Associate of Applied Science | Associate of Arts
Associate of Applied Science
The Early Childhood Education program is designed to provide students an understanding of the cognitive, physical, social and emotional development of young children from infancy to middle childhood in diverse learning environments. Completion leads to leads to an Associate of Applied degree.
Opportunities to apply this knowledge in practical experiences are incorporated into the curriculum. Curriculum topics include, but are not limited to, developmental ages and stages, health and safety, curriculum planning and assessment. These courses are designed to combine theoretical and lab experiences for students to acquire skills and techniques required of early childhood care providers as well as to develop career opportunity skills.
Students seeking courses to assist in their completion of the Child Development Associate (CDA) credential should consult with an early childhood advisor. A minimum of 64 credit hours is required for the degree.
Associate of Arts
This option is designed for the student anticipating a career working with young children. Students are urged to obtain information regarding the requirements and recommendations of the institution to which they plan to transfer and the assistance of an LCCC education advisor.
Completion of the program, in addition to the General Education Core courses, leads to an Associate of Arts degree. A minimum of 64 credit hours is required for the degree.
About the Job
- With the increasing number of households in which both parents work full time, this industry has been one of the fastest growing in the U.S. economy.
- The industry also offers many opportunities for part-time work: more than 26 percent of all employees worked part-time in 2006.
- Child day care services provided about 807,000 wage and salary jobs in 2006.
- Opportunities for self-employment in this industry are among the best in the economy.
- Employment in child day care services is projected to increase rapidly, and an unusually large number of job openings will result each year from that growth and the need to replace the large numbers of experienced workers who leave the industry for other jobs.”
- Wage and salary jobs in the child day care services industry are projected to grow about 34 percent over the 2006-2016 period, compared with the 11 percent employment growth projected for all industries combined.
- Opportunities within this industry are expected to be excellent because of the need to replace workers who choose to leave the industry to return to school or enter a new occupation or industry.
Stats From the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
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