Bachelor of Elementary Education with Honors in Environmental Education (EEhEE)

The Bachelor's in Early Care and Education (BECE) degree is offered jointly by the Department of Curriculum and Instruction and Special Education. The main feature of this degree is that it blends the field of early childhood and early childhood special education, preparing personnel to serve the needs of young children with and without disabilities or delays. The degree is designed to prepare high-quality teachers and related personnel for employment in the fields of child care and children's services, working with young children from birth to age five.

The Bachelor's in Early Care and Education degree is based on the most up-to-date professional Standards (i.e., Division for Early Childhood, National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAYEC) Standards for personnel preparation and Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)). In addition to core coursework in teacher education and early childhood, students are able to tailor their program of study to meet their intended career goals through the selection of specific electives

Students who meet the Florida Board of Governors requirements for college readiness through SAT or ACT section scores in Verbal/Reading and English sections may be academically qualified for admission to FAU and exempt from English Proficiency exams. Students MUST meet the minimum qualifications for each section score of at least one test:

SAT
Evidence Based Reading & Writing Score - 490
ACT Section Scores
Reading 19
English 17
Students who do not meet the above score threshold, can provide proof of English Proficiency by meeting ONE of the following requirements:
First-year applicants are required to submit official SAT/ACT scores to receive an admission decision. Official results of SAT or ACT examinations must be submitted by all applicants with fewer than 60 degree credits completed at a postsecondary institution. Transfers with 30 or more but fewer than 60 transferrable semester credits who have successfully completed (C or higher) at least one English Composition course and one college- level mathematics course that consists of three (3) semester credits are not required to submit the test scores. High school transcripts may be required to demonstrate completion of the foreign language admission requirement.
Completion of at least three years of secondary education from a high school based in the United States or abroad with full curriculum of instruction in English.
Completion of at least three years of secondary education from a high school based in a country where English is the majority native-speaking language, or where English is the primary language of instruction starting in the primary grades.
Completion of at least 30 post-secondary credits, including ENC 1101 and ENC 1102, or the equivalent, with a grade of C or higher, from a U.S. regionally accredited post-secondary institution or from a recognized post-secondary institution abroad withfull curriculum of instruction in English.
Completion of at least 60 post-secondary credits or an associate degree or higher from a U.S. regionally accredited postsecondary institution or from a recognized post-secondary institution abroad with full curriculum of instruction in English.
TOEFL iBT (80)/PBT (550)
IELTS 6.5
International Baccalaureate (IB) - English Higher Level 6