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May 30, 2026
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SFCC Catalog 2026-2027
Early Childhood Education, A.A.
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CIP: 13.1210
School of Business, Professional Studies and Education, 505-428-1256
This program transfers as the first two years of a Bachelor in Arts in Early Childhood Education degree at public four-year colleges and universities in New Mexico. The completion of this degree partially fulfills the New Mexico Public Education Department’s competencies for age 3 through Grade 3 licensure. Graduates may qualify as a teacher in an early childhood center. Students must work closely with their transfer institutions and their SFCC advisors to ensure the best transition to four-year schools.
Transfer of Credit
Students can earn the following certificate related to this degree:
Students can follow the Program Map(s) listed below to complete this degree:
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Program Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this program, students will be able to: - Know a wide-range of types of assessments, their purposes and their associated methods and tools for making informed choices.
- Know, understand, and value the diversity of families.
- Use professional communication skills, including technology-mediated strategies, to effectively support young children’s learning and development and work with families and colleagues.
- Understand the developmental period of early childhood from birth through age eight across physical, cognitive, social, and emotional, and linguistic domains including bilingual/multilingual development.
- Use screening and assessment tools in ways that are ethically grounded and developmentally, culturally, and linguistically appropriate in order to document development progress and promote positive outcomes for each child.
- Understand content knowledge including the central concepts, methods and tools of inquiry, and structure and resources for the academic disciplines in an early childhood curriculum.
- Understand pedagogical content knowledge including how young children learn in each discipline and how to use the teacher knowledge and practices to support young children’s learning in each content area.
- Modify teaching practices by applying, expanding, integrating, and updating content knowledge in the disciplines, knowledge of curriculum content resources, and pedagogical content knowledge.
General Education Requirements: (32 Credits)
Communications (9 Credits)
Mathematics (3 Credits Min.)
Choose from the following: Laboratory Science (4-8 Credits)
The combined total of Mathematics and Laboratory Science areas should equal a minimum of 10 credits Social/Behavioral Sciences (6 Credits)
Creative and Fine Arts (3 Credits)
The combined total of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Humanities, and Creative and Fine Arts areas should equal 12 credits Program Requirements: (29 Credits)
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