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CAREER PROGRAMS: Major Requirements

Child Studies Certificate and Degrees
Early Childhood Certificate of Achievement
30 UNITS

Successful completion of 30 semester units in coursework listed below plus 16 units in general education. This satisfies State Department of Education Title 5 coursework requirements for the Child Development Teacher Permit.

Early Childhood Certificate of Achievement
Course Number     Course Name     Units     
CHS 1 Introduction to Early Childhood Education 3
CHS 2 Child Growth and Development 3
CHS 60 Children's Ways of Thinking and Knowing 3
CHS 63 Child Family and Community 3
CHS 66 Child Health and Safety 3
CHS 80 Curriculum Principles and Practices 3
CHS 87 Methods of Observation in
Early Childhood Settings
3
CHS 31 Student Teaching Practicum 3
ELECTIVES: Complete 6 units from the following list:
CHS 5 Childhood and Culture 3
CHS 58 Language, Literacy and the Developing Child 3
CHS 88 Early Childhood Environments 3

Sixteen diversified semester units in general education should include at least one course in each of the following areas:

  1. Humanities and/or Fine Arts
  2. Social Sciences
  3. Math and/or Science
  4. English/Language Arts

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REVISED July 22, 2008

 
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