Department of Elementary and Early Childhood Education (EECE)

Elementary and Early Childhood teachers must have a broad academic background as well as a practical understanding of the school curriculum. Both the Elementary and Early Childhood programs offer a sequence of course work in the theory and practice of education and provide students with field experience in the schools. At the graduate level study towards a Master of Arts in Elementary Teaching (MAT) is done concomitantly with study towards the New Jersey certificate in elementary school teaching. The Master of Education (MEd) in elementary education is designed to increase the professional competence of fully certified elementary school teachers.