Dec 10, 2024  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog
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INCH 320 -  Emergent Literacy and Language Development


This course combines a study of the function, organization, and integration of the early childhood-level language and literacy development curricula with a survey of current teaching resources and research-based strategies to address the learning strengths and needs of diverse learners. Pre-service teacher candidates will study the development of competencies in language and literacy development through a learner-centered approach, with an emphasis on the arts and technology. Course is taught in an elementary school with a requirement of 60 total hours of field work. Course Codes: AFHL. Prerequisite: SPF*204 or equivalent course. Corequisite: INCH*310. 4 hrs/wk field work in site location in addition to class. Must be accepted in the Inclusive Early Childhood/Childhood Education major to register for this course. Allow for 30 minutes travel time from the Nazareth campus; candidates provide their own transportation. Course meets on campus for the first two to three weeks of the semester, then at a site based location for the rest of the semester.

Prerequisites & Notes
Course Codes: AFHL. Prerequisite: SPF*204 or equivalent course. Corequisite: INCH*310. 4 hrs/wk field work in site location in addition to class. Must be accepted in the Inclusive Early Childhood/Childhood Education major to register for this course. Allow for 30 minutes travel time from the Nazareth campus; candidates provide their own transportation. Course meets on campus for the first two to three weeks of the semester, then at a site based location for the rest of the semester. Term cycle: fall. Yearly cycle: all years.

Credits: 3



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