The Bachelor of Innovation (BI) in Inclusive Early Childhood Leadership is designed to prepare UCCS students to work with and for all children and their families in agencies and organizations serving children and families or to design and launch their own businesses or educational products. This program integrates knowledge, skills, and dispositions to successfully work in diverse teams, manage complex projects and cases, practice the ethics of care, and advocate for healthy outcomes for children and families.

Inclusive early childhood professionals may have the opportunity to work in case management, family service, intervention programs, run their own business, or invent, design, and market curriculum, technology, and applications. Inclusive early childhood educators will have preparation in the areas of inclusive education and care, innovation, business, and marketing and be able to take ideas developed while working with children and enhance them through business planning and implementation. A Bachelor of Innovation will prepare students to take advantage of the many opportunities that they will encounter throughout their careers.

In this unique program, students collaborate with other innovative and creative thinkers as well as master interdisciplinary problem-solving and team building. Develop your skills as a visionary entrepreneur and organizational manager while becoming a highly effective inclusive early childhood professional. The program focuses on:

• transdisciplinary teamwork
• leadership
• program administration
• grant writing
• community-based early childhood and family services

• A minimum of 120 hours must be completed with a cumulative CU grade point average of 2.5; at least 45 of these hours must be at the upper-division level (courses numbered 3000-4999).
• A minimum GPA of 2.75 or higher must be maintained in upper-division level College of Education courses to be awarded the BI in Inclusive Early Childhood Leadership.
• All upper-division (3000+) IECE courses must be completed with a minimum grade of B-.
• Students must complete an IECE Professional Internship course as a student in the College of Education.

Additional course options may be available for the Humanities and Natural Science requirements. Courses numbered below 1000 do not count towards degree completion.

For details on coursework, please visit the Academic Catalog.