Online Bachelor’s Degree in Early Childhood Education: Trauma Studies

Sample ECE Online Courses

Creating Inclusive Learning Environments

This course explores values, policies, and practices that support the right of every infant and young child (and his or her family) to participate in a broad range of activities and contexts. Students will be introduced to issues of power and privilege; theories and models of cultural diversity; and Educational policy related to issues of access and equity. The focus of the course is to integrate knowledge of various cultural frameworks into the development of inclusive learning environments that provide access to early childhood education in a diverse society.

Development of Bicultural Children

This class will specifically focus on a framework of bicultural development as it compares with monocultural developmental theories. The pertinent issues and major social-ecological influences that play an important role in shaping the development of bicultural children will be explored. Culture and cognition, bilingualism, the biculturation process, and cultural psychological dynamics as they relate to personality and development and identity formation will be examined. An overview of the current literature in the field will also be discussed.

Emergent Curriculum: Reflecting Learner Lives

In this class, students will explore sources of emergent curriculum focusing on the community, that teachers and learners implement together, utilizing the emergent curriculum process-observation, analysis, collaboration, research and documentation, implications for learners of all ages will be analyzed, with a focus on the early childhood and school-age classroom.

Undergraduate Admission Requirements

• Completed Application for Admission
• Application fee
• Personal statement
• Identification verification
• Proof of academic history
• Work or Volunteer Experience Summary showing three or more years of significant professional or life experience or an official transcript confirming 24 transferable credits from an institutionally accredited institution with a grade of C or better
• Demonstrated commitment to the mission and values of Pacific Oaks College
• Any degree specific requirements

Applicants with less than 24 credits of transferrable college coursework who do not demonstrate three years of significant professional or life experience outlined on their Work or Volunteer Experience Summary, are required to submit additional documentation:

• One letter of support from someone (a non-relative) familiar with your ability to be successful in this program
• An additional essay (500-750 words). In your essay, please answer the following questions:
  • What life and professional experience do you possess that would enable you to be successful in the Pacific Oaks classroom focused on the application of experience to the course content?
  • Why it is important to you to study this discipline at a school that emphasizes social justice, cultural humility, and respect for every individual? (Please refer to the mission and vision statements of Pacific Oaks College).
• Interview with a member of the Admissions Committee

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