2005-2007 Catalog - University of Arkansas at Monticello

HIST 4653 American Civil War and Reconstruction
3 credits: 3 hours lecture
Prerequisites: HIST 2213, HIST 2223
Military history, weapons, tactics, strategy, and
key campaigns; Reconstruction and its effects.
HIST 466V Seminar in American History
Variable credit
Prerequisites: HIST 2213, HIST 2223
Selected period or topic with extensive readings,
acquaintance with original source material and class
discussions. Not to exceed 3 hours credit per
semester. Can be repeated for up to 9 hours credit.
HIST 4673 Mexico
3 credits: 3 hours lecture
Prerequisites: HIST 1013, HIST 1023
Political, economic, and social developments in
the history of Mexico from early civilizations
through the modern era.
HIST 479V Independent Study in History
Variable credit
Consult the Independent Study Courses
subheading in the Academic Regulations section
of this catalog for prerequisites and description.
HOEC Courses
(Early Childhood Education)
HOEC 1013 Tech Health, Safety, and Nutrition
3 credits
Health and safety requirements for licensed child
care facilities, staff/child ratios, characteristics of
a safe child care center, safety rules, hygiene
practices, emergency procedures, health records,
medications, basic first aid procedures, strategies
for care of ill children, environmental conditions,
and climate control guidelines. Identification of
agencies that assist childcare facilities with health
and safety. Ways of providing food service in child
care facilities, food service equipment, health
department guidelines, budgeting food costs,
food vendors, food programs for child care
centers, inventory, storage, safety/sanitation
procedures, and arrangement/maintenance of the
food service area. Management techniques for
feeding infants, toddlers, pre-school, and school
age children. Nutritional concerns, specific eating
behaviors, and emergency procedures for choking.
HOEC 1023 Tech Childcare Practicum I
3 credits
Identification of child care career ladders, job
availability, types of child care settings, routines
and procedures to use in the child development
lab, roles and responsibilities of caregivers,
observation/assessment techniques, professional
ethics, and legal issues in child care. Supervised
teaching assignments in a variety of childcare
settings.
HOEC 1043 Tech Curriculum Development
and Methods for Infants and Toddlers
3 credits
Planning an enriching environment with
appropriate interactions for infants and toddlers.
Focuses on setting up the learning environment
and steps to advance physical and intellectual
development. Competencies are derived from the
original goals developed by the federal administration
for children. Analysis of children’s learning
styles, developmentally appropriate teaching
methods and techniques, selection, use, care,
storage, and inventory guidelines of media
materials/equipment, and other teaching
materials. Interactions with children involving a
variety of methods and materials and evaluation
of their effectiveness. Requires development of a
methods and materials file.
HOEC 1063 Tech Introduction to Early
Childhood Education
3 credits
Overview of the field of early childhood care and
education: history, current research, what
constitutes best practice and quality environments
and the interrelation of these concepts with
inclusive settings. The course reviews professionalism
in the field: ethics, the commitment to being
a life long learner, Arkansas’s Early Childhood
Professional Development System - the Registry
and Spectrum, and laws and regulations regarding
early care and education including those for early
childhood special education.
HOEC 2033 Tech Child Care Practicum II
3 credits
Planning, implementing, and evaluating directed
experiences with children in group settings and
with parents. Study of guidance techniques,
interpersonal communication skills, observation/
recording methods, problem solving techniques,
and characteristics of quality childcare. Guidelines
for portfolio development.
HOEC 2053 Tech Curriculum Development
and Methods for Preschool
3 credits
How to plan and present information to young
children. Focuses on planning an appropriate
learning environment with activities to maximize
the physical, cognitive, communication, and
creative development of young children.
Identification of methods and materials
appropriate for each component of the childcare
program. Requires the development of teaching
aids appropriate for student’s specialty area.
HOEC 2073 Tech Child Guidance
3 credits
Study of goals of guidance, direct/indirect
guidance observation guidelines/interpretation,
conflict between children, reasons for problem
behavior, times of behavioral stress, techniques
for dealing with misbehavior, and discipline
alternatives. Guidelines for establishing and
enforcing rules in the child care setting.
Techniques to promote self-direction/control by
the child.
HOEC 2143 Tech Child Care Program Planning
3 credits
Types of child care programs and characteristics
of each. Steps in planning a child care program
and design of a program plan for student’s
specialty area. Analysis of quality indicators of
childcare programs. Lesson planning, instructional
techniques, assessment techniques, facility
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