The Department of Child and Family Development (CFD) offers the interdisciplinary child development major. Students in the major choose one of 2 areas of specialization:

1. Child development
2. Family development

Field experience programs offer students supervised work in a number of community settings. The child development degree provides a flexible curriculum base for continuation into graduate programs including child development, teacher education, social work, and counseling.

Graduates from the program are employed in a variety of work experiences related to the well-being of children and families.

More information

Department Chair: Sarah Garrity
Department Coordinator: KJ Bobczynski
Grad Department Coordinator: TBA

• Education and Business Administration Building,
  Room 403 (EBA-403)
• 619-594-5380
• General Questions: [email protected]
• Undergraduate Questions: [email protected]
• Graduate Questions: [email protected]

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Undergraduate programs

• Child Development Major
• Child Development Minor

Master's degree programs

• Child Development
• Child Development with Early Childhood Mental Health (LPCC)

Graduate certificate

• EC-TEaMH Graduate Certificate Program

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