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Feb 28, 2021
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2018-2019 Undergraduate Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Child and Adolescent Development, B.A.
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Program Learning Outcomes
Students who complete the program in Child and Adolescent Development will be able to:
- Identify and describe normative similarities and differences of cognitive, emotional, social and physical theories at each developmental stage from prenatal through adulthood.
- Illustrate how children’s play facilitates integration of cognitive, social, physical, and emotional development.
- Evaluate the effects of family systems on the development of children and adolescents.
- Identify and discuss scientific research in understanding different philosophical views of growth and development, both historical and current.
- Analyze what are developmentally appropriate concepts, activities, materials, and resources as related to infant through adolescent development.
- Assess research of theoretical and appropriate practical elements of parenting to facilitate decisions for a healthy environment for children and adolescents.
- Describe the adult-child dynamics and processes essential for building strengths of character and competence in children and adolescents.
- Examine hereditary, cultural, and environmental factors inherent in ways children and adolescents develop physically, cognitively, morally, socially, and emotionally.
- Evaluate the effects of society and culture upon the family microsystems, family types, and the subsequent macro systems with which they co-exist.
- Identify career paths within the child and adolescent professions.
Lower-Division Requirements
Upper-Division Requirements
Select 12 upper-division units from:
Note(s):
Students must be fingerprinted through community care licensing to obtain Child Abuse Central Index Clearance.
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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