Early Care and Education

Degree:  

• The Associate in Applied Science (AAS) in Early Care and Education combines coursework and field experience to prepare students to work in all types of preschool, Head Start, and before- and after-school programs. MCC provides a sequence of lively, interactive classes and a variety of field experiences to expand student’s understanding of children.

Certificate:

• The Early Care Specialist Certificate of Completion (CCL) is designed for entry level positions in the early childhood field and develops knowledge and understanding of the care and education of young children.  

Family Life Education

Degree:

• This new AAS degree prepares individuals to enter the family life education, human development, or child and family organizations field at the paraprofessional level.  Students can expect to find employment opportunities in adoption and foster care, crisis intervention programs, hospice care, social service agencies, and facilities for disabled and developmentally challenged individuals, shelters and other child and family, community-based organizations.

Certificate:

• The Parent Education Certificate, Adolescent Development Certificate, Adult Development and Aging Certificate, and Child & Family Organizations Management and Administration Certificate are designed to develop knowledge and understanding in a specific discipline of Family Life Education.

ATP Early Childhood Teacher Education

Mesa Community College is pleased to announce an academic partnership with Northern Arizona University.  This partnership provides Early Childhood Teacher Education coursework, combined with general education courses, which will lead to an associate degree that can be applied directly to a Bachelor of Science in Education in Early Childhood from NAU.  In addition, this program of study meets the Arizona Department of Education’s Early Childhood Teacher Certification requirements.  Courses are offered online and in-person.