Child Development and Family Studies

Department Chair: Wendy Reiboldt

Department Office: Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) - 001
Telephone / Fax: (562) 985-4484 / 985-4414
Website: www.csulb.edu/colleges/chhs/departments/fcs

Faculty: Mariné Aghekyan, Michelle Barrack, Rachel Blaine, Lee Blecher, Marie Botkin, Tiffany Brown, Soo Hyun Cho, Maria Claver, Nancy Dayne, Gail C. Frank, Virginia Gray, Libby Gustin, Young Ha, HyeJeong Kim, Youngok Jung, James E. Koval, Peter Kreysa, Mary Marshall, Suzanne Marshall, Iveris Martinez,  Nilufer Medora, Jung Mee Mun, Wendy Reiboldt, Cheryl Rock, Roudi Roy, Myunghee Sohn, Michelle Taylor, Sarah Taylor, Long Wang, Jung-Mao (Ronnie) Yeh, Yun Ying (Susan) Zhong.

Baccalaureate Program Coordinator: Nancy Dayne 
Graduate Coordinator: Virginia Gray

Administrative Support Coordinators:
Mikal Lok, Marina Bendersky, John Ciulik

Instructional Support Technician: Bonnie Rice

Instructional Support Assistant: Jenny Tran

College: College of Health and Human Services  

Related Departments:

• Family and Consumer Sciences  
• Consumer Affairs  
• Fashion Merchandising and Design  
• Food Science  
• Hospitality Management  

Courses: CDFS  

Career Possibilities

Preschool Administrator • Family Life Educator • Child Life Specialist • Teen Pregnancy Counselor • Early Care Educator (Infant and Toddler Care, Preschool Teaching, School-Age Programs) • Child Development Consultant • Community Resource and Referral Professional • Parent Educator • Corporate Human Service Consultant • Working with Military Families • Toy Research and Development

A credential or graduate degree would expand employment opportunities to include: Social Worker • Marriage and Family Counselor • Community College Instructor • Highschool Counselor • Teacher (For more information, refer to www.careers.csulb.edu.)

Programs

• Family and Consumer Sciences, Child Development and Family Studies Option, B.A.
• Family and Consumer Sciences, Family Life Education Option, B.A.

• Child Development and Family Studies Minor

Courses

• CDFS 111 - Preschool Child
• CDFS 211 - Guiding Young Children
• CDFS 214 - Environments for Preschool Children
• CDFS 215 - Environments for Infants and Toddlers
• CDFS 311 - Prenatal Development and Infancy
• CDFS 312 - Family and Personal Development
• CDFS 314 - The Older Child
• CDFS 315 - Observation and Assessment with Young Children
• CDFS 319 - Family Stress and Coping
• CDFS 402 - Child and Family Law
• CDFS 407 - The Hospitalized Child
• CDFS 408 - Transition to Parenthood
• CDFS 409 - Language, Learning and the Developing Child: A Cross-Cultural Perspective
• CDFS 410 - International Families: Families in Cross-Cultural Perspectives
• CDFS 411 - Individual Child Study and Guidance
• CDFS 412 - Family Interaction
• CDFS 413 - Child and Family in the Community
• CDFS 414 - Fieldwork with Preschool Children
• CDFS 415 - Fieldwork with Infants/Toddlers
• CDFS 416A - Introduction to Administration and Supervision of Child Development Programs
• CDFS 416B - Applications of Administration and Supervision of Child Development Programs
• CDFS 418 - Parent Education
• CDFS 419 - Family Life Education
• CDFS 492A - Internship in Child Development and Family Studies
• CDFS 492B - Internship in Family Life Education