Child and Family Studies Minor

Minor Requirements

The Child and Family Studies Minor allows student to develop his or her knowledge of working with children and their families. The Child and Family Studies minor is appropriate for students seeking to strengthen their background preparation in the critical area. This courses offer students opportunities to learn about successfully supporting and working with children and their families in variety of contexts. 

The Child and Family Studies minor requires students to complete 18 semester credit hours. At least 12 of the credit hours must be at the upper level (3000/4000 level courses). The lower lever hours can be satisfied by CHILD or EDUC courses or SOCI 1301 and /or PSYC 1301.

Required

Course Number	Course Title	Credits
CHLD 3309	Family and School Interactions	3
	And/Or
EDUC 3309	Family and School Interactions	3
CHLD 3341	Child/Adolescent Psychology	3
	And/Or
PSYC 3341	Child/Adolescent Psychology	3
CHLD 3345	Child Abuse and Neglect	3
	And/Or
PSYC 3345	Child Abuse and Neglect	3
	And/Or
SOWK 3345	Child Abuse And Neglect	3
Total Credit Hours:		18

Chose one of the following

Course Number	Course Title	Credits
CHLD 3308	Introduction to Early Childhood Education	3
	And/Or
EDUC 3308	Introduction to Early Childhood Education	3
CHLD 3311	Social Psychology	3
CHLD 4310	Early Intervention	3
	And/Or
EDUC 4310	Early Intervention	3
CHLD 3352	The Exceptional Child	3
	And/Or
PSYC 4341/EDUC 3352	The Exceptional Child	3
CHLD 4370	Family Dysfunction & Sub Abuse	3
SOWK 3350	Foundations Of Social Justice	3
Total Credit Hours:		3

Chose two of the following

Course Number	Course Title	Credits
COMM 1318	Interpersonal Communication	3
KINE 2306	First Aid	3
PSYC 1301	Introduction To Psychology	3
SOCI 1301	Introduction to Sociology	3
SOWK 2361	Introduction To Social Work	3
Total Credit Hours:		6