ECED at James Madison University

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate ECED coursework.

• LED 355Inclusive Early Literacy Development and Acquisitionopens 7 courses (5 directly)
• ECED 444Mathematics Content and Pedagogy for Early Childhood Education Iopens 7 courses (1 directly)
• ECED 511Early Childhood Practicum with Attention to Diversityopens 4 courses (3 directly)
• LED 566Literacy Acquisition and Development of the Young Readeropens 4 courses (1 directly)
• ECED 304Diversity, Equity and Justice in Early Childhood Educationopens 2 courses (1 directly)
• LED 456Inclusive Literacy Learning in the Primary Gradesopens 2 courses (1 directly)

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate ECED work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 28 ECED and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 7 more ECED courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in ECED. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 6 courses deep, ending at ECED 498

  1. ECED 444Mathematics Content and Pedagogy for Early Childhood Education I
  2. LED 355Inclusive Early Literacy Development and Acquisition
  3. ECED 304Diversity, Equity and Justice in Early Childhood Education
  4. ECED 480Student Teaching ECED
  5. ECED 498Capstone in Early Childhood Education

• 5 courses deep, ending at ECED 690

  1. LED 566Literacy Acquisition and Development of the Young Reader
  2. ECED 511Early Childhood Practicum with Attention to Diversity
  3. ECED 611Early Childhood Practicum with Attention to Special Education

• 3 courses deep, ending at ECED 441

  1. LED 366Early Literacy Development and Acquisition
  2. LED 436Literacy Learning in the Elementary Grades
  3. ECED 441Practicum in Child Development

• 2 courses deep, ending at ECED 442

  1. ECED 372Introduction to Early Childhood Education
  2. ECED 442The Young Child

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for ECED yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under ECED yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

ECED does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the JMU campus feed.