Infant and Toddler Care Certificate
The Infant and Toddler Care Certificate is designed to prepare students with the specialized skills and experience to provide care and ideal learning experiences to infants and toddlers in a variety of early childhood settings. The courses within the certificate are content-rich and focus on domain-specific, developmentally appropriate content and practices. This certificate supports one of the three pillars of early childhood education-Infant and Toddler. The certificate will encourage individuals to pursue their AA, BA, or BSED in early childhood education.
Individuals already enrolled in the AA, BA or BSED in early childhood would be eligible to complete one or more of the certificates. This would allow employers to collaborate with MSU to build a quality and effective workforce. Working with ND Department of Health and Human Services to help promote certificate option/CDA alternative in advancing career path. Individuals would have the opportunity to advance their careers by completing early childhood certificates which stack toward completion of an AA, BA or BSED degrees in early childhood.
Requirements
| EC 210 | Introduction to ECE | 3 |
| EC 211 | Observations, Assessment, and Interpretation Techniques | 3 |
| EC 320 | Infants and Toddlers | 3 |
| EC 336/SPED 336 | Social & Emotional Development & Guidance in ECE | 3 |
| EC 341 | Routines, Guidance & Learning Environments for Infants and Toddlers | 3 |
| EC 375 | Infant and Toddler Field Experience | 3 |
| SPED 340 | Assessment & Documentation in Infant & Toddler Programs | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 21 |
Total Credit Hours: 21