Overview

The Child and Family Studies - Early Childhood Education Integrated PreK-3 programme at University of Tennessee Knoxville is offered in conjunction with a master’s degree in child and family studies (early childhood education concentration).

Key facts

The Early Childhood Education Integrated PreK-3 track is a concentration designed with an emphasis on an inclusive, unified, and integrated curriculum in which early childhood and special education content are purposefully blended into courses/clinical experiences in the early childhood and elementary classroom. The overarching goal of the program is to prepare candidates to teach all children from an integrated lens through which early childhood and special education are no longer viewed as separate. The program objectives center on preparing candidates who understand children and families in a cultural context to meet a diverse set of needs (i.e., racial, linguistic, economic, and ability) across a range of early childhood settings. The strength of the program includes a series of integrated early childhood and special education clinical experiences that happen “early and often,” from which candidates benefit from hands-on practical experiences that use an embedded instruction approach with principles of universal design.

The PreK-3 teacher candidates must complete university-required general education courses in the first terms of their program. The education core comprises courses in educational psychology, educational technology, and an introductory-level special education course. CFS has additional integrated early childhood core courses that are required of candidates and focus solely on the scope of an integrated early childhood program to teach children from birth to grade 3. These courses provide foundational knowledge of integrated curriculum and blended designs for teaching young children, partnering with families, and collaboration with professionals in the community. The PreK-3 teacher candidates’ graduate level clinical experience consists of a full academic year (fall and spring semesters) internship in public school settings (kindergarten to grade 3) under the guidance and supervision of a professional team that has knowledge of an integrated and blended program design.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Practicum: Pre-K Teaching

Practicum: Student Teaching PreK-K

Practicum: Community Outreach

Practicum: Research

Theory

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-01-20 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-10-15 00:00:00 , International
Starting 2027-08-18 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-02-01 00:00:00 , International
- Apply before 2026-12-15 00:00:00 , National

Language

English

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Credits

120 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Knoxville, United States

Disciplines

Early Childhood Education Childhood Studies View 607 other Bachelors in Early Childhood Education in United States

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Academic requirements

GPA

2.5

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Go Vols application or the Common Application
$50 application fee (Fee waivers are not available to international applicants.)
Official transcript(s)
English proficiency
Self-Reported Academic Record (SRAR) if you attend a high school in the United States

Recommendation letters (academic, professional, or personal)
Supporting statement

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

30704 USD / year

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Out-of-State

30704 USD / year

≈ 30704 USD / year
Domestic

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In-State

11560 USD / year

≈ 11560 USD / year

Living costs

Knoxville

United States

885 - 1454 USD / month

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