies
Course provides students with opportunities to plan, implement and evaluate strategies learned in coursework in a classroom environment.
EEX 4754 Family Focused Involvement in Early Childhood Special Education
Credits: 3.
Professional skills in working with families of young children with disabilities, including understanding of family systems theory, assessing family strengths and needs, developing individual family support plans (IFSP) or individual educational plan (IEP), and enhancing communication and counseling skills. Understanding families from diverse cultures.
EEX 4790 Multicultural Issues in Early Childhood Special Education
Credits: 3.
Cultural and linguistic diversity among young children with disabilities and their families.
EEX 4812 Practicum in Early Childhood Special Education
Credits: 3.
Students will conduct informal assessments, will plan an intervention program, and will provide intervention to young children with disabilities. (S-U)
EEX 4905 Individual Study
Credits: 1 to 6.
Open only to undergraduates who wish to study a problem in depth that relates to their preparation as special education teachers. The project must be approved and supervised by department faculty. (WR)
EPH 4033 Children and Youth with Multiple Disabilities
Credits: 1 to 3; Prereq: EDH or EMR majors only.
Educational procedures, programming strategies, and curriculum development required for developmentally young children and youth with multiple impairments including physical, visual, auditory, medical and behavioral problems.
LIN 3710 Language Acquisition
Credits: 3; Prereq: must be a junior or senior EMR in the Unified Early Childhood Education Program.
This course focuses on child language development and use as it influences classroom practice and literacy development. Study of oral language development of children from birth through age eight.

General Education Categories

Consult Schedule of Courses for specific information.

  • Biological Sciences (B)
  • Composition (C)
  • Diversity (D)*
  • Humanities (H)
  • International (N)*
  • Mathematics (M)
  • Physical Sciences (P)
  • Social and Behavioral Sciences (S)

* Students who entered UF prior to Summer B 2007 and/or whose catalog year is not 2007-08: Current students who have not completed six hours of international/diversity (I) credits can do so now by taking D and N courses.

Symbols Used in Course Descriptions

  • (WR): the course satisfies the writing requirement.
  • (MR): the course satisfies the math requirement.
  • (S-U): the course may be taken on a satisfactory-unsatisfactory basis.
  • Refer to the Schedule of Courses for specific information.