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Child Development - Advanced

Certificate - 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.

Program Accreditation:

Admission to the Program:

Recommended Course Sequence:

Spring 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
Required Program Courses
Number Course Name Hrs.
*CHILD 110 Introduction to Child Development 3
*CHILD 120 Human Growth and 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

*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