The Programme will be implemented in either full-time or part-time mode.

  
Full-time mode

Part-time mode

Full-time mode

Year 1

Programme Core Courses
  • Child Development, Observation and Assessment
  • Introduction to Early Child Education and Care
  • Introduction to Teaching and Learning in ECE
  • Care and Safety for Child and Infant Toddlers
  • Fostering Children's Language Development
  • Curriculum Planning, Implementation and Evaluation in Early Childhood Education
  • Enriching Children's Experience in Science and Mathematics
  • Practicum I (1)
GE, Language and IT Requires Courses
  • English Usage
  • Practical Chinese
  • Numerical and Information Technology Literacy
Non-credit Bearing Course
  • Integrated Seminar and Community Involvement

Year 2

Programme Core Courses
  • Fostering Children's Development: Social, Emotional and Moral
  • Promoting Children's Health and Physical Well-being
  • Integrated Play-based Curricula: Design & Implementation
  • Early Childhood Education: Current Theories and Approaches
  • Promoting Children's Creativity and Aesthetic Development through Visual Art and Music
  • Introduction to Children with Special Educational Needs
  • Building School, Family and Community Partnerships
  • Management, Sustainable Development and Quality Assurance in Early Childhood Education
  • Practicum I (2)
GE and Language Requires Courses
  • Academic Reading and Writing I
  • Ethics and Moral Issues

Year 3

Programme Core Courses
  • Leadership and Counselling in Early Childhood Education
  • Putonghua for Young Children
  • English Literacy for Young Children
  • Working with Parents and the Community to Support Children with Special Educational Needs
  • Promoting Learning and Social Development for Children with Special Educational Needs
  • Promoting Children's Creativity and Aesthetic Development through Drama, Storytelling and Creative Dance
  • Project I: Research Methodology
  • Practicum II (1)
GE and Language Requires Courses
  • Academic Reading and Writing II
  • English Communication for Early Childhood Education I
  • Individual & Society
  • Critical Thinking

Year 4

Programme Core Courses
  • Current Issues and Policies in Early Childhood Education
  • Facilitating Transitions in Young Children
  • Working with Non-Chinese-speaking (NCS) Children in Local Early Childhood Educational Settings
  • Inculcating Moral Values and Professionalism in Early Childhood Educators
  • Project II: Final Year Project
  • Practicum II (2)
GE and Language Requires Courses
  • English Communication for Early Childhood Education II
  • Global Citizenship
  • GE Elective


Part-time mode

Year 1

Programme Core Courses
  • Leadership and Counselling in Early Childhood Education
  • Creativity and Aesthetic Development through Drama, Storytelling and Creative Dance
  • English Literacy for Young Children
  • Inculcating Moral Values and Professionalism in Early Childhood Educators
  • Promoting Learning and Social Development for Children with Special Educational Needs
  • Working with Parents and the Community to Support Children with Special Educational Needs
  • Practicum II (1)
GE and Language Requires Courses
  • Academic Reading and Writing II
  • Individual & Society
  • Integrated Seminar and Community Involvement

Year 2

Programme Core Courses
  • Current Issues and Policies in Early Childhood Education
  • Facilitating Transitions in Young Children.
  • Working with Non-Chinese-speaking (NCS) Children in Local Early Childhood Educational Settings
  • Putonghua for Young Children
  • Project I: Research Methodology
GE and Language Requires Courses
  • English Communication for Early Childhood Education I
  • GE Elective

Year 3

Programme Core Courses
  • Project II: Final Year Project
  • Practicum II (2)
GE and Language Requires Courses
  • English Communication for Early Childhood Education II
  • Critical Thinking
  • Global Citizenship

Pairs of Specialization (Programme Electives)

Students are required to  select any one pair in Year 3 and Year 4 for full-time mode and Year 2 and Year 3 for part-time mode respectively.  TWO PAIRS are required to complete in total.

Specialization
Name of Modules​
PAIR A​

Home-School Collaboration and Community Participation​		 Children, Families and Communities in a Diverse Society​
Issues on Collaboration with Parents, Community and Specialists in Related Fields​
PAIR B ​

Children with Special Educational Needs (SEN)​		 Early Intervention via a Multidisciplinary Approach for Children with Special Educational Needs​
Teaching Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Intellectual and Developmental Disability​
PAIR C​

Educational Management​		 Organization and Management in Early Childhood Education Practice​
Cultural Awareness and School Support to Young Children​
PAIR D​

Curriculum Studies: Expressive Arts​		 Exploring Visual Arts and Music Education to Support Children's Learning​
Enhancing Children's Learning through Drama in Education ​
PAIR E​

Science, Nature and Living​		 Enriching Young Children's Scientific, Technological and Mathematical Mind​
Enhancing Children's Experience in Nature and Living​