Child Development - Basic

Certificate (Certificate Program) - 12 Credit Hours

Program Information:
The Child Development Basic Certificate is intended to provide students with the basic skills needed to work with children in nursery schools and child care centers. 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 lectures, discussions, and student presentations. Observation opportunities are provided in area child care centers as well as in the Illinois Central College Child Center. Some hours in the program transfer to senior institutions.

Recommended Course Sequence:

Fall Semester 1:
CHILD 110; CHILD 120

Spring Semester 1:
CHILD 130; CHILD 230

Course Information:

Required Program Courses
Course	Name	Credit
CHILD 110	INTRODUCTION TO CHILD DEVELOPMENT *	3
CHILD 130	INTRODUCTION TO CREATIVE ACTIVITIES *	3
CHILD 230	PROGRAM PLANNING *	3
CHILD 120	HUMAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT *	3

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

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