Early Childhood Studies, Education Concentration, BA, Sample Four-Year Plan

The Four year Plan is a sample study plan. The sequence and specific courses given are suggestive; please track your progress using the Academic Requirements Report (ARR) in your MySSU Account, and see an advisor each semester to plan your personal program.

Courses may be interchanged fall and spring semester depending on course offering each semester.

We strongly recommend that you take a second-year experience course.  Some meet a GE area, or they can count as a university elective.  ECS students especially like EDEC 160, which is a university elective.

* We strongly recommend that you take EDEC 160A and EDEC 160B, the First-Year Learning Community (FLC) for Early Childhood Studies.  Other FLCs may be taken; please check your ARR and work with an advisor to determine how another FLC changes your progress in the General Education program.

†Lower Division GE Courses may be taken in any order.  However, the following two conditions must be met:  GE Areas A2 and B4 must be completed in the first year, and GE Areas A1 and A3 must be completed by the end of the second year.

‡Upper division GE courses may be taken in any order after you attain 45 units towards the degree. 

§Upper division courses in the major may be taken in any order, except that EDEC 478 should be taken in the same semester that you graduate.