The Department of Early Child Care and Education is committed to training childcare specialists who can approach each individual child with boundless affection, regardless of that child's background or personality. Graduates must be able to deal with energetic children, competitive children, children who act older than they are, shy or introverted children…In order to be able to see things from each child's point of view and understand their feelings, students training to for a career in childcare must polish their character as individuals. In order to watch over the physical, emotional, and mental development of children, childcare specialists must first learn social manners and common sense, becoming thoughtful adults. They must then learn fundamental knowledge regarding individual stages of child development, studying how to use music and arts and craft to help children develop rich sensibilities and mastering the art of teaching in an actual classroom environment. The Department has brought together an advanced and far-ranging curriculum in order to train childcare specialists who can deal effectively with the bewildering pace of change that characterizes our society, incorporating a practical training component that brings students into direct contact with children and gives them valuable experience that cannot be learned from any textbook. After graduation, students can acquire a Class 2 kindergarten teacher's license and/or receive certification as a childcare specialist. I invite students to take hold of these two passports and all the hidden potential they represent and move forward as childcare specialists who will be loved by children and trusted by parents.