2019/2020 University Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Child and Family Development
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Undergraduate Information
OFFICE: Education and Business Administration 403
TELEPHONE: 619-594-5380 / FAX: 619-594-5921
E-MAIL: cfdev@sdsu.edu
WEBSITE: http://sdsu.edu/education/cfd
Faculty
Emeritus: Balkwell, Deutsch, Roberts, Ross
Chair: Myers-Bowman
Professors: Hokoda, Myers-Bowman, Ritblatt
Associate Professors: Garrity, Longstreth
Assistant Professors: Black, Dickson, Essien-Wood, Lazarevic, Linder, Rieth, Schlagel, Shapiro
Lecturers: Bacon, Booth, Gallozzi, Gardner, Tung
The Major
The interdisciplinary major in child development draws from many fields of study, including biology, psychology, and sociology, and prepares students for a variety of professional specialties. Graduates with competencies in this major find positions in preschools, child care centers, schools, hospitals, clinics, residential institutions, counseling centers, mental health centers, social services and public welfare agencies, family service agencies, family planning clinics, community programs, business and industry, and government agencies.
Field experience programs offer students supervised work in community agencies, children’s programs, the SDSU Children’s Center, San Diego City Schools, and various San Diego agencies. All children’s programs are inclusive and a wide range of special needs and at-risk populations are served.
The child development degree also provides a flexible curriculum base for continuation into graduate programs in child development, family studies, or early childhood mental health. Majors may also continue graduate work in related fields such as multiple subject teaching credential; marriage and family therapy; occupational and physical therapy; social work; psychology; law; or sociology.
The child development minor is an important adjunct for students in areas such as anthropology; education; exercise and nutritional sciences; liberal studies; nursing; psychology; recreation; social work; sociology; and speech, language, and hearing sciences.
Impacted Program
The child development major is an impacted program. To be admitted to the child development major, students must meet the following criteria:
- Complete with a grade of C (2.0) or better: CFD 135 , CFD 270 , CFD 270L (one unit), CFD 272 , CFD 275 , CFD 278 ; BIOL 100 ; PSY 101 ; SOC 101 ; and PSY 280 , or PSY 201 , or a three unit elementary statistics course. These courses cannot be taken for credit/no credit (Cr/NC);
- Complete a minimum of 45 baccalaureate level semester units (a minimum of 60 units are required for all transfer applicants);
- Have a cumulative GPA of 2.40 or better.
To complete the major, students must fulfill the degree requirements for the major described in the catalog in effect at the time they are accepted into the premajor at SDSU (assuming continuous enrollment).
Standards for Admission
Special Instructions
- Background Clearance. Child and family development premajors and transfer students must successfully pass a background check in order to be placed in educational and community settings. Red flag issues which prevent placement may impede progression and successful completion of degree requirements.
- Tuberculin Clearance. Evidence of a negative tuberculosis test must be provided periodically for community-based classes. Clearance statements may be secured from SDSU Health Services, private physicians or HMOs, or public health agencies.
Major Academic Plans (MAPs)
Visit http://www.sdsu.edu/mymap for the recommended courses needed to fulfill your major requirements. The MAPs website was created to help students navigate the course requirements for their majors and to identify which General Education course will also fulfill a major preparation course requirement.
Graduate Information
OFFICE: Education and Business Administration 403
TELEPHONE: 619-594-5380 / FAX: 619-594-5921
E-MAIL: grad-cfd@sdsu.edu
WEBSITE: http://go.sdsu.edu/education/cfd
Faculty
Karen S. Myers-Bowman, Ph.D., Professor of Child and Family Development, Chair of Department
Audrey Hokoda, Ph.D., Professor of Child and Family Development [Senate Distinguished Professor]
Shulamit N. Ritblatt, Ph.D., Professor of Child and Family Development
Sarah M. Garrity, Ed.D., Associate Professor of Child and Family Development
Sascha L. Longstreth, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Child and Family Development
Vanja Lazarevic, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Child and Family Development
Lisa Linder, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Child and Family Development (Graduate Adviser, M.S. in Early Childhood Mental Health)
Sarah R. Rieth, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Child and Family Development
Rachel Schlagel, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Child and Family Development
Alyson Shapiro, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Child and Family Development (Graduate Adviser, M.S. in Child Development)
Programs
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