Child Development - Advanced

Certificate (Certificate Program) - 31 Credit Hours

Program Information:
The Child Development Advanced Certificate is intended to provide students with the advanced skills needed to work with children in nursery schools, child care centers, 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 lectures, discussions, and student presentations. Observation opportunities and practical experience 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 120; CHILD 130; CHILD 230

Summer Semester 1:
CHILD 110; CHILD 240

Fall Semester 2:
CHILD 132; CHILD 231; CHILD 241; CHILD 140

Course Information:

Required Program Courses
Course	Name	Credit
CHILD 110	INTRODUCTION TO CHILD DEVELOPMENT *	3
CHILD 130	INTRODUCTION TO CREATIVE ACTIVITIES *	3
CHILD 132	INFANT-TODDLER DEVELOPMENT *	3
CHILD 140	CHILD, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY *	3
CHILD 230	PROGRAM PLANNING *	3
CHILD 231	LITERATURE FOR CHILDREN *	3
CHILD 240	CHILD DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCES *	4
CHILD 241	CHILD DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCES *	6
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