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Child Development

Associate in Applied Science (Career Program) - 65 Credit Hours

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Program Information:
Graduates are prepared to work with pre-school children in nursery schools, child care centers, and pediatric units in health care facilities, and as assistants in public school classrooms. The program emphasizes opportunities for healthy social, physical, emotional, and intellectual growth of the child from birth through age eight. The child development student guides and supervises children in developmentally appropriate activities. Most classes are taught on campus with observation and practical experience provided in area child centers as well as in the Illinois Central College Child Center. Most hours in the program transfer to senior institutions.

Recommended Course Sequence:

Fall Semester 1:
ENGL 105 or ENGL 110; FCS 111; SOC 110; CHILD 110; CHILD 120

Spring Semester 1:
COMM 110;CHILD 140; PSY 110; CHILD 130; CHILD 132; Laboratory Science

Fall Semester 2:
CHILD 230; CHILD 240; Elective; Mathematics; CHILD 200

Spring Semester 2:
CHILD 231; CHILD 241; Elective; Humanities

Course Information:
Required General Education Courses
CourseNameCredit
COMM 110COMMUNICATION: PROCESS AND PRACTICE 3
ENGL 105BASIC COMPOSITION
or
ENGL 110COMPOSITION I 3
PSY 110INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY 3
SOC 110AN INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY 3
 HUMANITIES * 3
 MATHEMATICS * * * 3 to 5
 LABORATORY SCIENCE * * * 4

Required Program Courses
CourseNameCredit
FCS 111EARLY CHILDHOOD NUTRITION EDUCATION 3
CHILD 110INTRODUCTION TO CHILD DEVELOPMENT * * 3
CHILD 130INTRODUCTION TO CREATIVE ACTIVITIES * * 3
CHILD 132INFANT-TODDLER DEVELOPMENT * * 3
CHILD 140CHILD, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY * * 3
CHILD 200EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL EDUCATION * * 3
CHILD 230PROGRAM PLANNING * * 3
CHILD 231LITERATURE FOR CHILDREN * * 3
CHILD 240CHILD DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCES * * 4
CHILD 241CHILD DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCES * * 6
CHILD 120HUMAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT * * 3

Elective Courses
CourseNameCredit
 ELECTIVES 6

*  See specific requirements for Associate in Applied Science Degree (page 6).

**  Students must attain a "C" grade or better in each CHILD course to be retained in and graduate from the program.

***  Select course from those listed for Applied Science Degree (page 6).

For Program Information Contact:
Social Science Department
Room 220D
(309)694-5331