LANSING COMMUNITY COLLEGE
CURRICULAR GUIDE
Child Development
Associate in Applied Science
Curriculum Code: 0108 (Effective Fall 2002 - Summer 2007)
This degree program prepares individuals to work in child care as a teacher,
teacher assistant, or program director. Students learn to plan and implement
high quality, developmentally appropriate programs for all ages of children,
infants through school-age, in both centers and family child care homes.
Graduates of the associate degree program meet the educational requirements
for child care center program directors as specified by the State of Michigan
Child Day Care Center Licensing Regulations. The program involves several
semesters of daytime field work in child care settings. Not all courses in
this program transfer to all colleges. Students planning to transfer should
see an academic advisor or counselor before enrolling in any course.
PREREQUISITES
Students should see Course Descriptions or Course Offerings for course
prerequisite information. See the Assessment and Placement Testing section
for skills assessment and advising information.
GENERAL EDUCATION
General education is an important part of this program and includes a
mathematics competency requirement. To fulfill the mathematics competency
requirement, students may need to complete specific course work in
mathematics. See the General Education Core Requirements section for
information on how to fulfill these requirements.
INFORMATION
Contact the Health and Human Services Department, Gannon Vocational-Technical
Center, Room 1750, telephone number (517) 483-1410.
REQUIREMENTS TOTAL: 45 CREDITS
CODE TITLE CREDIT HOURS
CHDV 101 Child Growth/Devel: 0-5 Years 4
CHDV 111 Child Guidance/Communication 4
CHDV 112 Family Relationship/Child Care 2
CHDV 113 Health/Safety Issue:Child Care 2
CHDV 188 Caring/Children/Special Needs 2
CHDV 220 Preschool Curric/Learning Env 4
CHDV 221 Infant-Toddler Program Dev 4
CHDV 222 School-Age Child Care Prog Dev 2
CHDV 284 Child Development Practicum (See Note 1) 5
ISCI 121 Integrated Sci for Education I 4
SOCL 120 Introduction to Sociology 4
WRIT 121 Composition I 4
WRIT 122 Composition II 4
LIMITED CHOICE REQUIREMENTS TOTAL: 20 CREDITS
Complete the indicated number of credits from each CHOICE listed below.
CHOICE 1: General Education Core Areas 3 Credits
(See the "GENERAL EDUCATION" section above)
Writing Core Area (See Note 2) 0
Speech Communication Core Area 3
Science/Technology Core Area (See Note 2) 0
Global Perspectives and Diversity Core Area (See Note 2) 0
Mathematics Competency (See the General Education Core
Requirement section on how to fulfill this mathematics
requirement. Course work may be needed.)
CHOICE 2: Science/Mathematics (See Note 3) 4 Credits
CHOICE 3: Humanities (See Note 3) 8 Credits
CHOICE 4: Administration 2 Credits
CHDV 131 Family Child Care Management 2
CHDV 230 Child Care Center Admin 2
CHOICE 5: Professional Related Courses (See Note 4) 3 Credits
EMSB 107 First Aid/CPR Sem/Daycre Prov .5
HUSE 100 Introduction to Human Services 3
HUSE 101 Personal Dimensions/Human Serv 2
HUSE 110 Intro/Child Abuse and Neglect 3
HUSE 112 Understanding/Substance Abuse 3
HUSE 120 Introduction/Family Violence 2
MINIMUM TOTAL 65
NOTES:
1. CHDV 284 requires departmental approval. Applications must be submitted
one semester in advance to be admitted to CHDV 284. Applications for
departmental approval are available in the Health and Human Services
Department, Gannon Vocational-Technical Center, Room 1750.
2. Students completing "REQUIREMENTS" have fulfilled the requirements for
this Core area.
3. See the MACRAO Transfer Agreement in the "Transfer Information" section
of this catalog for appropriate science/mathematics, and humanities
courses. BIOL 145 is strongly recommended as the science requirement.
ENGL 208 is strongly recommended as a humanities choice.
4. Students may also choose from CHDV-prefix courses not already used to
meet degree requirements.
5. CHDV 111 and CHDV 220 must be completed with a minimum 2.5 grade or
better. All other required CHDV course must be completed with a minimum
2.0 grade or better.
SUGGESTED COURSE SEQUENCE
Students should see course descriptions to find out when departments plan to
offer courses. Students who for any reason are unable to follow the course
sequence suggested below (for example, those who are part-time, have
transferred in courses from another school, or have prerequisites to fulfill)
should contact an academic advisor or counselor for help with adjustments.
I II III IV
CHDV 101 CHDV 113 CHDV 112 CHDV 188
CHDV 111 CHDV 220 CHDV 221 CHDV 284
ISCI 121 CHDV 222 Lim.Ch.2 SOCL 120
WRIT 121 WRIT 122 Lim.Ch.3 Lim.Ch.1
Lim.Ch.5 Lim.Ch.3 Lim.Ch.4 Lim.Ch.5
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