Program requirements for the
Early Childhood Education Studies Certificate Program
Candidates need 6 courses:
I. Two required courses
- EDUC 121 Infancy, Early Childhood, and Educational Programs
- EDUC 160 Early Childhood Internship*
II. Four elective courses, two in each area
A. Development of a Chid
B. Conditions of Childhood
A. Development of the Child
- PSY 97 Developmental Psychology: Introduction and Survey
- PSY 119B Child Clinical Psychology
- PSY 124 Human Development
- PSY 130 Psychosocial Aspects of Human Development
- PSY 131 Early Social Development
- PSY 136 Developmental Psychobiology
- PSY 138 Language Development
- PSY 140S Research Methods in Developmental Psychology
- PSY 153 Issues in Language Development
- PSY 154 Education, Children, and Poverty
- PSY 159S Biological Psychology of Human Development
- PSY 174S Infancy
- PSY 183B,S Child Observation
- PSY 205S Children's Peer Relations
- PSY 206S Pediatric Psychology
- PSY 214S Development of Social Interactions
- EDUC 118 Educational Psychology
- EDUC 149S Exceptional Children
B. Conditions of Childhood
- SOC 111 Social Inequality: An International Perspective
- SOC 112 American Demographics
- SOC 117 Childhood in Social Perspective
- SOC 118 Sex, Gender, Society
- SOC 123 Social Aspects of Mental Illness
- SOC 150 The Changing American Family
- SOC 169 Psychosocial Aspects of Human Development
- SOC 215 Basic Demographic Methods/Materials (pre-req. SOC 207)
- CA 115S The Anthropology of Gender (gender, work and family)
- CA 119 Language, Culture, and Society
- CA 135 U.S. Cultures in Cross-Cultural Perspectives
- CA 143 Education, Culture, and Society
- CA 165 Psychological Anthropology
- CA 280S Selected Topics: Advertising and Childhood
- PPS (special topic courses on approval)
Go to ACES or the Course Synopsis for further details on the classes.