Fresno Pacific University is a Christian university that offers a bachelor of arts degree in early childhood development. It is unique for putting students in diverse groups of around 15 to 24 students to engage with each other throughout the course of the 18-month accelerated program. The information that is taught adheres to the standards for preschool education set by the California State Department of Education. Graduates are typically prepared to work on their master's degree in special education. The program also motivates them to get their California Multiple Subject Teaching Credential.
Fresno Pacific University
1717 South Chestnut Ave.
Fresno, CA 93702-4709
559-453-2000
www.fresno.edu
St. Joseph College has a child studies program in the Human Development and Family Studies Department. The program encourages its students to engage in the liberal arts and social sciences to build skills pertaining to child studies. It is an interdisciplinary major that has them work with children in a variety of educational settings and social service environments. Students are expected to keep up a 2.7 grade point average in the major and pass a comprehensive examination during their last semester.
St. Joseph College
1678 Asylum Ave.
West Hartford, CT 06117-2791
860-232-4571
www.sjc.edu
Marygrove College is a Catholic liberal arts college that has a unique child development department. Degrees offered include an associate of arts in child development, a bachelor of arts in child development and an early childhood education minor. The program emphasizes the understanding of the development that young children go through from birth to age eight. It engages students in understanding important educational tools for young children and the importance of a tight-knit community to their development.
Marygrove College
8425 W. McNichols
Detroit, MI 48221
313-927-1200
www.marygrove.edu