Major in Early Childhood Multicultural Education (B.A.)

The early childhood multicultural education program in the School of Education at New Mexico Highlands University is a four year (66 hours) bachelor of arts degree. The program prepares classroom teachers and other professional to work with children from birth to age eight. The program fulfills the New Mexico Public Education Department [NMPED] competency requirements which include child growth, development and learning; developmentally appropriate content; and learning environments and curriculum implementation, health, safety and nutrition assessment and professionalism. The program meets the state requirements of teacher certification/ licensure for teaching Pre-K - 3 in the public schools and the early childhood special education (developmentally-delayed) preschool classroom. Candidates majoring in early childhood education are not required to take a minor.

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Required courses

In addition to the above requirements, licensing for early childhood education teaching in the State of New Mexico requires passing the New Mexico Teacher Assessment (NMTA) ECE content area examination mandated by the State of New Mexico Public Education Department (NMPED).