Child Development AS
The Child Development program provides three options for students wishing to pursue a career working with young children from birth to age 8. Students can complete courses for an associate degree to prepare for transfer to a four-year college or university and entry-level career opportunities. Students who do not intend to transfer or who may be taking courses part-time, may opt to pursue courses for either a 10-credit Academic Certificate in the Child Development Associate (CDA) Credential Preparation program (covers all the coursework for the National CDA Credential) or the 21-credit Academic Certificate in Child Development. The first Academic Certificate program prepares students to appl
Courses
- CHD110 — Chld Hlth, Safety, Nutrition
- CHD134 — Infancy-Middle Childhood
- CHD150 — Professional Partnerships
- CHD171 — Early Childhood Curriculum
- CHD198 — Child Development Practicum I
- CHD235 — Observation and Assessment
- CHD243 — Early Childhood Education
- CHD254 — Child Guidance Theory
- CHD298 — Child Development Practicum II
- COMM101 — Fundamentals of Oral Comm
- ENGL101 — Writing and Rhetoric I
- ENGL102 — Writing and Rhetoric II