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Pre-Child Life Concentration

Child Life Specialist 1

The child life concentration prepares students for careers working with children in healthcare settings. Due to changes made by the National Child Life Council, incoming students will need a master's degree to become a certified child life specialist. This track is intended to prepare students to be accepted into and succeed in child life graduate programs. 

Courses

Prerequisites—9 hours

  • SOC 225 Introduction to Studying Families
  • SOC 214 Social Statistics
  • PSY 213 Introduction to Psychology

Child Life Specialist 2Core—21 hours

  • SOC 325 Families Across Cultures
  • SOC 333 Parent-Child Relations
  • SOC 422 Research Methods
  • SOC 425 Strengthening Marriage & Family
  • SOC 426 Family Policy and Advocacy
  • SOC 430 Theoretical Frameworks for Studying Families
  • SOC 411 Internship or 498 Senior Capstone Seminar

Interdisciplinary Component—15 hours

  • SW 307 Faith-Based Social Services
  • CHR 243 Introduction to Christian Ethics
  • COM 235 Interpersonal Communication
  • ECO 400 Personal Financial Management
  • PSY 219 Developmental Psychology or 324 Child Growth and Development

Rachel Ryan on the job Child Life Concentration—9 hours

  • SOC 420 Death and Dying or PSY 313 Adolescent Psychology
  • SOC 332 Hospitalized Child
  • PEWS 170 Medical Sociology
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