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Liberal Studies Concentration in Child Development

Requirements/Recommendations

Upon advisement, community college transfer students with an Associate f Arts degree in Child Development or Early Childhood Education (ECE) ay waive CDEV 3140 and complete the remaining required course work, plus dditional course work, for a total of 22 units, 17 upper-division.

Community college course work in Child Development or Early Childhood ducation may apply toward 5 units non-upper-division electives within he Child Development Concentration.

Community college transfer students without and Associate of Arts in hild Development or ECE must complete course requirements as outlined bove for a total of not less than 22 units, with no more than 5 lower-division nits.

Students with child development concentrations must take all courses ounted toward the concentration for a letter grade if the letter-grade ption is available. In addition, no more than 3 units of credit-graded ork may apply towards the concentration.

All students must take at least one non-research child development laboratory ourse in residence at CSU Stanislaus. All students must complete CDEV 010, Child Abuse and Neglect, prior to enrollment in the following lab ourses: CDEV 3020, 3181, or 3440.

Internships and field work courses may be repeated once each for credit oward the concentration. In addition, a maximum of 3 units of combined ourse work in field work and internships may be counted toward the concentration ith approval by the major adviser.

Students obtaining academic competency prior to the credential program ust earn grades of C or better in all classes within the concentration.

The Concentration (22 units)

1. Complete the following upper-division core (16 units):

a. Complete all of the following courses:

CDEV 3010 Child Abuse and Neglect, 1 unit

CDEV 3140 Human Development I: Childhood, 3 units

CDEV 3170 Early Coginitive Development, 3 units

CDEV 3180 Early Social and Emotional Development, 3 units

b. Select one of the following Application courses:

CDEV 3020 Child Guidance and Management, 3 units, or

CDEV 3181 Early Childhood Development, 3 units, or

CDEV 3440 Developmental Assessment, 3 units

c. Select one of the following family courses:

ANTH 4165 The Family in Cross-Cultural Perspective, 3 units, or

ETHS 4000 The Mexican American Family, 3 units

ETHS 4010 The Black American Family, 3 units

SOCL 3150 The Family, 3 units

2. Electives: Select 6 units of electives from the following courses. lectives may not be cross counted for the courses required within the oncentration core. The total number of units to complete a child development oncentration is 22. Winter term and summer session classes may be substituted pon advisement:

ANTH 4165 The Family in Cross-Cultural Perspective, 3 units

CDEV 3020 Child Guidance and Management, 3 units

CDEV 3181 Early Childhood Development, 3 units

CDEV 3240 Human Development II: Adolescence, 3 units

CDEV 3340 Human Development III: Adulthood and Aging

CDEV 3440 Developmental Assessment, 3 units

CDEV 4000 Child Development Research Methods, 3 units

CDEV 4180 Developmental Programs for Preschool Children, 3 units

CDEV 4190 Developmental Programs Laboratory, 1 unit

CDEV 4940 Fieldwork in Child Development, 1-2 units (must approved by dviser)

CDEV 4945 Internship at Child Development Center as Instructor's Aide, unit

CDEV 4946 Internship at Child Development Center as Head Teacher, 2 nits

CDEV 4947 Internship at Child Development Center as Assistant Administrator, units

CDEV 4950 Topics in Child Development, 1-4 units

CDEV 4960 Organization & Administration of Early Childhoood Education rograms, 4 units

CDEV 4980 Individual Study in Child Development, 1-3 units

CDEV 4990 Senior Honors Thesis, 3 units

COMM 3010 Language and Speech Development, 3 units

COMM 3400 Oral Interpretation of Children's Literature, 3 units

COMM 3610 Introduction to Communication Disorders, 3 units

DRAM 3020 Children's Theatre, 3 units, or

DRAM 4020 Performance for Children, 4 units

ENGL 4620 Children's Literature, 3 units

ETHS 4000 The Mexican American Family, 3 units

ETHS 4010 The Black American Family, 3 units

ETHS 4030 Asian American Families, 3 units

MUS 3340 Music in Elementary School, 3 units, or

MUS 3341 Music for the Classroom Teacher, 2 units

PHED 3400 Elementary Physical Education, 3 units

PSYC 3120 Human Development Research Laboratory, 1 unit

PSYC 3700 Introduction to Learning and Motivation

PSYC 4110 Behavior Genetics, 3 units

PSYC 4130 Psychological Disorder of Children, 3 units

PSYC 4150 Learning Disablilties, 3 units

SOCL 3150 The Family, 3 units

SOCL 3160 Sociology of Youth, 3 units