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Earn your ECE with 100% online coursework.

Bright Horizons has partnered with UMass Global to help our employees earn their Bachelor of Arts in Early Childhood Education at a serious discount. Advance your skill set and education career, while still working full time.

  • Bright Horizons covers up to $5,250 of your tuition each year. That’s equates to five classes in four sessions.
  • UMass Global helps you earn your degree more quickly through credit transfers.
  • Online coursework is designed for busy, working adults.
  • UMass Global provides unrivaled support for adult learners with one-on-one support every step of the way, along with free math and English tutoring.

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Early Childhood Education Degree Overview

The Bachelor of Arts in Early Childhood Education prepares you to provide high-quality, inclusive care and education to children up to the age of 8. This online early childhood education degree program includes fieldwork and two practicums that let you demonstrate your teaching competencies under guided supervision.

As a student, you will:

  • Learn skills to complement your previous early childhood educational training and fieldwork.
  • Study lower division coursework, which mirrors the Curriculum Alignment Project Eight (CAP 8), and provides a foundation for upper division content and experiences.
  • Demonstrate your mastery and reflect on the knowledge, skills and dispositions you have learned.
  • Student must be an employee/member, spouse/dependent of employee/member of a participating Scholarship Partner.
  • Student must be admitted to the University, start during the term of the partnership agreement, and attend during the 2023-24 academic year.
  • Continuing student will maintain the scholarship level that was awarded at the time of the agreement.
  • Interrupted enrollment will not affect a continuing student’s scholarship unless the student is required to re-apply to the university. Students who must re-apply to the university will need to also re-apply to any scholarship awarded through an updated partnership agreement. The reapplying student would be subject to whichever scholarships and agreements are available to them in their specific situation at the time of the re-admit.
  • Student must remain in good academic and financial standing in accordance with the University's existing catalog.
  • Student must submit the scholarship application no later than one session immediately following the start of the student's eligibility of the qualified academic program. In addition, once the scholarship application is submitted, the scholarship will not be retroactive beyond one session.
  • Scholarships will be applied to the current active session/trimester based on date of receipt of the complete scholarship application packet and cannot be applied retroactively.
  • Student may not combine any scholarships or discounts to tuition, including military rates.

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    How will a degree help me?

    The numbers show that expanding your education is always a good career move.

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    bachelor's degree holders are half as likely to be unemployed as their peers who only have a high school diploma*
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    Bachelor's degree holders make $1.2 million in additional earnings on average over their lifetime as their peers who only have a high school diploma*
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    of workers will require training before 2027**
    WSCUC

    University of Massachusetts Global is accredited by the WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC)

    California Commission on Teaching Credentialing

    University of Massachusetts Global's School of Education is accredited by the California Commission on Teaching Credentialing.

    Ruby G

    One word that comes to mind in thinking about my educational journey at UMass Global is 'self reflective'. No matter what course I took, self-reflection was always included as an aspect of each course. I was provided opportunities to consistently reflect on myself, my values, my beliefs, my education, my practices and the field of early childhood education as a whole.

    Ruby G.
    MAE, Leadership in Early Childhood Education, PBIS Support Specialist, Stanislaus County Office of Education

    BA in ECE Program Curriculum

    • Code Course Name Credits
      ECED 100

       Child Growth and Development

      3
      ECED 110  Child, Family, and Community

      3
      ECED 120  Principles and Practices of Teaching Young Children

      3
      ECED 130  Introduction to Curriculum for Young Children

      3
      ECED 200  Observation and Assessment in Early Childhood Education

      3
      ECED 210  Practicum in Early Childhood Education I

      3
      ECED 220  Health, Safety, and Nutrition

      3
      ECED 230  Teaching in a Diverse Society

      3
      Core Courses

       
      ECED 300  The Professional Early Childhood Educator

      3
      ECED 301  Effective Support for Children with Exceptional Needs and Their Families

      3
      ECED 330  Dual Language Learners and Their Families

      3
      Content Courses

       
      ECED 302  Social and Emotional Competence in Early Childhood Education

      3
      ECED 303  Integrated Learning Standards in Early Childhood Settings: Language & Literacy

      3
      ECED 304  Integrating Learning Standards in Early Childhood Settings: Mathematics and Science

      3
      ECED 398  The Intentional, Reflective Teacher

      3
      ECED 399  Integrated Practice-Practicum II

      3
      ECED 401  The Early Childhood Educator as Decision Maker-Capstone

      3
      Total Credits

      51

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