Early Childhood Studies – Multilingual Teaching
Bachelor of Arts – B.A.
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Undergraduate
About the Program
Translate your passion for language and serving diverse students into a career in multilingual education for young children. The Multilingual Teaching option is one of the few programs in higher education that provides this unique training. You will be prepared to enter a growing field and connect students with language and culture through immersive instruction.
The Polytechnic Approach
Become an empowering dual-language educator as you support young multilingual learners, helping them build foundational skills in multiple languages and celebrating diverse cultural perspectives. Through direct classroom experience in dual immersion with a mentor teacher, service learning, internships and more, you will have a head start on your dream career in multilingual early learning and care.
Career Outcomes
Courses
The Multilingual Teaching option provides you with the opportunity to become a multilingual educator for young children. California is a culturally and linguistically diverse state with a growing need for a strong multilingual early learning and care workforce. You will specialize in a language (such as Spanish) so that you can become a dual language educator. You will take courses in the English and Modern Languages department and Ethnic and Women Studies Department to strengthen your language and cultural understanding. The culminating course requires you to complete 60 hours in a dual immersion early learning and care setting and apply what you have been learning in your classes. Interact with children and families under the supervision of a mentor teacher and faculty member. The Early Childhood Studies department is one of the few programs in Higher Education to offer this unique preparation.
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Early Childhood Studies Activities
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