Associate Degree Program

Indiana Wesleyan University’s A.S. in Early Childhood Education program is a sixty-three (63) credit hour undergraduate program emphasizing the knowledge, skills and dispositions of an early childhood educator working with children from birth through age eight.

The mission of the A.S. in Early Childhood Education program is to prepare adults to meet the physical, social, emotional, cognitive, and affective needs of children from birth through age eight. Upon completion of the program, candidates will demonstrate the ability to:

• Promote child development and learning
• Build family and community relationships
• Observe, document, assess, and support young children
• Use development effective approaches
• Use content knowledge to build meaningful curriculum
• Demonstrate the knowledge, skills and dispositions of an early childhood professional