Child and Adolescent Studies

This interdisciplinary minor is for students who want to focus their career on working with youth. This minor will focus on child development, health of the child and adolescent, and techniques for working with all youth. This minor may be of interest to students in social work, sociology, nursing, healthcare navigation, education, criminal justice, psychology, or business (marketing, communication, etc.).

Child and Adolescent Studies Minor

Required:
EN 140	Introduction to Diversity Studies	3
GS 255	Child and Adolescent Health	3
PS 224	Developmental Psychology	3
SO 122	Introduction to Sociology	3
Select Two of the Following:		6 - 9
CJ 228	Juvenile Justice
ED 143	Child and Family Nutrition
ED 253	Educational Psychology
ED 263	Educating the Exceptional Person
NU 350	Challenges Along the Journey: Interventions for Core Body System Alterations 1
or NU 352	Challenges Along the Journey: Intervention for Alterations in Regulatory and Protective Mechanisms
PS 215	Adolescent Psychology
SO 202	Marriage & the Family: Intimate Relationships
SW 235	Family Child Welfare
SW 245	Basic Helping Skills
SW 310	Human Sexuality
or SO 310	Human Sexuality
Total Hours		18-21

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This will only count as one elective. The nursing student will still need to choose a second elective.