Child Development Major, B.S.

Required:

• FACS 101 - Orientation to Family and Consumer Sciences
• FACS 126 - Nutrition, Health, and Fitness
• FACS 134 - Food Safety and Sanitation Management
• FACS 241 - First Aid and Emergency Care
• FACS 252 - Consumer Economics
• FACS 262 - Child Developmental Psychology
• FACS 264 - Child, Family and Community Relations
• FACS 265 - Infant and Toddler Care
• FACS 266 - Infant and Toddler Nutrition
• FACS 351 - Sociology of Family
• FACS 360 - Parenting
• FACS 480 - Administration and Supervision for Human Service Organizations
• FACS 488 - Internship (3-5 hours)
• FACS 498 - Professionalism, Issues, and Actions
• EDUC 210 - Instructional Methods of Early Childhood Education
• EDUC 249 - Educational and Developmental Psychology
• EDUC 300 - Applied Arts for Teachers

• or ART 215 - Introduction to Art Therapy  

• EDUC 349 - Language Development
• EDUC 359 - Teaching Reading to Young Children
• EDUC 367 - Methods and Materials in Physical Education for the Elementary School
• EDUC 376 - Teaching Diverse Populations in the Regular Classroom

Typical Courses for Students Majoring in Family and Consumer Sciences

Courses will vary according to major concentration.