Child Development

Child Development

Advance and Promote.  UI&U’s Child Development program prepares you to work with children in licensed daycare operations, preschool programs, and programs for adolescents.. You will learn about children’s growth and development, while gaining a strong foundation and training from your courses.

Let UI&U help you meet national mandates, which state that all child care program directors must have earned a bachelor’s degree by 2008.  Completing your degree in Child Development at UI&U prepares you to practice various methods of student assessment in the classroom, to develop strategies to meet the needs of diverse children, and to integrate diversity and multiculturalism in developing curricula and managing child development programs.  .Minimal classroom meetings will allow you to pursue your degree with minimum interruption in your work and family commitments.

 

The program is designed for:

  • Professionals working in and managing licensed day care centers, preschool programs, and programs for adolescents
  • Anyone wishing to pursue a career in Child Development
  • Learners wishing to pursue an elementary education teaching credential after completing their bachelor’s degree in Child Development
  • Learners wishing to pursue graduate education in this field.

Learners in the UI&U Child Development program benefit from:

  • A program developed by field practitioners with advanced degrees
  • Personal attention from an advisor and staff who understand your academic and scheduling needs
  • The option to earn college credits through CLEP,DANTES, Challenge Exams, prior learning assessment, certified learning, and credits recommended by ACE though military training
  • Up to 88 transferable college credits accepted toward the degree
  • Faculty-guided instruction by Child Development professionals
  • Financial aid (available to those who qualify)
  • Accelerated completion of degree
  • Joining a learning community of child development professionals

Accelerate completion of your degree by

  • 3+1 program for those that need only 32 upper-division credits in their degree plan
  • Attending on-ground classes that meet face-to-face seven to eight (7-8) times in an eight (8) week session
  • Earning eight (8) credits in eight (8) weeks
  • Transferring credits from other regionally accredited colleges and universities
  • Requesting credit for knowledge gained outside the classroom through work or professional experience
  • Successfully completing CLEP or DANTES tests
  • Applying college credits for training through certified learning

Curriculum

Core Courses

  • CHD 309 Foundations of Child and Adolescent Development
  • CHD 310 Parent-Child Interactions
  • CHD 311 Family and Social Issues
  • CHD 410 Observation, Assessment, and Evaluation of the Child
  • CHD 411 Orientation to Professional Practice

Elective Courses

  • CHD 302 Principles of Human Behavior
  • CHD 303 Multicultural Issues in Child Development
  • CHD 304 The Exceptional Child
  • CHD 308 Development of the Adolescent
  • CHD 407 Cognitive Development of the Child and Adolescent
  • CHD 408 Administration and Supervision of Child Development Programs
  • CHD 409 Directed Teaching: Curriculum Development
  • CHD 412 Language Development of the Child
  • CHD 413 Guiding and Counseling the Child
  • CHD 490 Special Topics in Child Development

 

NOTE: To be admitted to this program, learners must have an associate’s degree or 60+ transferable college credits. Currently, the program is offered only at our Los Angeles Center site located at El Camino Educational Center in Compton, California.