Bachelor'S Degree in Early Childhood Education

University center Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación y del Deporte (Melilla)
Credit framework
  • Total credits: 240
  • Optional credits: 30

First academic year

First semester
Course Course type Credits Course guide
Didactics: Teaching Theory and Practice Core course 6
Music in Early Childhood Education Compulsory course 6
Developmental Psychology Core course 6
Sociology of Education Core course 6
Theory of Education: Pedagogical Ideas and Practices in Early Childhood Education Core course 6
Second semester
Course Course type Credits Course guide
Didactics of Early Childhood Education Core course 6
Nutrition and Health Education Core course 6
Foreign Language and Its Didactics: French Compulsory course 6
Foreign Language and Its Didactics: English Compulsory course 6
Motor Function in Early Childhood Education Compulsory course 6
Educational Psychology Core course 6

Second academic year

First semester
Course Course type Credits Course guide
Basic Mathematics for Early Childhood Education Compulsory course 6
Didactics of Spanish Language and Literature in Early Childhood Education 1 Compulsory course 6
Didactics of Science in Early Childhood Education Compulsory course 6
Organising the School and the Classroom in Early Childhood Education Core course 6
Developmental Disorders Core course 6
Second semester
Course Course type Credits Course guide
Attention to Diversity in the Early Childhood Classroom Core course 6
Didactics of Spanish Language and Literature in Early Childhood Education 2 Compulsory course 6
Didactics of Science in Early Childhood Education Compulsory course 6
Visual Arts in Childhood Compulsory course 6
Systematic Observation and Contextual Analysis for Innovation and Improvement Core course 6
Optimisation of Development and Risk-Prevention in Educational Contexts Core course 6

Third academic year

First semester
Course Course type Credits Course guide
Practicum 1 Compulsory course 20
Applied Developmental Psychology Core course 6
Didactic and Technological Resources Applied to Early Childhood Education Core course 4
Second semester
Course Course type Credits Course guide
The Social and Cultural Setting and Its Didactics Compulsory course 6
Developing Mathematical Thought in Young Children Compulsory course 6
Learning Difficulties/Disabilities Core course 6
Psychoeducational Intervention in the Family, School, and Community Environment Core course 6
The School in Early Childhood Education: Comparison of Educational Policies of the Eu Core course 6

Fourth academic year

First semester
Course Course type Credits Course guide
Intercultural Curriculum Elective course 6
Didactics of Communicative Competence in a Foreign Language: French Elective course 6
Didactics of Literature for Children and Young People in a Foreign Language: English Elective course 6
Didactics of Culture of a Foreign Language: French Elective course 6
Didactics of Culture of a Foreign Language: English Elective course 6
Didactics of Communicative Competence in a Foreign Language: English Elective course 6
Didactics of a Foreign Language: French Elective course 6
Didactics of a Foreign Language: English Elective course 6
Didactics of Literature for Children and Young People in a Foreign Language: French Elective course 6
Design and Development of Intercultural Educational Programmes Elective course 6
Music Education and Cultural Diversity Elective course 6
Perceptual and Motor Factors in Childhood Motricity Elective course 6
Early Years Intervention for Pupils with Specific Needs for Educational Support Elective course 6
The Church, the Sacraments and Morals Elective course 6
Music, Rhythm and Non-Verbal Expression in Early Childhood Education Elective course 6
Pedagogy and Didactics of Religion in School Elective course 6
Multilingualism in Multicultural Educational Contexts Elective course 6
Second semester
Course Course type Credits Course guide
Practicum 2 Compulsory course 24
Undergraduate Dissertation Compulsory course 6