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Child and Adolescent Development, Department of
BA - Child and Adolescent Development
This program provides a strong foundation in child development and could be the basis for graduate study in child development and related fields. Students who have declared Child and Adolescent Development as their major should meet with the Department advisor for consultation and approval of the program. Assigned advisor information is posted inside and outside of SH 201 and is listed on the department website www.sjsu.edu/chad/advising/.
| Course Requirements | ||||||
| General Education Requirements | 36 | |||||
| Of the 51 units required by the university, 15 units may be satisfied by specified major and support requirements. Consult major advisor for details. | ||||||
| American Institutions | (6) | |||||
| Of the 6 units required by the university, all may be satisfied within general education requirements as specified in the schedule of classes. | ||||||
| Physical Education | 2 | |||||
| Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement | (3) | |||||
| At SJSU, students must pass both the SJSU Writing Skills Test (WST) and a 100W course. For additional information on the WST, please see http://testing.sjsu.edu/wst. Exceptions to the GWAR may be found at http://info.sjsu.edu/gwar.html. | ||||||
| Requirement of the Major | 48 | |||||
| Lower Division Core | 9 | |||||
| CHAD 060 Child Development | E | 3 | ||||
| CHAD 067 Development of Human Potential | E | 3 | ||||
| PSYC 001 General Psychology | D1 | 3 | ||||
| Upper Division Core | 30 | |||||
| CHAD 101 Research Methods in Child Development | 3 | |||||
| CHAD 160 Child Development Practicum | 3 | |||||
| CHAD 161 Child Care Administration II | 3 | |||||
| CHAD 168 Social and Emotional Development in Childhood and Adolescence | 3 | |||||
| CHAD 169 Motivating Children and Adolescents in Educational Settings | 3 | |||||
| CHAD 170 Contextual Influences on Cognitive Development | 3 | |||||
| CHAD 195 Senior Seminar in Child Development | 3 | |||||
| Complete one course from: | ||||||
| CHAD 100W Writing Workshop | Z | 3 | ||||
| LLD 100W Writing Workshop | Z | 3 | ||||
| Complete one course from: | ||||||
| CHAD 162 Childhood and Adolescence in a Multicultural Society | 3 | |||||
| CHAD 164 Contemporary Parenting | 3 | |||||
| Complete one course from: | ||||||
| CHAD 163 Critical Issues in Adolescent Development | 3 | |||||
| CHAD 173 Crit. Issues in Infant/Toddler Develop. | 3 | |||||
| Interndisciplinary Requirements | 9 | |||||
| Complete one course from each of the following areas: | ||||||
| Education/Health | 3 | |||||
| CA 177 Interdisciplinary Arts for Teaching | 3 | |||||
| PSYC 117 Psychological Tests and Measures | 3 | |||||
| SOCI 177 Sociology of Education | 3 | |||||
| HPRF 135 Health Issues in a Multicultural Society | S | 3 | ||||
| KIN 169 Diversity, Stress and Health | S | 3 | ||||
| NUFS 114B Community Nutrition (non-majors) | 3 | |||||
| Community/Individual | 3 | |||||
| ANTH 153 Human Variation and Behavior | 3 | |||||
| EDSE 102 Speech, Language & Typical, Atypical Dev | 3 | |||||
| EDSE 104 Atypical Development in Young Children | 3 | |||||
| LING 129 Culture, Language and Ethnicity in the U.S. | S | 3 | ||||
| PSYC 142 Child Psychopathology | 3 | |||||
| JS 136 Family and Community Violence | S | 3 | ||||
| JS 152 Juvenile Delinquency & Justice | 3 | |||||
| SOCI 151 Violence in the Family | 3 | |||||
| Mathematical Concepts | 3 | |||||
| Statistics Course (Area B4) | 3 | |||||
| UNVS 015C or UNIVS 16C may be used in lieu of the statistics course required by this major through the Summer 2014. | ||||||
| University Electives or Minor | 34 | |||||
| Courses selected with advisor approval from interdisciplinary requirements in the major or the preparation for teaching requirements. | ||||||
| Recommended Electives: | ||||||
| CHAD 150 Development of Communicative Competence | 3 | |||||
| CHAD 151 Developing Literacy in a Diverse Society | 3 | |||||
| CHAD 167 Child Care Administration I | 3 | |||||
| Total Units: | 120 | |||||
Note: The following Capstone courses, CHAD 160, CHAD 159 and CHAD 195 may be repeated only once.
