Child Development and Family Studies Minor

The Child Development and Family Studies (CDFS) minor offers the opportunity to take a concentration of courses focusing on children and families. By providing students with an aggregate of CDFS courses students will be better prepared careers relating to children and families in an array of settings.

Requirements

Students seeking a minor in CDFS must meet all prerequisite course requirements. In addition, students must maintain a “C” or better in all courses required for the minor. The minor requires 21 total units.

The minor in Child Development and Family Studies is not available to Child Development and Family Studies majors.

Take 9 units of core courses from the following courses:

CDFS 111 - Child Growth and Development (3 units)
CDFS 312 - Family and Personal Development (3 units)
CDFS 319 - Family Stress and Coping (3 units)

Take 12 units selected from the following courses:

CDFS 211 - Principles and Practices of Teaching Young Children (3 units)
CDFS 214 - Introduction to Curriculum for Preschool Children (3 units)
CDFS 215 - Introduction to Curriculum for Infants and Toddlers (3 units)
CDFS 311 - Prenatal Development, Infancy and Toddlerhood (3 units)
CDFS 314 - The Older Child (3 units)
CDFS 409 - Language, Learning and the Developing Child: A Cross-Cultural Perspective (3 units)
CDFS 410 - International Families: Families in Cross-Cultural Perspectives (3 units)
CDFS 411 - Child Development Applications: Connecting Research, Policy, and Practice (3 units)
CDFS 412 - Family Interaction (3 units)
CDFS 413 - Child and Family in the Community (3 units)
CDFS 414 - Preschool Practicum (3 units)
CDFS 415 - Toddler Practicum (3 units)
CDFS 418 - Parent Education (3 units)