Child and Adolescent Development Major

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PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES

Students who complete the program in Child and Adolescent Development will be able to:

  1. Identify and describe normative similarities and differences of cognitive, emotional, social and physical theories at each developmental stage from prenatal through adulthood.
  2. Illustrate how children's play facilitates integration of cognitive, social, physical, and emotional development.
  3. Evaluate the effects of family systems on the development of children and adolescents.
  4. Identify and discuss scientific research in understanding different philosophical views of growth and development, both historical and current.
  5. Analyze what are developmentally appropriate concepts, activities, materials, and resources as related to infant through adolescent development.
  6. Assess research of theoretical and appropriate practical elements of parenting to facilitate decisions for a healthy environment for children and adolescents.
  7. Describe the adult-child dynamics and processes essential for building strengths of character and competence in children and adolescents.
  8. Examine hereditary, cultural, and environmental factors inherent in ways children and adolescents develop physically, cognitively, morally, socially, and emotionally.
  9. Evaluate the effects of society and culture upon the family microsystems, family types, and the subsequent macro systems with which they co-exist.
  10. Identify career paths within the child and adolescent professions.

LOWER-DIVISION REQUIREMENTS

COURSE TITLE UNITS
FCS101 Introduction to Family and Consumer Sciences  1
FCS 120 Child and Adolescent Development 4
FCS 150 Human Development 3
FCS 203 Infant and Toddler Development 3
FCS 230
Personal and Consumer Financial Management 2

TOTAL 13

UPPER-DIVISION REQUIREMENTS

COURSE TITLE UNITS
FCS 305 Life Cycle Nutrition 4
FCS 313 Adolescent Development in the Family  2
FCS 315
Personal, Family, and Community Health
 3
FCS 355
Development of Children with Special Needs
 3
FCS 385 Family and Parenting 2
FCS 420
Child Development in the Family and Community 4
FCS 425 Child and Adolescent Nutrition 3
FCS 497 FCS Senior Seminar 2
LIT 325 Children’s Literature 3
PSY 321 Abnormal Psychology 3
Select 12 upper-division units from:
COURSETITLEUNITS
FCS 310Early Childhood Education4
FCS 460Administration and Supervision in Early Childhood Education4
FCS 470Practicum in Child Development3
FCS 475Child Development Internship2-4
ART 319Visual Arts in the Classroom I3
EDU 304Legal, Ethical and Wesleyan Perspective3
EDU 306Principles of Language Acquisition3
EDU 402Research Based Learning Theory3
MUE 341Music Skills for the Elementary Classroom Teacher3
PED 308Physical Education for Children3
PSY 308Developmental Psychology - Birth Through Adolescence4
PSY 325Clinical and Community Interventions4
SOC 360Race and Ethnicity3
SWK 340Child Welfare3
 TOTAL54
Note: Students must be fingerprinted through community care licensing to obtain Child Abuse Central Index Clearance.
Note: Students graduating with a Child Development major may qualify for the “Child and Adolescent Development Site Supervisor” permit with the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing.
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