Early Childhood Education

• You learn at home, at your convenience.
• You don't have to quit your job.
• You don't have to spend your time in classrooms or driving to and from school.
• You can earn your Associate Degree in as little as two years, or take longer if you wish.
• You can learn online or through the mail, whichever you prefer.
• You can choose to take your exams online, by telephone, or mail.

• Step-by-step lessons written in plain English
• Plenty of illustrations, photos, and diagrams to make each concept perfectly clear
• Graded projects that give you hands-on experience with the tasks you'll be performing on the job, as well as crucial feedback from your instructors

Faculty Support
Even though you're learning at home, our instructors are available if you need help. With Penn Foster Student Support Services, you can get help from instructors by e-mail, phone, fax, and mail.

YOUR DEGREE

You'll receive your Associate of Science Degree when you complete your 60-credit program with an overall QPA of 2.0 or higher, with 50% of your credits through Penn Foster College, and when you fulfill your financial obligation.

Your Associate Degree is a symbol of your achievement and your ticket to success proving you've graduated from an accredited school. Your degree gives you the credentials you need to succeed in today's competitive job market.

THE GRADING SYSTEM

At the end of each study unit, you'll take an open-book exam. You can now take exams online, by phone, or by mail. As a degree candidate, you will also take a proctored exam at the end of each semester. Your examinations and projects will be graded on the following scale:

Penn Foster uses a number-letter system of grading, with number grades being assigned to examinations and letter grades to completed courses. The letter grade for each course is found by counting the average of the lesson examination grades as two-thirds of the course grade and the proctored examination grade as one-third. Letter grades are converted to quality points for the purpose of computing the Quality Point Average (QPA) for each semester and the cumulative Quality Point Average for more than one semester. Quality points range from 4.0 for an A grade to 0.0 for an F grade.

You must pass all courses and achieve a cumulative Quality Point Average (QPA) of 2.0 or higher in all studies to graduate and earn your Associate Degree.