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Catalog of Entry | 2000
Child Care
Certificate
Minimum credits: 30
Minimum cumulative GPA: 2.0
Minimum 2.0 GPA: EDU 246, EDU 140, EDU 141 (see CDA requirements)
Minimum JCC credits: 12
General Education Requirements (6 credits)
English (3 credits)
ENG 131 Writing Experience
Mathematics (3 credits)
MTH 110 Basic Mathematics or higher level mathematics course
Child Development Associate Requirements (12 credits) - click
here for more additional information about the requirements for a CDA
Holder of a CDA credential
receive 12 credits toward this certificate.*
EDU 246 Early Childhood Education
EDU 140 Early Childhood Guidance
EDU 141 Professionalism in Childhood Development
HOC 110** CPR & First Aid
**Certification for CPR & First Aid is required for the CDA credential but it is not
necessary to complete HOC 110 to be certified.
Related Requirements (9 credits)
SPH 240 Interpersonal Communication
ITE 101 Intro Information Technology
EDU 130 Emergent Literacy
Electives (Additional courses*** so that total degree equals 30 credits.)
***Additional courses exclude continuing education courses (prefixes CED, CEO, CFO) or
classes offered through JCC's workforce training programs (prefixes JTI, PDI). See the
Associate in Applied Science - Child Care for courses.
*To verify the CDA Credential take the original or a copy of the
credential to the Degree Audit & Records Coordinator, Student Development.
Suggested course sequence
Semester I
ENG 131 Writing Experience
EDU 246 Early Childhood Education
SPH 240 Interpersonal Communication
ITE 101 Intro Information Technology
Semester II
EDU 140 Early Childhood Guidance
MTH 110 Basic Mathematics
HOC 110 CPR & First Aid
ENG 130 Emergent Literacy
Semester III
Elective
EDU 141 Professionalism in Childhood Development
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