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Requirements

1. Complete the University requirements for the Bachelor of Arts degree.
2. Complete the lower-division prerequisites to the major plus major requirements of not less than 37 units of approved upper-division course work at outlined.
3. Community college transfer students with an Associate of Arts in child development or early childhood education, upon advisedment, may waive CDEV 3140, and complete the remainder of required course work plus additional upper division course work for a total of 37 units.
4. Community college transferstudents withour an Associate of Arts n cild development or early childhood education must complete course requirements as outlined for a minimum total of 37 units of approved upper-division course work.
5. All students must take as lest one non-research child development laboratroy course in residenct at CSU, Stanislaus. All students must complete CDEV 3010, Child Abuse and Neglect, prior to enrollment in the following lab courses: CDEV 3020, CDEV 3181, or CDEV 3440.
6. Child Development majors must take all courses couted toward the major for a letter grade if the letter grade option is available. In addition, no more than 6 units of credit graded course work may apply toward the major.
7. Internships and field work courses may be repeated once each for credit toward the major. In addition, a maximum of 6 unis combined course work in field work and internships may be counted toward the major with approval by the major adviser.

Notes: a. Effective Winter 1996, Child Development courses are noted by the CDEV prefix. Child Development courses, prior to this date, are noted by a PSYC prefix.

b. The following courses are recommended for students who anticipate pursuing graduate work:

CDEV 4000 Child Development Research Methods, 3 units

MATH 1600 Statistics, 4 units

PSYC 3000 Experimental Methods and Design, 4 units

The Major (47 units):

1. Complete the following required lower-division courses (10 units):

BIOL 1010 Principles of Biology, 3 units and

BIOL 1020-1029 Special Laboratory Studies, 1 unit

PSYC 2010 Introduction to Psychology, 3 units

PSYC 2020 Introduction to Psychological Methods, 3 units

The following lower-division courses are also recommended:

ANTH 2060 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology, 3 units, or

ANTH 2080 Introduction to Physical Anthropology, 3 units

SOCL 1010 Introduction to Sociology, 3 units

2. Complete the following required upper-division core (22 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 Life Span courses:

CDEV 3240 Human Development II: Adolescence, 3 units, or

CDEV 3340 Human Development III: Adulthood and Aging, 3 units

d. 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

e. Complete both of the following capstone courses:

CDEV 4965 Child Development Senior Seminar, 1 unit and

CDEV 4948 Child Development Senior Internship, 2 units

3. Complete one of the following tracks (15 units)

a. Child Development Programs Track (Child Development Programs Certificate):

i. Complete the following (8 units)

CDEV 4180 Developmental Programs for Preschool Children, 3 units, and

CDEV 4190 Developmental Programs Laboratory, 1 unit

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

ii. CDC Internships (2 units minimum):

CDEV 4945 Internship at Child Development Center as Instructor's Aide, 1 unit, or

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

CDEV 4947 Internship at Child Development Center as Assistant Administrator, 2 units

iii. Fieldwork in Child Development (2 units minimum):

iv. *Elective, upper-division, upon advisement, 3 units

b. Child Development Research Track (Child Development Research Certificate):

i. Complete the following: (10 units)

SSCI 3000 Library Resource for the Social Sciences, 2 units

PSYC 3000 Experimental Methods and Design, 4 units

PSYC 3120 Human Development Research Lab, 1 unit

CDEV 4000 Child Development Research Methods, 3 units

ii. CDEV 4940 Fieldwork in Child Development (2 units minimum)

iii. *Elective, upper-division, upon advisement, 3 units

c. Child Development Services Track (Child Development Services Certificate):

i. Complete the following: (9 units)

PSYC 4130 Psychological Disorder of Children, 3 units

PSYC 4150 Learning Disablilties, 3 units

SOCL 4790 Social Welfare Service, 3 units

ii. CDEV 4940 Fieldwork in Child Development (3 units minimum)

iii. *Elective, upper-division, upon advisement, 3 units

d. General Track: Select 15 units of upper-division classes from the following list of *electives. A general track plan must be developed with the student's academic adviser and submitted to the Child Development Committee for approval.

*Electives: Select elective course work from the courses listed below. Elective within the track may not be corsscounted for the course requried within the major core. The total number of units to compoletet a track is 15 upper-division units. The total of upper-division units in the major must total 37. Winter term and summer session courses may be substituted upon 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 adviser)

CDEV 4945 Internship at Child Development Center as Instructor's Aide, 1 unit

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

CDEV 4947 Internship at Child Development Center as Assistant Administrator, 2 units

CDEV 4950 Topics in Child Development, 1-4 units

CDEV 4960 Organization & Administration of Early Childhoood Education Programs, 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