Child Development/Early Childhood Department

Kilgore College offers a valuable opportunity for students to learn through hands-on experiences in laboratory settings.

Students conduct their laboratory experience in the nationally accredited Kilgore College Early Childhood Center (KCECC) under the supervision of model early childhood teachers. Additional laboratory experiences are provided by a variety of other approved licensed early childhood program in the community.

Our program is unique because we offer several choices for students to receive training. A student can earn an A. A. S. degree in Child Development/Early Childhood or anyone who completes one or any of our certificates can use those courses toward our A. A. S. degree. Also, a student can complete the Early Childhood Field of Study Transfer Curriculum leading to the completion of a B. S. in Human Sciences or a B. S. in Interdisciplinary Studies with a proposed Certification in Early Childhood Education.

*The following degree consists of the Kilgore College Core Curriculum and the Early Childhood Field of Study Transfer Classes.

Associate of Arts in Teaching Degree
Teacher Preparation for Pre-K-Grade 4

	Credit Hours To Be	Completed
Communication	6 hours ENGL 1301 & 1302 3 hours SPCH 1315, SPCH 1321	9
Mathematics	9 hours MATH 1314, 1350, 1351	9
Natural Sciences	8 hours to be selected from BIOL 1406, 1407, 1408, 1409, 1471, 2401, 2402, 2406, 2416, or CHEM 1405, 1406, 1411, 1412, 2423, 2425 or GEOL 1403, 1404, 1405, 2407 or PHYS 1401, 1402, 1405, 1411, 1412, 2425, 2426	8
Humanities and Visual Performing Arts	3 hours to be selected from: ARTS 1301, 1303, 1304, DANCE 1301, DRAM 1310, 2361, 2362, or MUSI 1306, 1310 3 hours to be selected from: ENGL 2322, 2323, 2326, 2332, 2333	6
Social and Behavioral Sciences/History/ Government	6 hours to be selected from: HIST 1301, 1302, or 2301 6 hours to be selected from: GOVT 2305, 2306 4 hours TECA 1354/CDEC 1100	16
Institutional Options	3 hours to be selected from: BCIS 1305, COSC 1336 or COCS 1337 and 2 hours selected from: KINE 1218, 1230, 1238, 1245, 1250, or (2) 1-hour activity courses	5
Other Required Courses	Take all these courses: TECA 1303/CDEC 1129 TECA 1311 TECA 1318	10
	Total Credit Hours	63